#governments

In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state. It's become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment. ↗

— E. L. Doctorow

#become #century #detriment #developed #fact

But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs. ↗

— Scott Walker

#governments #i #jobs #like #mitt

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments. ↗

— George Washington

#burdens #governments #history #laid #marvel

Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich. ↗

— Paul Getty

#governments #rich #soak

After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

#beyond #completely #european #european governments #failed

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#commit #fails #good #good governance #governance

We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency, and we should support countries that embrace market reforms, democracy, and the rule of law. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#aid #american #countries #democracy #embrace

In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us. ↗

— Nhat Hanh

#governments #invent #mobilize #need #order

I know that many in Europe are unhappy with their governments' policies toward the Palestinians. ↗

— Ismail Haniyeh

#governments #i #know #many #palestinians

Whether Canada ends up as o-ne national government or two national governments or several national governments, or some other kind of arrangement is, quite frankly, secondary in my opinion. ↗

— Stephen Harper

#canada #ends #frankly #government #governments