Governments Quotes · Page 8

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power.

— Maggie Gallagher

People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same.

— Will Rogers

Even when governments take the right steps to reform, these can be negatively impacted by events outside their control.

— Jose Manuel Barroso

Governments will use whatever technology is available to combat their primary enemy - their own population.

— Noam Chomsky

WikiLeaks exposed the most dangerous lies of all, which are those that are told to us by elected governments.

— Jemima Khan

We have to demand that governments live up to their promises and make education a reality for every child.

— Shakira

In other words, governments do not collect taxes to provide services, they provide services as an excuse to collect taxes.

— Richard J. Maybury

Governments understand that help is power. That is why governments offer as much help to as many people as they can.

— Neale Donald Walsch

The claim of the State Socialists, however, that this right would not be exercised in matters pertaining to the individual in the…

— Benjamin Tucker

Governments want efficient technicians, not human beings, because human beings become dangerous to governments – and to organized religions as well. That…

— Anonymous

If we wait for the governments, it'll be too little, too late; if we act as individuals, it'll be too little; but…

— Rob Hopkins

Governments cannot require individuals, they cannot require the public as a body, and they cannot require corporations to make investigation and law…

— Edward Snowden

The majority of people in developed countries spend at least some time interacting with the Internet, and Governments are abusing that necessity…

— Edward Snowden

The efforts of governments alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose and the people must help themselves.

— John F. Kennedy

Errors in decision-making lead young people to under-save for retirement, doctors to miss tumours, CEOs to make catastrophic investments, governments to engage…

— Noreena Hertz

We will not let governments off the hook. We will look to civil society to help us, to pin governments, to what…

— Mary Robinson

While sanctions against Iran and Syria are intended to constrain those countries' governments, they have had the unfortunate side effect of constraining…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

I have my own experience in Indonesia, of course. Sometimes in these transition situations, the new governments are still clumsy and awkward…

— Sri Mulyani Indrawati

I guess for every government - for many governments, they only have short vision, they only have three-year term or a four-year…

— Shi Zhengrong

“If the government in a country treats 60 percent of the population well and 40 percent badly, that means there is a…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

I would have government defend the life and property of all citizens equally; protect all willing exchange; suppress and penalize all fraud,…

— Leonard Read

Throughout history governments have been chronically short of revenue. The reason should be clear: unlike you and me, governments do not produce…

— Murray Rothbard

The idea that, in the age of Google, Facebook and the internet, government can control the 'commanding heights' of the economy is…

— Kwasi Kwarteng

The more power a government has the more it can act arbitrarily according to the whims and desires of the elite, and…

— Rudolph Rummel

Far too many governments are cutting back on their investment in human development.

— Winnie Byanyima

“Laws are designed by corporate governments to control the behaviors of their mass populations.”

— Steven Magee

Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.

— Anonymous

The climate issue is for the state. It is an obligation for all governments.

— Michel Temer

Some governments are prepared to give up elements of sovereignty to address the threat of global climate change.

— Richard N. Haass

A lot of people in America and Europe feel that their governments are not representing them very much.

— Angus Deaton

When it comes to governments and corporations, we should demand that less is secret. That's where corruption flowers.

— Alex Gibney

Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments.

— Baron de Montesquieu

Governments steal from citizens through taxes and through the subterfuge of monetizing their own IOUs.

— John Pugsley

It is a fact that governments tend to put in place policies and strategies in response to current scenarios.

— Julie Bishop

While many governments and well-meaning individuals have redefined marriage, the Lord has not.

— Neil L. Andersen

BJP doesn't practice the culture of stopping schemes of previous governments.

— Amit Shah

From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories.

— Stephane Hessel

The response to coronavirus has shown what can be done when governments put their mind to it.

— Caroline Lucas

“The only people in the world allowed to keep real secrets are the security organisations owned by governments.”

— D.C. Stansfield

I do not accept the right of big powers to change governments as and when it affects their interests.

— Tariq Ali