Governments stand because people sit; if people stand, governments will sit! Votes: 3
Mehmet Murat ildanGovernments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide. Votes: 3
Bianca JaggerPeople don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same. Votes: 3
Will RogersGovernments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force. Votes: 3
P. J. O'RourkeThat's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do. Votes: 3
Mark TwainGovernments lie; bankers lie; even auditors sometimes lie: gold tells the truth. Votes: 3
William Rees-MoggGovernments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people. Votes: 3
Ronald ReaganGovernments harangue about deficits to get more revenue so they can spend more. Votes: 3
Allan H. MeltzerGovernments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them. Votes: 3
Emile ZolaGovernments can inflate their way out of debt, but that has consequences, doesn't it? Votes: 3
Kent ConradThe best Governments of the World have bin composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy. Votes: 3
Algernon SidneyPeople shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people. Votes: 3
Alan MooreGovernments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions. Votes: 3
Leo TolstoyGovernments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it. Votes: 3
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelThe most difficult challenge that Governments have faced since the dinosaurs roamed the earth. Votes: 3
David ChaytorGovernments oppress people, but so do mobs. You need to avoid both to make progress. Votes: 3
Jaron LanierGovernments must now take a leading role in moving their nations in the right direction. Votes: 3
Henry W. KendallGovernments do not like to face radical remedies; it is easier to let politics predominate. Votes: 3
Barbara TuchmanGovernments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed Votes: 3
Walter E. WilliamsGovernments should not be able to bulldoze a person's home or business to benefit other individuals. Votes: 3
Henry BonillaIf you want to know about governments, all you need to know is two words: Governments lie. Votes: 3
I. F. StoneGovernments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea. Votes: 3
Ludwig BorneAll governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. Votes: 0
Frank HerbertAll present-day governments are fanatically committed to an easy money policy. Votes: 0
Ludwig von MisesWhen democratic governments create economic calamity, free markets get the blame. Votes: 0
Jack KempI think all governments engage in intelligence gathering vis-a-vis other governments. Votes: 0
Henry PaulsonPrinces and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. Votes: 0
Niccolo Machiavelli... governing is occupying but not interesting, governments are occupying but not interesting ... Votes: 0
Gertrude SteinThe whole human rights structure is based on the accountability of governments. Votes: 0
Mary RobinsonThe South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. Votes: 0
Charlayne Hunter-GaultAutocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another. Votes: 0
Alastair ReynoldsCo-operation between governments still plays an important role and will remain indispensable. Votes: 0
Lionel JospinAll governments are, to a certain extent, a treaty with the Devil. Votes: 0
Friedrich Heinrich JacobiAll governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights. Votes: 0
Richard StallmanMore emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England. Votes: 0
Albert Bushnell HartThere are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches. Votes: 0
Will RogersBy ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein. Votes: 0
Carol BellamyWhile many governments and well-meaning individuals have redefined marriage, the Lord has not. Votes: 0
Neil L. AndersenToday, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. Votes: 0
Bobby ScottWhen governments legalize and encourage gambling, they are creating addictions among their citizens Votes: 0
John Warren KindtThe primary method by which governments increase their control is by creating fear. Votes: 0
Charles EisensteinThe rights of the individual should be the primary object of all governments. Votes: 0
Mercy Otis WarrenCampaigns waged with lies presage governments racked by distrust. The sclerosis starts there. Votes: 0
Frank BruniI was always a courageous woman, capable of confronting governments but not men. Votes: 0
Jane FondaAn actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement. Votes: 0
James DeanNo bank should be allowed to become so big that it can blackmail governments. Votes: 0
Angela MerkelWriters can't write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking. Votes: 0
Bertolt BrechtWho do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments, or oppressive societies? Votes: 0
Manal al-SharifI contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free. Votes: 0
William Henry HarrisonIn all great changes of established governments, forms ought to give way to substance Votes: 0
James MadisonThis weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments. Votes: 0
Jacques DelorsIt was an old lesson learned by governments: that war solves problems of control. Votes: 0
Howard ZinnAll free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people. Votes: 0
James A. GarfieldHistory teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. Votes: 0
Ronald ReaganTime and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow. Votes: 0
Abba EbanI think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank. Votes: 0
John MajorAdvertisers, not governments, are the primary censors of media content in the United States today. Votes: 0
C. Edwin BakerPrinting money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed. Votes: 0
George OsborneI know that many in Europe are unhappy with their governments' policies toward the Palestinians. Votes: 0
Ismail HaniyehAn invention is something that was "impossible" up to then that's why governments grant patents. Votes: 0
Robert A. HeinleinHe who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history. Votes: 0
Gary NorthNGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women. Votes: 0
Jenny ShipleyWe need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency. Votes: 0
Mo IbrahimPlease do not assume that you can change governments. Young people donât understand this Votes: 0
Lee Kuan YewI find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments Votes: 0
John SteinbeckWe need to focus on the speed with which local governments can work with businesses. Votes: 0
Muhtar KentIt is a violation of human rights when governments declare it illegal to be gay. Votes: 0
Hillary ClintonMuch can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives. Votes: 0
Jonathan SacksThere is always a temptation for governments: see a problem and announce a quick fix. Votes: 0
Charles KennedyMy father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director. Votes: 0
Edward TufteThe worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. Votes: 0
Ludwig von MisesPeople in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than governments. Votes: 0
Dwight D. EisenhowerBut Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs. Votes: 0
Scott WalkerWhat history teaches us is that neither nations nor governments ever learn anything from it. Votes: 0
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelTo be sure, governments will remain critical to any comprehensive effort to save our planet. Votes: 0
Lawrence BenderThe people who are thinking most about big data right now are corporations and governments. Votes: 0
Rick SmolanIt has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war. Votes: 0
Lester B. PearsonA leftist government doesn't exist because being on the left has nothing to do with governments. Votes: 0
Gilles Deleuze[All governments] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one. Votes: 0
Nick CleggToo often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy. Votes: 0
Franklin D. RooseveltIn free governments the rulers are the servants and the people are their superiors and sovereigns. Votes: 0
Benjamin FranklinI think today you can move ahead working with global companies more than with national governments. Votes: 0
Shimon PeresAs a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions. Votes: 0
Elton GalleglyThe message from the United States and Europe is that governments must live within their means. Votes: 0
Julie BishopNow you have to be a collaborator and you have to bring on governments and convince people. Votes: 0
Bill GatesEmail says that no, it is the governments of Saudi and Qatar that have been funding ISIS. Votes: 0
Julian AssangePeace will come to earth when the people have more to do with each other and governments less. Votes: 0
Richard CobdenI have always believed governments must adapt to the needs of the people, not the other way around. Votes: 0
Kim CampbellMany governments have faced the proposal of One Rank One Pension but no solution has been found yet. Votes: 0
Narendra ModiShutting down governments on your computer is just as much as fun as going to a riot at Yale. Votes: 0
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