#officials

The human element should be the two players on the court, not the officials. The best officials are the ones you never notice. The nature of the game made officials too noticeable a part. ↗

— Gene Scott

#court #element #game #human #human element

Foreign Ministry guys don't become agents. Party officials, the Foreign Ministry nerds, tend not to volunteer to Western intelligence agencies. ↗

— Aldrich Ames

#agents #become #foreign #guys #intelligence

Significant officials at publicly traded companies are casually and cavalierly engaged in insider trading. Because insider trading has as one of its elements communication, it doesn't take rocket science to realize it's nice to have the communication on tape. ↗

— Preet Bharara

#casually #communication #companies #elements #engaged

To restore and keep the public's confidence in the integrity of their government, state government and its officials must be open, honest and transparent. ↗

— John Lynch

#government #honest #integrity #keep #must

If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public. ↗

— Rachel Maddow

#accountability #basis #being #being done #done

The American people, in their own families, they understand that you have to do that. You have to make the tough decisions. You have to get your budget. You have got to put it in order. And they expect their elected officials and their leaders to do likewise. ↗

— Cathy McMorris

#american people #budget #decisions #elected #elected officials

In the past 30 years, officials of the Iranian regime and its apologists have labeled criticism, especially with regard to women's rights, as anti-Islamic and pro-Western, justifying its brutalities by ascribing them to Islam and Iran's culture. ↗

— Azar Nafisi

#criticism #culture #especially #in the past #iran

Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote. ↗

— George Jean Nathan

#citizens #elected #good #good citizens #officials

In the last four years under the Patriot Act, we have seen a great increase in the ability of law enforcement officials to investigate and track terrorists. ↗

— Mike Pence

#act #enforcement #four #great #increase

Never try to be witty with U.S. airport officials. It's always lost on them and you'll find yourself being put back on the plane. ↗

— Johnny Vegas

#always #back #being #find #lost