"The value of government to the people it……" — William Scranton
"The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state."
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William Scranton
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25 Quotes by William Scranton
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By Thursday morning, we'd gotten over the worst of it.
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Nobody could tell us or really had a very good idea, if there were a massive release of radiation, what…
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Another very strong image from the first day was giving my initial press conference in the morning - going down…
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission and EPA, et cetera, had worked out what allowable releases are.
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But the issue became, how long do you keep the press waiting so that you can gather more information?
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And at ten, or whatever time, in the morning we had the press conference, what we knew is there had…
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And it was at that point that I realized, in fact, our whole administration realized, that we could not rely…
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There were schools and hospitals who were ready to take people with undescribed injuries, but not necessarily ready to take…
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None of us knew what this power plant looked like. We had no schematic drawing.
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It took me 45 minutes to get in all of the suits and putting all the dosimeters on me so…
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And I remember walking in there and, I must say, I was quite unnerved the closer I got to it.
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When I started walking and I looked down and I saw on the floor this water, which looked like, you…
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More Affairs Quotes
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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation…
— Hannah Arendt
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The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of…
— Charles Babbage
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The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.
— Irving Babbitt
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
— Honore de Balzac
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I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect…
— Roger Bannister
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
— Saint Basil
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Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one…
— Arnold Bennett
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I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
— Sophie Ellis Bextor
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
— Ambrose Bierce
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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they…
— Aeschylus
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