#governments

Today, the people are governing the governments. And when they begin to talk to each other, they are surprised, they can be friends. Why should we hate each other? ↗

— Shimon Peres

#each #friends #governing #governments #hate

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#few #friends #governments #loved #many

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#debt #disease #fatal #first #first thing

When distrust exists between governments, when there is a danger of war, they will not be willing to disarm even when logic indicates that disarmament would not affect military security at all. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#between #danger #disarm #disarmament #distrust

In addition to their power over government based on government financing and personal influence, bankers could steer governments in ways they wished them to go by other pressures. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

#bankers #based #could #financing #go

As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions. ↗

— Elton Gallegly

#decisions #former #governments #i #know

When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place. ↗

— Lawrence Lessig

#gone #government #governments #interests #other

The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions. ↗

— Joseph Rotblat

#atom #atom bomb #basis #bomb #cities

The Federal Government should be the last resort, not the first. Ask if a potential program is truly a federal responsibility or whether it can better be handled privately, by voluntary organizations, or by local or state governments. ↗

— Donald Rumsfeld

#better #federal #federal government #first #government

Incidentally, our railroad facilities are under video surveillance by the federal police. However, the federal and state governments will have to determine whether video surveillance shouldn't be significantly expanded to a certain degree. ↗

— Otto Schily

#certain degree #degree #determine #expanded #facilities