As a consequence of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the officer corps of the old army became part of this… — Gustav Stresemann Copy Share Image
A president is a high-level official who is elected to carry out a function. He is not a king, not a god.… — Jose Mujica Copy Share Image
The president doesn't get an automatic pay raise, so they can't freeze it for him. But it also does extend the pay… — Susan Davis Copy Share Image
“Though we were all taught to be proud of living in this great parliamentary democracy the civil servants who ran it were… — Meg Rosoff Copy Share Image
“In this country faith is absolute and universal. The choice, if there is a choice, is made at birth. Everyone believes. For… — Paul Torday Copy Share Image
“Remember professional ethics. When political leaders set a negative example, professional commitments to just practice become more important. It is hard to… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“The separation of mind and body that informs medical practice is also the dominant ideology in our culture. We do not often… — Gabor Maté Copy Share Image
A civil servant is sometimes like a broken cannon - it won't work and you can't fire it. — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
Historically Turkey hasn't had much success in attracting foreign investment. Slowly that is changing. There's a tradition of arbitrary decisions by government… — Andrew Mango Copy Share Image
Economists who studied in the '80s tend to have a pretty crude neoclassical view that's just about freeing up prices and markets,… — Duncan Green Copy Share Image
“When political leaders set a negative example, professional commitments to just practice become more important. It is hard to subvert a rule-of-law… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
“Between 1890 and 1911 there was a 200 percent increase in the numbers of bureaucrats, most of them new appointments. In Austria… — Margaret MacMillan Copy Share Image
“Ostensibly, the most important governance reform was supposed to be the Right to Information (RTI) Act that aimed to impose greater accountability… — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
As long as government is allowed to collect all Internet data, the perceived exigency will drive honest civil servants to reach more… — Yochai Benkler Copy Share Image
“When politicians and civil servants hear the word culture they feel for their blue pencils.” — Lionel Esher Copy Share Image
To its committed members (the Democratic Party) was still the party of heart, humanity, and justice, but to those removed a few… — Nicholas von Hoffman Copy Share Image
The priest is not and must not be a civil servant of the Church. Above all the priest is a man who… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
“On the right, a brigade of trolls. On the left, squabling civil servants. Invasion of zombies. Have I managed to summarize the… — Martijn Benders Copy Share Image
The civil servants will always be there to look after this country. So don't worry... Any political party taking power will have… — Tan Cheng Bock Copy Share Image
We need more people to go into business and fewer wasting our lives becoming bureaucrats and civil servants. — Michael O'Leary Copy Share Image
The culture of the State Department is very negative towards a conservative foreign policy. And the model that we all have, of… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
Temporary teams of trusted people are generally sent to all Departments and to major agencies of government to assist in planning and… — Richard V. Allen Copy Share Image
“The Midnight Dance of the Universal Desk Sergeant, a performance that is somehow the same whether the precinct house is in Boston… — David Simon Copy Share Image
People willy-nilly borrow for consumption. Civil servants willy-nilly borrow for consumption and then wonder why they don't have enough money at the… — Najib Razak Copy Share Image
There are too many countries where the values we take for granted in our civil servants simply do not exist. Seeing these… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
