Determine Quote by Paul Collier Download Open image “Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.” — Paul Collier ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Determine Election Used
He who votes does not have power. He who counts the votes has power. — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
Political power does not rest with those who cast votes; political power rests with those who count votes. — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided. — Dominique de Villepin Copy Share Image
The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do. — Joseph Stalin Copy Share Image
Elections are about choices. They're about distinguishing one from the other. There is a political element to that, and of course it has to… — David Gregory Copy Share Image
In some countries that are darlings of the West, like Egypt, everyone knows the result of national elections years in advance: The man in… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
“And so a miserable but possible scenario is that countries in the bottom billion oscillate between the traps and limbo, perhaps switching in the… — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
“Rebels usually have something to complain about, and if they don't they make it up. All too often the really disadvantaged are in no… — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
How do we give credible hope to the billion poorest people in the world? It requires compassion to get ourselves started, and enlightened self-interest… — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
At the core of all successful societies are procedures for blocking the advancement of bad men — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
“The critical changes in trade policy... are politically difficult not because they threaten interests (they don't) but because they do not fit into any… — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
There is a simple way of avoiding excess risk-taking by the managers of our financial institutions. It is to make it a crime ...… — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
Most conduct is guided by norms rather than by laws. Norms are voluntary and are effective because they are enforced by peer pressure. — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
“Launching a turnaround takes courage. I cannot measure that and so it is not going to be included in my analysis, but behind the… — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens. — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
Change in the societies at the very bottom must come predominantly from within; we cannot impose it on them. — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
“Persuading everyone to behave decently to each other because the society is so fragile is a worthy goal, but it may be more straightforward… — Paul Collier Copy Share Image
I always say there are two things to be successful. The first is decide exactly what you want - set your goals - and… — Brian Tracy Copy Share Image
Vow to be valiant. Resolve to be radiant. Determine to be dynamic. Strive to be sincere. Aspire to be attuned. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
To an ever greater extent out experience is governed by pictures, pictures in newspapers and magazines, on television and in the cinema. Next to… — Douglas Crimp Copy Share Image
The wisdom of our actions in the first three years of peace will determine the course of world history for half a century. — Henry A. Wallace Copy Share Image
Thought determines action. Do not let your whole life be a reaction to the things that happen around you each day. Let your life… — Matthew Kelly Copy Share Image
Determine to do some thinking for yourself. Don't live entirely upon the thoughts of others. Don't be an automaton. — James Cash Penney Copy Share Image
We must recognize that every nation determines its policies in terms of its own interests. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
All writers are forced to live within deadlines, and deadlines determine how good they can be. — Lawrence O'Donnell Copy Share Image
Alfred Nobel stipulated that no distinction of race or colour will determine who received of his generosity. — Abdus Salam Copy Share Image
The enmity of such a party towards Socialism does not mean that the members are only prejudiced against it because they do not know… — Karl Radek Copy Share Image
It is not the consciousness of men that determines their being, but, on the contrary, their social being that determines their consciousness. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
