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If you're going to pick a book and you want to base a system of government around it, why not 'Harry Potter?' — Lewis Black
My parents are the last of the middle class. My father worked for the government designing sea mines. My mother was a substitute teacher. Together,… — Lewis Black
The important thing for the survival of the Thai society is that the majority of those who work, both in the government and the private… — Bhumibol Adulyadej
It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose. — Tony Blair
Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party… — Tony Blair
I cannot think of any circumstances in which a government can go to war without the support of parliament. — Tony Blair
In government you carry each hope; each disillusion. And in politics it's always about the next challenge. — Tony Blair
I learnt a lot in government, and I've learnt a lot since leaving government. The kind of journey of being in government is that you… — Tony Blair
In the inner city, there's a mentality that the government owes you something. My breakthrough came when I stopped feeling sorry for myself and took… — Mary J. Blige
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. — Aesop
And I keep saying, whether you like the president or not, everybody has to pull together and help the president because, as the president goes,… — Michael Bloomberg
I think if you look at people, whether in business or government, who haven't had any moral compass, who've just changed to say whatever they… — Michael Bloomberg
Government is dysfunctional. — Michael Bloomberg
I've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can… — Michael Bloomberg
I don't believe that government is good at picking technology, particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through… — Michael Bloomberg
If a hurricane strikes, we can blame the president for not being there; we can blame Congress and FEMA; we can blame the state governments;… — Michael Bloomberg
The public is upset. If they haven't lost their job, they know somebody that has. If they haven't lost their house, they know somebody that… — Michael Bloomberg
Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government… — Michael Bloomberg
And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we have a government… — John Boehner
Since its first day as a nation, Israel has lived under a cloud of aggression from militant extremists and hostile neighboring governments. — John Boehner
But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've expressed it tonight: standing on… — John Boehner
Every family in America knows they have to do a budget. Every small business in America knows they have to do a budget. Every local… — John Boehner
The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy, but the best weapon of a democracy should be the weapon of openness. — Niels Bohr
Again and again, universities have put a low priority on the very programs and initiatives that are needed most to increase productivity and competitiveness, improve… — Derek Bok
My philosophy is not a bean-counting, accounting 'look at this.' It is a philosophy that smaller government is better government, and government that is closer… — John Bolton

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