Politics Quote by Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Download Open image “Unprincipled governments are inevitably unstable, unsuccessful and short-lived.” — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Politics Short lived Unstable Unsuccessful
While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile. — Madeleine Albright Copy Share Image
That instability is inherent in the nature of popular governments, I think very disputable … A representative democracy, where the right of election is well secured and regulated & the exercise of the legislature, executive, and judiciary authorities, is vested in select persons, chosen really and not nominally by the people, will in my opinion be most likely to be… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share
Unfortunately, history suggests that dictatorial regimes can withstand years, even decades, of economic sanctions. — Max Boot Copy Share Image
The experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived. — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Governments are not overthrown by the poor, who have no power, but by the rich-when they are insulted by their inferiors and cannot obtain… — Dionysius of Halicarnassus Copy Share Image
Democracies, unlike dictatorships, are forgiving and generous, but they cannot survive unless they fight. — Jalal Talabani Copy Share Image
Democracies are expense-averse and they think in terms of short-term, political interests rather than a long-term interest in stability. — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
Democracies have been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and in general been as short in their lives as they… — James Madison Copy Share Image
History proves that dictatorships do not grow out of strong and successful governments, but out of weak and helpless ones. If by democratic methods people get a government strong enough to protect them from fear and starvation, their democracy succeeds; but if they do not, they grow impatient. Therefore, the only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share
I'm clear that new schools should only go in areas where there is a need for places. I'm equally clear that we need those… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
Brexit has always been an impossible project, except at the price of massive self-harm. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
Brexit is not, thankfully, a question of war. But, like Iraq, Brexit is an act of unprovoked self-harm and a massive strategic mistake that… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
Teach First is uniquely placed to help universities broaden the social background of their student intake. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
Good government has essentially broken down in the face of Brexit. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
Britain's railways don't need to be wholly nationalised and they don't need to be operated solely by private companies. Both of these myopias harm… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
The motorway network helps bind Britain together. It remains an extraordinary achievement, making a huge contribution to our economy and our way of life. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
It is clear to me that when London has expanded successfully in the past, there has always been a plan. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
I thought I'd left politics when Labour lost the 2010 election and I went off and ran a thinktank for two years and founded the National Infrastructure Commission. It was only because of Brexit that I came back. And I had to learn rapidly how to do politics in the 2010s and it soon became clear to me that you… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share
The partial exception to our London-centric state institutions is the monarchy, which has always had peripatetic tendencies. — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
I'm prepared to argue with some of my Labour colleagues about doing what it takes to see that every school has the governance needed… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
By managing the speed of traffic and opening the hard shoulder as a new running lane in times of congestion, the M42 pilot showed… — Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis Copy Share Image
Sentiment is the mightiest force in civilization; not sentimentality, but sentiment. Women will bring this into politics. Home, sweet home, is as powerful on… — Judith Ellen Foster Copy Share Image
Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours. — Alan Greenspan Copy Share Image
“Only careful political manoeuvring will be able to manage the situation.” — Davan Yahya Khalil Copy Share Image
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
Politics is not an issue whether you like or dislike , but every citizen must involve. — Khem Veasna Copy Share Image
For the Scottish government, the practice of having meetings in different parts of the country is well established, but for the U.K. government, it… — Nicola Sturgeon Copy Share Image
“The global population of Earth are involved in the following corporate government experiments: The long term effects of - 1. Nuclear bomb fallout radiation. 2. Man-made wireless radio frequency (RF) radiation. 3. Exposure to man-made electricity. 4. Eclipsing of the Sun by the International Space Station (ISS), satellites, airplanes and jet aircraft contrails (chemtrails). 5. Eating food forced grown using… — Steven Magee Copy Share
Scepticism and cynicism about politics is so great that one of the best counters to it is what you can do at a local… — Ed Miliband Copy Share Image
Right now we're concerned about budget. Right now we're concerned about the prospect of interest rate rise. We're concerned about government corruption, government handing… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
One of the worst things to come out of the Consumer Protection Board's misleading claims is the impression that government resources are to hard… — Matthew Lesko Copy Share Image
“Jim Reston: Walking through the crowds of air-kissing politicians, actors and high fliers, it was tough to tell where the politics stopped and the… — Peter Morgan Copy Share Image
We have to build our own power. We have to win every single political office we can, where we have a majority of black people... The question for black people is not, when is the white man going to give us our rights, or when is he going to give us good education for our children, or when is he… — Fannie Lou Hamer Copy Share
