Governance Quotes

“A nation with minimum laws will have maximum laughter.”

— Amit Kalantri

Like all fads, corporate governance has its zealots.

— Conrad Black

“An elephant constantly in denial. - On Government”

— Lamine Pearlheart

“And for Heaven’s Sake, Don’t Overlook Governance!”

— Ray Dalio

Laws are the DNA of government. They must evolve with time.

— Narendra Modi

I think good governance and good politics can go together.

— N. Chandrababu Naidu

We measure everything - why not governance?

— Mo Ibrahim

Less land, less time, more crop.

— Narendra Modi

There's no need to be fearful of me. I am involved in the welfare of people and giving them good governance.

— Yogi Adityanath

I recently assured Public Sector Banks they will have total autonomy in taking business decisions.

— Narendra Modi

It is every Indian's dream that J&K is happy & there is prosperity. We have to work for this, be it in…

— Narendra Modi

The real mechanism for corporate governance is the active involvement of the owners.

— Anonymous

BJP is committed to transform the agriculture sector. We want to increase farmer income and the purchasing power of villages.

— Narendra Modi

“An act of charity by the citizens questions the worthiness of the government.”

— Amit Kalantri

We are committed to achieving the fiscal deficit target announced in the budget.

— Narendra Modi

I did not make any big speeches but acted upon working against corruption.

— Narendra Modi

Under neoliberal governance, workers have seen their wages stagnate and their working conditions and job security become more precarious.

— Mark Fisher

Self-certification may look like a small vision but there cannot be a greater decision for a Government to trust the honesty of…

— Narendra Modi

Shareholder value gets lost when things are done illegally, when corporate governance is not adhered to, when cohesive action is not taken.

— Cyrus Pallonji Mistry

Indian economy is suffering from policy paralysis and lack of optimism. I am confident that with right kind of decisions, we can…

— Narendra Modi

Counterinsurgencies are a political initiative with a military component. They require the regime in power to counter the insurgents with better governance.

— Jake Auchincloss

Network technology has irrevocably changed campaigning and elections. It has the potential to transform governance and the workings of our democracy for…

— Beth Simone Noveck

Haiti is 10.4-million people, of whom 35 per cent are children under 15. The country has always had great potential - and…

— Laurent Lamothe

I actually don't believe in governance by referendum. I believe that we have a democracy, that we elect people to make decisions.

— Betsy Hodges

“In Confucian thought, individuals practice moral virtue both by restraining themselves and pursuing their own interests. This is a dual push-and-pull process.…

— Patrick Mendis

“Laws continue to be enacted, and the regulatory environment has become more complex due to unacceptable conduct remediation. Consequently, entities continue to…

— Robert E. Davis

What is failure for some is success for others. It depends on where they stand in the struggles over "democratic governance" and…

— Noam Chomsky

While transparency reduces corruption, good governance goes beyond transparency in achieving openness. Openness means involving the stakeholders in decision-making process. Transparency is…

— Narendra Modi

One of the biggest things that I've tried to wrap my head around in this work is this concept I call, 'customer…

— Andy Kim

There is something very consistent about governance in the Arab world. Among the Arab countries today in which there is a modicum…

— Michael Totten

The president [of American research institute] can act as the CEO and make a firm decision about the long-term development of the…

— Henry Rosovsky

“Since knowledge and ideas are an important part of cultural heritage, social interaction and business transactions, they retain a special value for…

— Robert E. Davis

But what is now encompassed by the one word (“school”) are two very different kinds of institutions that, in function, finance and…

— Jonathan Kozol

Gujarat's e-governance projects have been recognized in the country and abroad. To give a few examples- Gujarat has the largest Wide Area…

— Narendra Modi

“governance is the arrangements and practices that an organization puts in place to ensure its activities are adequately and appropriately managed. ‘Adequately…

— Anonymous

“Excerpt from page 113 [On Malaysia's Prime Minster's anti-capitalism and anti-globalization policies in September 1997] "Ah, excuse me, Mahathir, but what planet…

— Anonymous

Strengthening the role the United Nations can play...will require serious examination of the need to extend into the international arena the rule…

— Maurice Strong

“Bill C-9 was supposed to be a budget bill, but it came with innumerable measures that had little or nothing to do…

— Lawrence Martin

Democracy, in the United States rhetoric refers to a system of governance in which elite elements based in the business community control…

— Noam Chomsky

“A government is only good in so far as it achieves the best kind of living together among a specific group of…

— G.M. Mes