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History is the sum total of things that could have been avoided. — Konrad Adenauer
Each generation, as it seeks to advance the common good, must ask anew: 'What are the requirements that governments may reasonably impose upon citizens, and… — Pope Benedict XVI
On the Northern Ireland question, for instance, the British and Irish governments prohibit media contact with members of the IRA, but we have always gone… — Kate Adie
Secrecy, being an instrument of conspiracy, ought never to be the system of a regular government. — Jeremy Bentham
As Nelson Mandela has pointed out, boycott is not a principle, it is a tactic depending upon circumstances. A tactic which allows people, as distinct… — John Berger
All forms of tampering with human beings, getting at them, shaping them against their will to your own pattern, all thought control and conditioning is,… — Isaiah Berlin
Every effort needs to be made to try and offset the costs of Katrina and Rita by reductions in other government programs, especially those that… — Ben Bernanke
A people can prosper under a very bad government and suffer under a very good one, if in the first case the local administration is… — Annie Besant
Democracy needs support, and the best support for democracy comes from other democracies. — Benazir Bhutto
Military hardliners called me a 'security threat' for promoting peace in South Asia and for supporting a broad-based government in Afghanistan. — Benazir Bhutto
I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections. — Benazir Bhutto
The military destabilised my government on politically motivated charges. — Benazir Bhutto
I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever… — Joe Biden
Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people. — Joe Biden
The jam is moving toward the Capitol where Congress sits in judgment on all the administrative agencies of Government. — Grace Abbott
I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a correct… — Buffalo Bill
In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of… — Ambrose Bierce
Alliance - in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pockets that they cannot separately… — Ambrose Bierce
As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. — Theodore Bikel
Every Indian outbreak that I have ever known has resulted from broken promises and broken treaties by the government. — Buffalo Bill
It is a fact that governments tend to put in place policies and strategies in response to current scenarios. — Julie Bishop
But it's not just the cattle producers, it's all the attendant industries like transport and shipping and feed producers and the like. There will be… — Julie Bishop
Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made. — Otto von Bismarck
The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it is espoused by a lot… — Conrad Black
Paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them… — Hugo Black

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