Authorities Quotes
261 quotes by 227 authors
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In 2008, when Lehman Brothers collapsed, we anticipated that Europe was going to have a very different bailout scheme than the U.S. because of their…
— Lou Jiwei
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One day, people in China may be able to see the records of conversations between multinational tech companies and the Chinese authorities.
— Rebecca MacKinnon
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Thanks to the Internet in general and social media in particular, the Chinese people now have a mechanism to hold authorities accountable for wrongdoing -…
— Rebecca MacKinnon
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The NSA has different reporting requirements for each branch of government and each of its legal authorities.
— Barton Gellman
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What Mexico City cannot do and my country cannot do is to allow us to be intimidated, the authorities to be intimidated, by organized crime.
— Enrique Pena Nieto
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The government that governs from afar absolutely requires that the truth and the facts reach its knowledge by every possible channel, so that it may…
— Jose Rizal
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Ultimate authority in a global system remains with sovereigns. Governments will not have it any other way: politicians face instant rejection from their electorate if…
— Michael Ignatieff
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Democratic constitutions do allow some suspension of rights in states of emergency. Thus rights are not always trumps. But neither is necessity. Even in times…
— Michael Ignatieff
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Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.
— Wang Jianlin
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Polling only works in a country without a depressed, frightened populace. Where the public trusts authorities enough to tell them the truth without fear of…
— Rick Perlstein
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I acknowledge the right of the authorities and the press to satisfy themselves as to whether I am the anthrax mailer. This does not, however,…
— Steven Hatfill
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The point is not to stay marginal, but to participate in whatever network of marginal zones is spawned from other disciplinary centers and which, together,…
— Judith Butler
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In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and…
— John Reed
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Madam: If you discover any more comets, can you not wait until they are announced by the proper authorities?
— George Phillips Bond
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If only the authorities could be made to realize that the forces leading them on in the armament race are just insane.
— Alva Myrdal
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We passed important laws to give the authorities responsible for investigation wide powers to defend us.
— George Pataki
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So far we have not convinced the Chinese authorities. My own brother was refused a visa on what was probably my last chance of seeing…
— Anna Louise Strong
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Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received upon…
— Frances Wright
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Since that time I have had continuous contact with the persons who were completely unknown to me, except that I knew they would hand whatever…
— Klaus Fuchs
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We have, therefore, directed the Irish Army authorities to have field hospitals established in County Donegal adjacent to Derry and at other points along the…
— Jack Lynch
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