Governments Quotes · Page 12

Governments know that the life of the world cannot be saved if the soul of the world is allowed to be lost.

— Herbert Hoover

“In times of toxic governments, compassion will keep you sane.”

— Steven Magee

...somebody has to take governments' place, and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it.

— David Rockefeller

Governments should not be able to bulldoze a person's home or business to benefit other individuals.

— Henry Bonilla

The first piece of advice I would have from my experience is that governments need to be vocal about human rights.

— Amal Clooney

“It has been my personal experience that the government engages in a wide range of frauds with the common people.”

— Steven Magee

“System fails when people with ability don't have authority and people with authority don't have ability.”

— Amit Kalantri

It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes.

— Svetlana Alliluyeva

Consumers, unlike voters, expect an immediate response to their concerns; and companies, unlike governments, do not have the luxury of a mid-term…

— Noreena Hertz

Well, it's a - I don't want to disappoint you, but it's a time worn tradition of Australian Governments over many years…

— Alexander Downer

Philanthropists today want input into how their monies are being deployed. The big question is, can governments use this insight to sell…

— Noreena Hertz

Well they have an input into policy but in the end governments are elected to put together policy but the good thing…

— John Anderson

Overall, the work of rebuilding and transforming government for the digital age is only just beginning. Governments remain organized according to political…

— Andrew Leigh

We're not going to meddle in the internal life of other peoples and other governments, because we don't want them meddling in…

— Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

By creating a Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District, we will give local governments a framework for working together on an issue…

— Roy Barnes

Governments can enhance growth by increasing inclusiveness. A country's most valuable resource is its people. So it is essential to ensure that…

— Joseph Stiglitz

The move to tax Internet sales, clothed as a 'fairness' issue, is the typical 'wolf-in-sheep's-clothing' ploy so often used by governments unwilling…

— Bob Barr

Government relief tends constantly to get out of hand. And even when it is kept within reasonable bounds it tends to reduce…

— Henry Hazlitt

I am convinced that those societies (such as the Native American peoples) which live without government enjoy in their general mass an…

— Thomas Jefferson

First, I was opposed to gay marriage because it seemed like one more way that gays were wanting to assimilate. When I…

— Edmund White

America must realize, there are conditions she must accept in Asia. The first is a diversity of Asian cultures, governments, economic and…

— Ferdinand Marcos

Most businesses do not take governments seriously when it comes to climate, primarily because many governments have inconsistent and incoherent policies and…

— Jose Angel Gurria

Want to depose the government of a poor country with resources? Want to bash Muslims? Want to build support for American military…

— Stephen Kinzer

You have to be willing to see that sometimes the governments of these poor countries don't come through. You have to think…

— Bill Gates

What history teaches us is that neither nations nor governments ever learn anything from it.

— Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Healthy democracies require healthy relationships amongst citizens and their governments.

— Phil Scott

“The end result was that corporations practically were the governments these days. Sprawled”

— Damian Connolly

Technology will move faster than governments, so don't legislate before you understand the consequences

— Eric Schmidt

[All governments] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one.

— Nick Clegg

Governments getting involved in sports activities would ultimately damage sports.

— Kapil Sibal

There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches.

— Will Rogers

Governments like China and the United Arab Emirates are investing heavily in AI and see it as a competitive advantage.

— Rana el Kaliouby

Everyone knows that the Workers' Party governments did much more good than bad for the country.

— Fernando Haddad

“The legal system has been designed by governments and corporations to protect them from the common people.”

— Steven Magee

I know the Federal Reserve Bank can continue to print more and more money... but city and state governments cannot.

— Robert Kiyosaki

Governments do not like to face radical remedies; it is easier to let politics predominate.

— Barbara Tuchman

Too much of power has got concentrated in the hands of the Central and state governments.

— Arvind Kejriwal

Governments aren't going to go away; banks aren't going to go away.

— Brad Garlinghouse

More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England.

— Albert Bushnell Hart

There is always a temptation for governments: see a problem and announce a quick fix.

— Charles Kennedy