#governments

Unlike despotisms, modern democracies are not supposed promiscuously to accumulate property and then charge their taxpayers to maintain it. But that is what they do. Governments are always trying to extend their responsibilities and their estates, and it is very hard for parliaments to reign them in. ↗

— James Buchan

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The unions still have a job to do, representing their members' interests to governments and parliaments. And I think collective agreements still have a role, alongside markets and laws. ↗

— Jacques Delors

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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

The claim of the State Socialists, however, that this right would not be exercised in matters pertaining to the individual in the more intimate and private relations of his life is not borne out by the history of governments. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#claim #exercised #governments #his #history

My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director. ↗

— Edward Tufte

#engineer #father #governments #his #life

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

— Scott Walker

#governments #i #jobs #like #mitt

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

— Paul Getty

#governments #rich #soak

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

Governments must give to all those who have hit life's hurdles the chance to rebuild and have a future. ↗

— Pauline Hanson

#future #give #governments #hit #hurdles