Any unveiling is also veiling. No matter how transparent our governments want to be, governments will be selectively transparent. — Ivan Krastev Copy Share Image
I don't think the government should touch art. Governments are risk averse. They encourage risk-averse personalities to be artists. — Dave Hickey Copy Share Image
“Literature is not at the service of the government; on the contrary, governments should do everything in their power to create a… — Murong Xuecun Copy Share Image
My observation on most people in national governments is that they have very little interest in and very little knowledge of the… — James Wolfensohn Copy Share Image
Food redistribution is economically sensible, ecologically pressing, and socially responsible; it is high time food corporations woke up to it and governments… — Tristram Stuart Copy Share Image
“Corrupt and incompetent police officers have a long history of being protected by their colleagues, police internal affairs and the government.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
Human rights is a big important part of how to prevent conflict in the first place if we focus on how the… — Nikki Haley Copy Share Image
The truth is that modern governments sit at the head of a well-funded security apparatus. They are told that foreign military adventures… — Frankie Boyle Copy Share Image
Governments follow their people. A great deal has to do with the vision of the leadership of governments. They have a vision,… — Salman Khurshid Copy Share Image
When I was in high school in the early 1970s, we knew we were running out of oil; we knew that easy… — Carl Safina Copy Share Image
Why are we in this mess, now facing the prospect of economic armageddon? It's because the prevailing characteristic has been greed, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
TV broadcasting is owned, in the sense that governments around the world have asserted power over the airwaves that permeate their territories,… — Jonathan Zittrain Copy Share Image
However, I think, first of all, that what's happening in Sierra Leone is going to have the great influence on those governments… — Alex Morrison Copy Share Image
I think it true that, you know, sometimes things start to change even before a government changes and, actually, I think you… — David Cameron Copy Share Image
I came here as a practical man, to talk, not simply on the question of peace and war, but to treat another… — Richard Cobden Copy Share Image
One by one, these governments came undone, and were forced into IMF tutelage (and national illegitimacy) by the careening oil prices, the… — Immanuel Wallerstein Copy Share Image
Governments have nothing. They can't create anything, they never have. All they can do is steal from one group and give it… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Beginning with the Clinton Administration and rapidly accelerating with the George W. Bush and Obama regimes and Tony Blair in England, the… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
“There are times when wisdom cannot be found in the chambers of parliament or the halls of academia but at the unpretentious… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If governments were kind, they'd realize that conficts are resolved and wars prevented not by armies but by ordinary people. — Scilla Elworthy Copy Share Image
Governments usually end not with a bang but with a whimper, as the Conservatives learned in the 1990s. Support and authority erodes… — John McDonnell Copy Share Image
There should be resolutions adopted in top international institutions, which are binding on all states and governments in the world, to forbid… — Hassan Nasrallah Copy Share Image
It is on opinion only that government is founded; and this maxim extends to the most despotic and most military governments, as… — David Hume Copy Share Image
When governments rely increasingly on sophisticated public relations agencies, public debate disappears and is replaced by competing propaganda campaigns, with all the… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on… — Brian Eno Copy Share Image
During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty.… — Iqbal Quadir Copy Share Image
During the 1990s the United States sought to impose the 'Washington Consensus' on Latin American governments. It embodied what Latin Americans call… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
We both [with Donald Trump] share a desire to ensure that governments are working for everyone and particularly that governments are working… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
“There are many peaceful ways to get rid of a fascist government and economic war against such a government is the best… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
That's one of the biggest issues that we see in the question of governments right now, I think, in the Western world.… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
Governments are necessarily continuing concerns. They have to keep going in good times and in bad. They therefore need a wide margin… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
“Governments may rise and fall for reasons which appear insignificant, Prince. What small events! An argument between two women . . .… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Spending should be transparent. All spending by the Pentagon should be online. Every check. Exceptions should be made for legitimate national security… — Grover Norquist Copy Share Image
The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature. . .… — John Adams Copy Share Image
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