Enemy Quote by Anthony Albanese Download Open image “Short-term thinking is the greatest enemy of good government.” — Anthony Albanese ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Enemy Good Good government Government Greatest Politics Short term Term Thinking Thinking
Short-termism is no good: plans must be carried through to the end. — Frank Rijkaard Copy Share Image
This is bad for policy-making - if you cover up the problems, how can you solve them? It also corrodes public trust. Government must… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
The very best Labor governments in our nation's history distinguished themselves by thinking big and, wherever possible, resisting the temptation to overemphasise short-term political… — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
I've always believed, since my first time running for office, that good government is good politics. — Josh Shapiro Copy Share Image
Government is the art of the momentary feasible, of the least bad attainable, and not of the rationally most desirable. — Bernard Berenson Copy Share Image
The worst enemy of good government is not our ignorant foreign voter, but our educated domestic railroad president, our prominent business man, our leading… — John Jay Chapman Copy Share Image
“Long-term solutions are more attractive and cause much less controversy than short-term solutions, which will affect people who are still alive and voting.” — George Friedman Copy Share Image
Some people think that being in government for a long time is a bad thing. But the more you stay, the more you learn.… — Yoweri Museveni Copy Share Image
Politicians who lack the vision to lead the community on big issues like public transport often hide their inaction by blaming other levels of… — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
If you invest in education and training of our young people, what you do is you increase the future economic capacity of the nation. — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
You can guarantee that mining uranium will lead to nuclear waste. You can't guarantee that uranium mining will not lead to nuclear weapons. — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
Australia has an economic interest in ensuring our cities have 21st century urban rail transport to reduce traffic congestion. — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
We are not a single-issue party that puts abstract policy ahead of the working lives of people. We are not bitter, frightened xenophobes. — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
The very best Labor governments in our nation's history distinguished themselves by thinking big and, wherever possible, resisting the temptation to overemphasise short-term political… — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
Our national challenge is to continue to drive sustained economic growth. — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
A critical component of progress is engaging with people you don't agree with - everything else is the status quo. — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
There is a separation - a very clear separation - between the judiciary, the legal system, and the political system in this country, and… — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think ahead to… — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
No mainstream politician believes in open borders, but a policy that uses its prolonged treatment of detained people as an ongoing deterrent to others… — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals? — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy. — Pablo Picasso Copy Share Image
It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one, to surround him; if five to one, to attack… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image
The concept of humanity is an especially useful ideological instrument of imperialist expansion, and in its ethical-humanitarian form it is a specific vehicle of… — Carl Schmitt Copy Share Image
Pain held no terror for him. Pain was, if not friend, then family, something he had grown up with in his crèche, learning to… — Paolo Bacigalupi Copy Share Image
To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity' — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The invention of gunpowder and the constant improvement of firearms are enough in themselves to show that the advance of civilization has done nothing… — Carl von Clausewitz Copy Share Image
In this business, you find the enemy, then go after and destroy him. Everything else is rubbish! — Eddie Rickenbacker Copy Share Image
