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What the public does is not to express its opinions but to align itself for or against a proposal. If that theory is accepted, we… — Walter Lippmann
There is in the American Government...a want of unity.... The Sailors, the helmsman, the engineer, do not seem to have one purpose or obey one… — James Bryce
Parliamentary government is simply a mild and disguised form of compulsion. We agree to try strength by counting heads instead of breaking heads, but the… — James Fitzjames Stephen
We talk about democracy as if it's a safeguard for individual rights... Instead, it's become our way of intruding on rights, allegedly in the name… — Jonathan D. Morris
If economists were good at business, they would be rich men instead of advisers to rich men. — Kirk Kerkorian
Russia on its path has oftentimes discussed and overdiscussed what had happened earlier, instead of moving forward. The result is always the same: It is… — Mikhail Khodorkovsky
More people should learn to tell their dollars where to go instead of asking them where they went. — Roger Babson
Governments do not necessarily act in the national interest, especially when making detailed microeconomic interventions. Instead, they are influenced by interest group pressures. The kinds… — Paul Krugman
Instead of saying that globalization is a fact, that it's inevitable, we've also got to demonstrate that while the growing interdependence of the world economy… — Peter Mandelson
When I was younger I'd berate myself: You're fat, you're not a good dancer, you'll never have a boyfriend. I don't sweat that kind of… — Valerie Harper
Awareness by itself is not enough: it must be joined by mastery. We need gradually to develop a steering ability to keep ourselves from slipping… — Piero Ferrucci
I feel we are so blessed to live in a country where we enjoy so many rights that other countries cannot even begin to imagine.… — Sheryl Crow
We have many advantages in the fight against global warming, but time is not one of them. Instead of idly debating the precise extent of… — John McCain
I hope we can all agree that, instead of continuing to subsidize yesterday's energy sources. We need to invest in tomorrow's. — Barack Obama
The bleak truth is that, under normal conditions, most of North America and Europe are buried under about 1.5km of ice. This bitterly frigid climate… — Philip K. Chapman
Instead of telling them God has a wonderful plan for their life - tell them who God is. — Paul Washer
Attributing global climate change to human COâ‚‚ production is akin to trying to diagnose an automotive problem by ignoring the engine (analogous to the Sun… — Timothy Ball
We are upsetting the atmosphere upon which all life depends. In the late 80s when I began to take climate change seriously, we referred to… — David Suzuki
Instead of controlling the environment for the benefit of the population, perhaps we should control the population to ensure the survival of our environment — David Attenborough
Removing the weeds, putting fresh soil about the bean stems, and encouraging this weed which I had sown, making the yellow soil express its summer… — Henry David Thoreau
It takes months to find a customer . . . seconds to lose one. Do not follow where the path may lead. . . go… — Vince Lombardi
The idea [the government's 'You Win' campaign] is that instead of young people in Nigeria waiting to get employment, they should create their own jobs… — Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
People that don't want to get down to the business at hand. Instead of just doing less, we have to find ways of doing more… — Bill Nye
Imagine what the world could be if we were on the offense with love instead of on the defense with hate. — Carlos Salinas de Gortari
True love is not giving power to the other person, but instead is empowering you to make that person happy. — Carlos Salinas de Gortari

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