#governments

State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for higher education. Colleges, in turn, answer these funding cuts with tuition hikes. ↗

— Arne Duncan

#colleges #cut #cuts #education #funding

A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#conducted #governments #infinite #monarchy #most

But after the spirit of conquest had changed the first governments, all the succeeding ones have, in general, proved one continued series of injustice, which has reigned in all countries for almost four thousand years. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#almost #changed #conquest #continued #countries

The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people. ↗

— Ezra Stiles

#earth #governments #greater #hereditary #independent

Europe and the euro zone have no reason, rationally, to push Greece out of the euro. But this is a system in which many parties, many countries, many governments, many electorates participate and we could have events which, rationally, are not controllable. ↗

— Evangelos Venizelos

#could #countries #euro #europe #events

We know darned well that in Bosnia, certain governments and the secretary had said tens of thousands are needed in Srebrenica and those people were never provided. ↗

— Alex Morrison

#certain #darned #governments #had #know

My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic, peace-loving governments in our region. ↗

— Shimon Peres

#brave #citizens #day #democratic #each

One of the most unique aspects among many about the USA is that our transitions of 'power' have almost always been peaceful. This is very unique in all of history and in the world today". ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#government #governments #r-alan-woods #r-alan-woods

Bosses are no more inevitable in state and local governments than dictators are in national governments. They will arise and prosper, nevertheless, if true believers of democracy - citizens devoted to the democratic ideals - do not constantly oppose them. ↗

— Charles Edison

#believers #bosses #citizens #constantly #democracy

I understand why people do vote on the conservative side of the ticket because people have a tendency to go for strong governments when really, from an idealistic point of view, it's a bad thing. ↗

— David Lloyd

#bad thing #because #conservative #go #governments