Quotes about Governments

Governments are not representative. Votes: 3

Governments institutionalize something for nothing. Votes: 3

Governments are not always right. Votes: 3

Governments never learn. Only people learn. Votes: 3

Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are. Votes: 3

Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens. Votes: 3

Governments don't control people like they used to. Votes: 3

Governments need to have both shepherds and butchers. Votes: 3

Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic. Votes: 3

Governments are run by people. People can be bad. Votes: 3

Governments without separation of powers commit the worst crimes. Votes: 3

Governments do not make ideals, but ideals make governments. Votes: 3

Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them. Votes: 3

Governments have their origin in the moral identity of men. Votes: 3

Governments must conform to the nature of the men governed. Votes: 3

Governments arise either out of the people or over the people. Votes: 3

Governments stand because people sit; if people stand, governments will sit! Votes: 3

Governments are mandated by international law to protect people from genocide. Votes: 3

Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich. Votes: 3

People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same. Votes: 3

Governments have monopolies on certain things, like eminent domain and deadly force. Votes: 3

Governments grow as God declines, in both Europe and the United States Votes: 3

Governments have budgets but no money, companies have money but no budgets. Votes: 3

That's the difference between governments and individuals. Governments don't care, individuals do. Votes: 3

Governments, systems, ideologies come and go, but it is humanity which remains. Votes: 3

Governments lie; bankers lie; even auditors sometimes lie: gold tells the truth. Votes: 3

Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people. Votes: 3

Governments harangue about deficits to get more revenue so they can spend more. Votes: 3

Governments and fashions come and go but Jane Eyre is for all time. Votes: 3

Governments are suspicious of literature because it is a force that eludes them. Votes: 3

Governments can inflate their way out of debt, but that has consequences, doesn't it? Votes: 3

The best Governments of the World have bin composed of Monarchy, Aristocracy, and Democracy. Votes: 3

International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police. Votes: 3

People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people. Votes: 3

Governments not only are not necessary, but are harmful and most highly immoral institutions. Votes: 3

Governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deducted from it. Votes: 3

The most difficult challenge that Governments have faced since the dinosaurs roamed the earth. Votes: 3

Governments oppress people, but so do mobs. You need to avoid both to make progress. Votes: 3

Governments must now take a leading role in moving their nations in the right direction. Votes: 3

Governments do not like to face radical remedies; it is easier to let politics predominate. Votes: 3

Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed Votes: 3

Governments steal from citizens through taxes and through the subterfuge of monetizing their own IOUs. Votes: 3

Governments are committed to preserving the myth of their monopoly on violence. Violence belongs to everyone. Votes: 3

Governments will use whatever technology is available to combat their primary enemy - their own population. Votes: 3

Governments should not be able to bulldoze a person's home or business to benefit other individuals. Votes: 3

If you want to know about governments, all you need to know is two words: Governments lie. Votes: 3

Governments can be useful to the governed only so long as inherent tendencies toward tyranny are restrained. Votes: 3

Governments are best classified by considering who are the "somebodies" they are in fact endeavoring to satisfy. Votes: 3

Governments will always misuse the machinery of the law as far as the state of public opinion permits. Votes: 3

As our Governments spin, lie and lose their credibility, the electorate simply shrugs and looks the other way. Votes: 3

Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand. Votes: 3

Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent. Votes: 3

Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh and ruthless agenda. Votes: 3

Governments throughout the English-speaking sphere are creating and then ratcheting the torque on "hate-speech" laws with frightening eagerness. Votes: 3

Governments are the sails, the people the wind, the country is the ship and time is the sea. Votes: 3

Governments show thus how successfully men can be imposed on, even impose on themselves, for their own advantage. Votes: 3

We are teaching the world the great truth that Governments do better without Kings & Nobles than with them. Votes: 3

Governments must be conformable to the nature of the governed; governments are even a result of that nature. Votes: 3

Governments are based on power, companies are based on goodwill, which allows them to invest in the future. Votes: 3

Governments are like underwear. They start smelling pretty bad if you don't change them once in a while. Votes: 3

Governments clash with each other over who should control the co-ordination of the Internet's infrastructure and critical resources. Votes: 3

Nations it may be have fashioned their Governments, but the Governments have paid them back in the same coin. Votes: 3

Governments and entire planets are important, Threepio. But when you sift everything down, they're all just made of people. Votes: 3

Governments everywhere that are unable to guarantee equitable growth and social welfare have suffered a fatal decay of legitimacy. Votes: 3

Governments, whether they're dictatorships or democracies, reflect the people. When the people get fed up, they throw them out. Votes: 3

Governments must give to all those who have hit life's hurdles the chance to rebuild and have a future. Votes: 3

Government is a health hazard. Governments have killed many more people than cigarettes or unbuckled seat belts ever have. Votes: 3

“Governments accountable to the voters focus on building roads and schools—not weapons of mass destruction.” Votes: 3

Governments keep their promises only when they are forced, or when it is to their advantage to do so. Votes: 3

I don't think the government should touch art. Governments are risk averse. They encourage risk-averse personalities to be artists. Votes: 3

Governments are not representative. They have their own power, serving segments of the population that are dominant and rich. Votes: 3

Governments never supply prosperity. At best, they can facilitate it, by allowing the free enterprise system to work. Usually they Votes: 3

Governments ... should not force and govern belief, which is a matter for the heart and conscience not for temporal authorities. Votes: 3

Higher taxes never reduce the deficit. Governments spend whatever they take in and then whatever they can get away with. Votes: 3

Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth. Votes: 3

Governments at all levels and the whole society should act more vigorously to protect the land our lives depend on. Votes: 3

Governments commit more crimes upon persons and property and contribute more to their insecurity than all [the] criminals put together. Votes: 3

Governments everywhere, including here in the Unites States, have created ever-expanding bureaucracies that regulate nearly every aspect of our lives. Votes: 3

Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere. Votes: 3

Rent control has in certain Western countries constituted, maybe, the worst example of poor planning by Governments lacking courage and vision. Votes: 3

Governments understand that help is power. That is why governments offer as much help to as many people as they can... Votes: 3

Governments never supply prosperity. At best, they can facilitate it, by allowing the free enterprise system to work. Usually they suppress it. Votes: 3

Governments are trying to achieve unanimity by stifling any scientist who disagrees. Einstein could not have got funding under the present system. Votes: 3

Governments know that the life of the world cannot be saved if the soul of the world is allowed to be lost. Votes: 3

Governments have a favorite phrase: “lean and mean.” But they’ve been made very, very fat for corporate interests. Votes: 3

Your money has never been safe in the government's hands, and it never will be. Governments spend money; it's just their nature. Votes: 3

All the States and Governments by which men are or ever have been ruled, have been and are either Republics or Princedoms. Votes: 3

We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world. Votes: 3

Governments exist to protect the rights of minorities. The loved and the rich need no protection: they have many friends and few enemies. Votes: 3

Governments must commit to sound economic and financial policies. This is how we ensure reform in the euro area - and our independence. Votes: 3

Governments have a legitimate concern with slowing population growth. But often this has been attempted with little concern for the individuals most affected. Votes: 3

A lie is the most sacred private property on Earth. Governments claim it is not theirs, and that their critics are the rightful owners. Votes: 3

The previous Governments took pride in making laws, but I am happier removing laws. Let's open the windows, let some fresh air come in. Votes: 3

Governments cannot assume or expect that the ECB will always facilitate their funding independently of the achievement of their fiscal and other policy objectives. Votes: 3

Governments do not know what they cannot do until after they cease to be governments. Each government carries the seeds of its own destruction. Votes: 3

Governments can't keep looking over the shoulder or at the constellation of stars. You have got to do what you have got to do. Votes: 3

Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other. Votes: 3

Governments will rise, and governments will fall, and man will do evil to man, and all we can do is turn our hearts to good. Votes: 3

Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at last. Votes: 3

Governments are not overthrown by the poor, who have no power, but by the rich-when they are insulted by their inferiors and cannot obtain justice. Votes: 3

Governments never do any great good things from mere principle, from mere love of justice ... You expect too much of human nature when you expect that. Votes: 3

Recently though, our State Governments have discussed instigating a carbon trading scheme - the details are still to be decided - and that's an encouraging sign. Votes: 3

Recently though, our State Governments have discussed instigating a carbon trading scheme - the details are still to be decided - and that's an encouraging sign." Votes: 3

Governments resort to inflation with popular support because the people apparently are naïve enough to believe that they can have their cake and eat it, too. Votes: 3

It exists under different shapes in all Governments...but in those of the popular form it is seen in its greatest rankness and is truly their worst enemy. Votes: 3

The United Nations is an organizational body where people, through their Governments, come together; and it can be the only place where there can be a melting pot. Votes: 3

I think governments are the cancer of civilization. Votes: 2

Nothing binds a people to their leader like a common enemy. Voters don't change governments during war. Votes: 2

Routine is a declivity down which many governments slide, and routine says that freedom of the press is dangerous. Votes: 2

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments. Votes: 2

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. Votes: 2

A Republic without parties is a complete anomaly. The histories of all popular governments show absurd is the idea of their attempting to exist without parties. Votes: 2

The decision to use the atom bomb on Japanese cities, and the consequent buildup of enormous nuclear arsenals, was made by governments, on the basis of political and military perceptions. Votes: 2

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful. Votes: 2

There are more effective ways of tackling environmental problems including global warming, proliferation of plastics, urban sprawl, and the loss of biodiversity than by treaties, top-down regulations, and other approaches offered by big governments and their dependents. Votes: 2

While America has always been and always will be a safe harbor for those being persecuted by tyrannical governments we must be vigilant to ensure those individuals are not taking advantage of America's generosity and good will. Votes: 2

Universal suffrage should rest upon universal education. To this end, liberal and permanent provision should be made for the support of free schools by the State governments, and, if need be, supplemented by legitimate aid from national authority. Votes: 2

The biggest challenge is always the governments - they try to stop all good things. I try to stay away from them as much as I can, as I know if someone can destroy something good, it's the government. Votes: 2

My heart goes out to the brave citizens of Syria, who each day risk and even sacrifice their lives to achieve freedom from a murderous regime. We in Israel welcome the historic struggle to forge democratic, peace-loving governments in our region. Votes: 2

People feel repressed by their own governments; they feel unfairly treated by the outside world; they wake up in the morning, and who do they see - they see people being shot and killed: all Muslims from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Sudan, Darfur. Votes: 2

One of the main lessons I have learned during my five years as Secretary-General is that broad partnerships are the key to solving broad challenges. When governments, the United Nations, businesses, philanthropies and civil society work hand-in-hand, we can achieve great things. Votes: 2

If governments did not mislead their citizens so often, there would be less need for secrecy, and if leaders knew they could not rely on keeping the public in the dark about what they are doing, they would have a powerful incentive to behave better. Votes: 2

Have you noticed the people most likely to be up in arms about governments apparently spying on us tend to be the most non-private people you know? The people launching petitions and wailing about Big Brother and data collection are most likely to be the most constant self-presenters. Votes: 2

Governments can no longer control 100 percent of the story. Time and geographical boundaries disappear. In places like China and all over the Middle East, social-media outlets are being used to expose and hold accountable public officials that don't want to be held accountable for corruption and human rights abuses. Votes: 2

2009 was a tough year, but Australia rose to the challenge of the global financial crisis. It shows what can be done when we all join together and work together, governments of all persuasions state, territory and local; businesses large and small; unions and local communities right across the nation. Votes: 2

Governments have been ceding power to big multinational corporations in the market. We see the manifest in a variety of ways. Where governments are giving up power to big international institutions like the World Trade Organization or NAFTA, which are disabling governments' ability to protect the rights of their own people. Votes: 2

We live in a society in which spurious realities are manufactured by the media, by governments, by big corporations, by religious groups, political groups. I ask, in my writing, 'What is real?' Because unceasingly we are bombarded with pseudo realities manufactured by very sophisticated people using very sophisticated electronic mechanisms. Votes: 2

The 1 to 2 billion poorest in the world, who don't have food for the day, suffer from the worst disease: globalization deficiency. The way globalization is occurring could be much better, but the worst thing is not being part of it. For those people, we need to support good civil societies and governments. Votes: 2

Nelson Mandela went to jail believing in violence, and 27 years later he and his colleagues had slowly and carefully honed the skills, the incredible skills, that they needed to turn one of the most vicious governments the world has known into a democracy. And they did it in a total devotion to non-violence. Votes: 2

Governments that block the aspirations of their people, that steal or are corrupt, that oppress and torture or that deny freedom of expression and human rights should bear in mind that they will find it increasingly hard to escape the judgement of their own people, or where warranted, the reach of international law. Votes: 2

I love cities, and I love city governments in particular. But in politics it would have taken me 8 years from implementing a policy before I would get to see the feedback. With programming I could model the same policies and see the impact immediately. Technology is a far more efficient way to test. Votes: 2

If terror groups are to be defeated, it is national governments that will have to do so. In nations like India, governments will have to call on the patriotism of citizens to fight the terrorists. In a nation like Pakistan, the government will have to be persuaded to deal with those in their midst who are complicit. Votes: 2

Financial crises require governments. Votes: 0

All governments are lying cocksuckers. Votes: 0

All governments require enemy governments. Votes: 0

I think governments can't do much. Votes: 0

As a rule, governments monitor people. Votes: 0

People don't start wars, governments do. Votes: 0

People do not make wars; governments do. Votes: 0

Fear is the foundation of most governments. Votes: 0

Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny. Votes: 0

The social entrepreneurs are governments' best friends. Votes: 0

Foreign aid breeds kleptocracies, or governments of thieves. Votes: 0

Unalienable rights are essential limitations to all governments. Votes: 0

We have gold because we cannot trust governments Votes: 0

Compromise is the oil that makes governments go. Votes: 0

Fundamentalist governments and organizations endanger stability in the world. Votes: 0

Why do economists fall in love with authoritarian governments? Votes: 0

All governments must maintain power through consent, not coercion. Votes: 0

Wisdom degenerates in governments as governments increase in age. Votes: 0

What luck, for governments, that the people are stupid! Votes: 0

National governments are under paid, under staffed, and under talented. Votes: 0

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. Votes: 0

All governments need enemies. How else to justify their existence? Votes: 0

Its sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues. Votes: 0

Political liberty is to be found only in moderate governments. Votes: 0

It is bad governments, not bad people, who cause revolutions. Votes: 0

In Southern Europe, we have, of course, very bad governments. Votes: 0

What good fortune for governments that the people do not think. Votes: 0

Quite often governments are one way and the people are another. Votes: 0

All present-day governments are fanatically committed to an easy money policy. Votes: 0

How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think. Votes: 0

I think people respect governments that take decisions and act decisively. Votes: 0

The Bible is the supreme law that all governments must obey. Votes: 0

Do not trust governments more than governments trust their own people. Votes: 0

When democratic governments create economic calamity, free markets get the blame. Votes: 0

Being nice to governments doesn't work, they are such lying bastards. Votes: 0

It matters more how governments behave than how big they are. Votes: 0

I think all governments engage in intelligence gathering vis-a-vis other governments. Votes: 0

We should force European governments to choose between Paris and Washington. Votes: 0

I study how governments seek to stifle and control online dissent. Votes: 0

In rivers and bad governments the lightest things swim at top. Votes: 0

The U.N. power comes from concerted action of the governments. Votes: 0

Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society. Votes: 0

... governing is occupying but not interesting, governments are occupying but not interesting ... Votes: 0

The whole human rights structure is based on the accountability of governments. Votes: 0

The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor. Votes: 0

The Illuminati is just the evil, 'nameless' people who are behind governments. Votes: 0

Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another. Votes: 0

Co-operation between governments still plays an important role and will remain indispensable. Votes: 0

It is human nature that rules the world, not governments and regimes. Votes: 0

We don't have to suppose we need oil, or governments, or anything. Votes: 0

All governments are, to a certain extent, a treaty with the Devil. Votes: 0

I think we are realising that governments can't govern us any more. Votes: 0

Everyone is an abused child, if you think about what governments do. Votes: 0

All governments should be pressured to correct their abuses of human rights. Votes: 0

More emphasis was thus thrown upon the local governments than in England. Votes: 0

Most governments lie to each other. That's the way business gets done. Votes: 0

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments. Votes: 0

There are men running governments who shouldn't be allowed to play with matches. Votes: 0

By ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein. Votes: 0

While many governments and well-meaning individuals have redefined marriage, the Lord has not. Votes: 0

Today, education is perhaps the most important function of state and local governments. Votes: 0

When governments legalize and encourage gambling, they are creating addictions among their citizens Votes: 0

The primary method by which governments increase their control is by creating fear. Votes: 0

The rights of the individual should be the primary object of all governments. Votes: 0

Campaigns waged with lies presage governments racked by distrust. The sclerosis starts there. Votes: 0

I was always a courageous woman, capable of confronting governments but not men. Votes: 0

All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed. Votes: 0

City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure. Votes: 0

Technology will move faster than governments, so don't legislate before you understand the consequences Votes: 0

An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement. Votes: 0

No bank should be allowed to become so big that it can blackmail governments. Votes: 0

War is the gambling table of governments, and citizens the dupes of the game. Votes: 0

Writers can't write as fast as governments make wars; because to write demands thinking. Votes: 0

Who do you think is more difficult to face: oppressive governments, or oppressive societies? Votes: 0

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free. Votes: 0

In all great changes of established governments, forms ought to give way to substance Votes: 0

I contend that the strongest of all governments is that which is most free. Votes: 0

This weakening is worsened by the widening distance between the governed and their governments. Votes: 0

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. Votes: 0

All governments are in equal measure good and evil. The best ideal is anarchy. Votes: 0

It was an old lesson learned by governments: that war solves problems of control. Votes: 0

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people. Votes: 0

History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap. Votes: 0

Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow. Votes: 0

What governments call international monetary cooperation is concerted action for the sake of credit expansion. Votes: 0

I think we can get respect for Parliament back providing governments and oppositions are frank. Votes: 0

Advertisers, not governments, are the primary censors of media content in the United States today. Votes: 0

Printing money is the last resort of desperate governments when all other policies have failed. Votes: 0

I know that many in Europe are unhappy with their governments' policies toward the Palestinians. Votes: 0

An invention is something that was "impossible" up to then that's why governments grant patents. Votes: 0

The politics of austerity, of higher taxes, decided by governments, have lengthened the economic crisis. Votes: 0

He who bets on governments and government money bets against 6,000 years of recorded human history. Votes: 0

We need a revolution every 200 years, because all governments become stale and corrupt after 200 years. Votes: 0

If you don't have collective agreements between unions and employers, governments have to legislate more. Votes: 0

Unfortunately for governments like that of Iran, when they forbid something, people become more interested. Votes: 0

NGOs have a significant role to play, alongside governments, in improving the status of women. Votes: 0

We need to keep pressure on our own governments to force more and more transparency. Votes: 0

Please do not assume that you can change governments. Young people don’t understand this Votes: 0

I find out of long experience that I admire all nations and hate all governments Votes: 0

We need to focus on the speed with which local governments can work with businesses. Votes: 0

It is a violation of human rights when governments declare it illegal to be gay. Votes: 0

Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives. Votes: 0

There is always a temptation for governments: see a problem and announce a quick fix. Votes: 0

My father worked for governments all his life as an engineer and public works director. Votes: 0

The worst evils which mankind has ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments. Votes: 0

People in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than governments. Votes: 0

But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs. Votes: 0

What history teaches us is that neither nations nor governments ever learn anything from it. Votes: 0

To be sure, governments will remain critical to any comprehensive effort to save our planet. Votes: 0

It's none of the governments business who comes to, in, on, or from my body. Votes: 0

The people who are thinking most about big data right now are corporations and governments. Votes: 0

Are there good governments and bad governments? No, there are only bad governments and worse governments. Votes: 0

Organized labor still has privileges and legal immunities that even kings and governments lost years ago. Votes: 0

Disciplined governments do not engage in the economic equivalent of binge eating followed by crash dieting. Votes: 0

Nazi ideologies continue to the present day behind the veil of supposedly free societies and governments. Votes: 0

Unfortunately, very few governments think about youth unemployment when they are drawing up their national plans. Votes: 0

The same European governments that hesitated to confront terrorists were more than prepared to oppose us. Votes: 0

I think there is a huge responsibility upon governments to understand the consequence of their decisions. Votes: 0

In general, corruption tends to exist whenever governments have favors to extend, or something to sell. Votes: 0

If governments encourage people to become more spiritual there will be a reduction in healthcare costs. Votes: 0

It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war. Votes: 0

People, governments and economies of all nations must serve the needs of multinational banks and corporations. Votes: 0

Relationships between governments are important, but relationships between people are the real foundation of mutual understanding, Votes: 0

A leftist government doesn't exist because being on the left has nothing to do with governments. Votes: 0

[All governments] get into a rut where every potentially good story turns into a bad one. Votes: 0

Too often in recent history liberal governments have been wrecked on rocks of loose fiscal policy. Votes: 0

In free governments the rulers are the servants and the people are their superiors and sovereigns. Votes: 0

Asia's governments come in two broad varieties: young, fragile democracies - and older, fragile authoritarian regimes. Votes: 0

I think today you can move ahead working with global companies more than with national governments. Votes: 0

As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions. Votes: 0

From 1967, all the Israeli governments continued making two big mistakes: occupation and settlement in the territories. Votes: 0

Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. Votes: 0

Instead of taxing rich people, governments borrow from them, and pay them interest for the privilege. Votes: 0

Nobody is opposed to paying taxes; governments need to coordinate, work together and simplify the law. Votes: 0

The message from the United States and Europe is that governments must live within their means. Votes: 0

Now you have to be a collaborator and you have to bring on governments and convince people. Votes: 0

In past history popularly elected governments have been no better and sometimes far worse than overt tyrannies. Votes: 0

The closeness between the United States and Mexico is more than just a relationship between two governments. Votes: 0

I think our governments will remain virtuous for many centuries; as long as they are chiefly agricultural. Votes: 0

I personally am inclined to approach [housework] the way governments treat dissent: ignore it until it revolts. Votes: 0

Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty. Votes: 0

A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments. Votes: 0

It is economic power that determines political power, and governments become the political functionaries of economic power. Votes: 0

The ONLY thing that seems to band all nations together, is that their governments are universally bad.... Votes: 0

Email says that no, it is the governments of Saudi and Qatar that have been funding ISIS. Votes: 0

From such beginnings of governments, what could be expected, but a continual system of war and extortion? Votes: 0

If governments would only understand that if people are left alone they'll work out their own salvation. Votes: 0

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private individuals will occasionally kill theirs. Votes: 0

Despotic governments can stand 'moral force' till the cows come home; what they fear is physical force. Votes: 0

If the governments devalue the currency in order to betray all creditors, you politely call this procedure 'inflation'. Votes: 0

I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments. Votes: 0

When it comes to governments and corporations, we should demand that less is secret. That's where corruption flowers. Votes: 0

Some governments are prepared to give up elements of sovereignty to address the threat of global climate change. Votes: 0

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. Votes: 0

One, if one is sensible, blames government, not the servers of government, not those entangled in their governments. Votes: 0

The problem is: When two governments or institutions in Europe hold differing opinions, it is immediately a crisis. Votes: 0

For years governments have been promising more than they can deliver, and delivering more than they can afford. Votes: 0

What I would say is governments need assistance to run their organisations more efficiently just like businesses do. Votes: 0

Present governments are encouraging separatism in Australia by providing opportunities, land, moneys and facilities available only to Aboriginals. Votes: 0

Climate change is such a huge issue that it requires strong, concerted, consistent and enduring action by governments. Votes: 0

After a lifetime of war-watching, I see war as an endemic human disease, and governments are the carriers. Votes: 0

Peace will come to earth when the people have more to do with each other and governments less. Votes: 0

I have always believed governments must adapt to the needs of the people, not the other way around. Votes: 0

Many governments have faced the proposal of One Rank One Pension but no solution has been found yet. Votes: 0

I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles. Votes: 0

By leveraging their freedom from the bonds of location, corporations could now dictate the economic policy of governments. Votes: 0

With any new civilization... they have to have their own officers and police and governments and all that. Votes: 0

Rights are something made up by governments to make you feel like you're buying something with your taxes. Votes: 0

Rights" are something made up by governments to make you feel like you're buying something with your taxes. Votes: 0

It's Latin, which is an excellent language for mischief-making, which is why governments are so fond of it. Votes: 0

I don't think that governments should permit speculation in raw materials, because they're what the economy basically needs. Votes: 0

Bankruptcies of governments have, on the whole, done less harm to mankind than their ability to raise loans. Votes: 0

As freedom is the only safeguard of governments, so are order and moderation generally necessary to preserve freedom. Votes: 0

Lay then the axe to the root, and teach governments humanity. It is their sanguinary punishments which corrupt mankind. Votes: 0

The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression. Votes: 0

I don't just denounce suicide bombers. I denounce those governments which use indiscriminate slaughter to advance their foreign policy. Votes: 0

Any unveiling is also veiling. No matter how transparent our governments want to be, governments will be selectively transparent. Votes: 0

While the Internet can't be controlled 100 percent, it's possible for governments to filter content and discourage people from organizing. Votes: 0

Even when governments take the right steps to reform, these can be negatively impacted by events outside their control. Votes: 0

I don't see democracy getting better. I see democracy diminishing. More rules, more legislation. Eventually governments will see everything. Votes: 0

And so the reliance on Property, including the reliance on governments which protect it, is the want of self-reliance. Votes: 0

Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt. Votes: 0

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong. Votes: 0

I believe good governments have nothing to hide. We want to ensure we maintain confidence in our public institutions. Votes: 0

Shutting down governments on your computer is just as much as fun as going to a riot at Yale. Votes: 0

Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments. Votes: 0

An hereditary aristocracy... will change the form of our governments from the best to the worst in the world. Votes: 0

It is a fact that governments tend to put in place policies and strategies in response to current scenarios. Votes: 0

...somebody has to take governments' place, and business seems to me to be a logical entity to do it. Votes: 0

I think peace should be done not only among governments but among people. It was impossible before the Facebook. Votes: 0

Everyone knows that the Zionist regime is a tool in the hands of the United States and British governments. Votes: 0

WikiLeaks exposed the most dangerous lies of all, which are those that are told to us by elected governments. Votes: 0

All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out. Votes: 0

The working men are the basis of all governments, for the plain reason that they are the most numerous... Votes: 0

Inflation is the true opium of the people and it is administered to them by anticapitalist governments and parties. Votes: 0

Seek justice from tyrannical governments not with your hat in your hands but with a rifle in your fist. Votes: 0

Knowledge is dangerous, which is why governments often clamp down on people who can think thoughts above a certain caliber. Votes: 0

Research In Motion, the owner of BlackBerry, has been asked by a range of governments to comply with surveillance requirements. Votes: 0

I tend to be naive and gullible, I guess, but I try to believe that governments believe what they say. Votes: 0

Yes, friends, governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class. Votes: 0

In Kenya, crime and terrorism are deeply linked, not least by the failure of successive Kenyan governments to control either. Votes: 0

If governments were kind, they'd realize that conficts are resolved and wars prevented not by armies but by ordinary people. Votes: 0

The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people. Votes: 0

You should expect everything. Not necessarily through the government, the governments are not the only player in [Middle East] region. Votes: 0

In spite of the anticapitalistic policies of all governments and of almost all political parties, the capitalist mode of production Votes: 0

These so-called governments are in reality only great bands of robbers and murderers, organized, disciplined, and constantly on the alert. Votes: 0

The greatest of all crimes are the wars that are carried on by governments, to plunder, enslave, and destroy mankind. Votes: 0

If you can't compete fairly, honestly, effectively, no government should intervene. Now, some governments do. They prop up failing industries. Votes: 0

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people Votes: 0

I would rather die than settle in any European state. But some Arab governments spread such rumours to discredit me. Votes: 0

I know the Federal Reserve Bank can continue to print more and more money... but city and state governments cannot. Votes: 0

Fights between individuals, as well as governments and nations, invariably result from misunderstandings in the broadest interpretation of this term. Votes: 0

The federal and state governments should ban the use of taxpayer funds to support cloning and embryonic stem cell research. Votes: 0

Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. Votes: 0

European museums are all dependent on government financing. The moment European governments are under financial pressure, their budgets are cut. Votes: 0

After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests. Votes: 0

In other words, governments do not collect taxes to provide services, they provide services as an excuse to collect taxes. Votes: 0

The security of the citizens of Israel, the future of the state of Israel, this is the Israeli governments responsibility. Votes: 0

All governments, Books, customs, buildings, railways, ships, and all the stark realities that men have made, Are but imagination's utterances. Votes: 0

Debt is the fatal disease of republics, the first thing and the mightiest to undermine governments and corrupt the people. Votes: 0

Addressing the moral failings of black people while ignoring the centuries-old failings of their governments amounts to a bait and switch. Votes: 0

The American formal position has been that we oppose violence by governments against their people. That principle should not be abandoned. Votes: 0

We should encourage governments to be sustained by citizens' taxes - that is, democracies. Democracies will be enduring allies of America. Votes: 0

The ECB's interventions in sovereign bond markets should not be perceived or interpreted as a 'freebie' for governments. They are temporary. Votes: 0

Rainforest land is mistakenly valued solely for the worth of its timber, mining and oil resources by short-sighted corporations and governments. Votes: 0

If governments do not ensure that, the peoples through their own efforts will ensure these changes, what we call communitarian socialism. Votes: 0

UNICEF has repeatedly called on governments to ensure basic services for children and this includes providing food where the need exists. Votes: 0

The experience of all former ages had shown that of all human governments, democracy was the most unstable, fluctuating and short-lived. Votes: 0

Both America and Britain understand that governments must be responsive to everyday working people, that governments must represent their own citizens. Votes: 0

The principal instances of mass violence in the world today are those committed by governments within their own legally recognized borders. Votes: 0

Never ever depend on governments or institutions to solve any major problems. All social change comes from the passion of individuals. Votes: 0

[D]ebt increases that didn't arise either from war or from extraordinary financial crisis are entirely associated with hard-line conservative governments. Votes: 0

For governments at war, the media is an instrument of war or an element in war that is to be controlled. Votes: 0

Intel continues... to abuse their monopoly, and that's why, around the world, governments and regulatory agencies continue to go after them. Votes: 0

Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people. Votes: 0

When governments are selling, you should be buying. And when governments are defaulting, we should look at that as an opportunity. Votes: 0

In a republic there is no coercive force as in other governments, the laws must therefore endeavor to supply this defect. Votes: 0

What I believe' is a process rather than a finality. Finalities are for gods and governments, not for the human intellect. Votes: 0

'What I believe' is a process rather than a finality. Finalities are for gods and governments, not for the human intellect. Votes: 0

The most destructive thing governments do is divide people against each other, all in competition over the reins of the state. Votes: 0

It is important that we should never lose sight of this distinction. We must not confuse the peoples with their governments... Votes: 0

Sport can create hope, where once there was only despair. It is more powerful than governments in breaking down racial barriers. Votes: 0

But in all despotic governments, though a particular prince may favour arts and letter, there is a natural degeneracy of mankind. Votes: 0

I think that the days when newspaper barons could basically click their fingers and governments would snap to attention have gone. Votes: 0

The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts. Votes: 0

I was an opponent of Saddam Hussein when the British and American governments and businessmen were selling him guns and gas. Votes: 0

In almost all city governments in America, the small group of people who don't want change are able to block change. Votes: 0

If the private sectors are about markets and the public sectors are about governments, then the plural sector is about communities. Votes: 0

Educated people can make their own choices about their governments. And certainly for women, an education allows you to understand your rights. Votes: 0

A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests. Votes: 0

The governments and the hard-headed military establishment and the general conservative part of America have never taken much interest in democracy, anyway. Votes: 0

Nations and governments come and go, but people remain, and therefore people are the ultimate foundation of what is real and worthy. Votes: 0

The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governments. Votes: 0

Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people's money. It's quite a characteristic of them. Votes: 0

Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories. Votes: 0

Nations and governments come and go, but people remain, and therefore people are the ultimate foundation of what is real and worthy. Votes: 0

When you talk about cooperation, it means cooperation between two legal governments, not cooperation between foreign government and any faction within Syria. Votes: 0

What governments and people don't realise is that sometimes the collective interest - the international interest - is also the national interest. Votes: 0

The ecclesiastical establishments of Europe which serve to support tyrannical governments are not the Christian religion but abuses and corruptions of it. Votes: 0

The U.S. and Canada are two generous governments and we reach out and partner with anyone who believes in foreign aid. Votes: 0

Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule. Votes: 0

We have to make sure that women's issues are an essential element on the agendas of all heads of state, all governments. Votes: 0

Since its first day as a nation, Israel has lived under a cloud of aggression from militant extremists and hostile neighboring governments. Votes: 0

The efforts of governments alone will never be enough. In the end, the people must choose and the people must help themselves. Votes: 0

Each country makes a different decision on adult pornography, but the good news is that even governments you hate, hate child pornography. Votes: 0

When governments claim to derive their authority from any source other than the governed, it always leads to the destruction of liberty. Votes: 0

Don't depend on governments or corporations to fix problems. Social revolutions are led by passionate individuals and that's what makes the difference. Votes: 0

Politicians are terrified of losing touch with folks back home but content to be clueless about governments failure to fix real problems. Votes: 0

When government disappears, its not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place. Votes: 0

Western governments should bear their responsibilities toward the welfare of their people and not try to make oil producers pay the costs Votes: 0

We must care. We must all care. And while I am working, while the governments is working, so must the people also work. Votes: 0

It's clear that it is in the best interest of business to be part of the conservation, along with governments and civil society. Votes: 0

While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from landowners. Votes: 0

In Great Britain, governments often change their policies without changing their men. In France, they usually change their men without changing their policy. Votes: 0

For decades, our differences with Iran meant that our governments almost never spoke to each other. Ultimately, that did not advance America's interests. Votes: 0

As the power of governments wanes, corporations become ever more powerful. Sometimes they do things that aren't so good. We should pay attention. Votes: 0

Never once, did Christ ever utter, "I came here to start a religion"Early Christians did not worship items, relics, wars, or governments. Votes: 0

War is the mass murder of workers. When workers refuse to obey the calls of their governments, there will be no more war. Votes: 0

We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments. Votes: 0

We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible. Votes: 0

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments. Votes: 0

Institutions may crumble and governments fall, but it is only that they may renew a better youth, and mount upwards like the eagle. Votes: 0

SETI is probably the most important quest of our time , and it amazes me that governments and corporations are not supporting it sufficiently. Votes: 0

While Congress can't overturn the Supreme Court, we can provide carrots and sticks to prevent local governments from unfairly taking property from landowners. Votes: 0

New Zealand's food and beverage industry is the lynchpin of the country's prosperity. Which may explain why it has concentrated their governments' minds. Votes: 0

As for politics, I’m an anarchist. I hate governments and rules and fetters. Can’t stand caged animals. People must be free. Votes: 0

We're not going to meddle in the internal life of other peoples and other governments, because we don't want them meddling in ours. Votes: 0

It's a sad day in America when foreign governments with deep pockets have more influence in our own country than our great citizens. Votes: 0

Consumers, unlike voters, expect an immediate response to their concerns; and companies, unlike governments, do not have the luxury of a mid-term lull. Votes: 0

Last Thursday, our Supreme Court backed that local governments can co-opt private property, and give it to another private entity, for economic development. Votes: 0

Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions. Votes: 0

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments Votes: 0

Every believer is an anarchist at heart. True believers would rather see governments topple and history rewritten than scuff the cover of their faith. Votes: 0

The only true solution would be a convention under which all the governments would bind themselves to defend collectively any country that was attacked. Votes: 0

Accepting that Arabs have the right to elect their own leaders means accepting the rise of governments that do not share America's pro-Israel militancy. Votes: 0

It is a virtual reflex for governments to plead security concerns when they undertake any controversial action, often as a pretext for something else. Votes: 0

Public opinion, though slow as lava, in the end forces governments towards more sanity, more justice. My heroes and heroines are all private citizens. Votes: 0

Under Malcolm Fraser's Liberal governments in the 1970s, large numbers of refugees fleeing Vietnam in wretched boats were taken in without any great fuss. Votes: 0

It will be proper to take a review of the several sources from which governments have arisen, and on which they have been founded. Votes: 0

Confronted by menace, or what is perceived as menace, governments will usually attempt to smash it, rarely to examine it, understand it, define it. Votes: 0

I'm not at liberty to discuss the governments knowledge of extraterrestrial UFO's at this time. I am still personally being briefed on the subject! Votes: 0

It couldn`t be clearer, any person who holds an office of trust is not allowed to accept favors or gifts from foreign governments. Votes: 0

My aim is to show that those governments that violate the rights of people by invoking the name of Islam have been misusing Islam. Votes: 0

Freedom was given to humanity by God. But, governments, if they can help it, never give freedom. They just hand out slavery with slogans. Votes: 0

Most governments strive to keep the masses from thinking; if the masses began to think the government would not be in power - rjs Votes: 0

At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished. Votes: 0

God is in charge, and alone sits as the ultimate government over His creation. All other governments are then to reflect His ultimate rule. Votes: 0

Most governments in the United States in a hundred years have not respected the peoples of Latin America. They have sponsored coup d'etats, assassinations. Votes: 0

The Western governments will be encouraged and persuaded to deal with the real representatives and listen to the real voice of the Kurdish people. Votes: 0

By its existence, the Peace Movement denies that governments know best; it stands for a different order of priorities: the human race comes first. Votes: 0

This country has not been made by politicians, kings or governments. It has been made by farmers, labourers, our mothers and sisters and youth. Votes: 0

Adding an overarching tier of tyrants the EU to European governments has benefited Europeans as a second hangman enhances the health of a condemned man. Votes: 0

Those who excel in war first cultivate their own humanity and and maintain their laws and institutions. By these means they make their governments invincible. Votes: 0

Universities ought to be aware of the degree they would want to accept funding from governments like China to work on, say, face recognition technology. Votes: 0

No matter what the cause was and wherever it was, Indian governments must never requisition the services of British soldiers to deal with civil disturbances. Votes: 0

The dynamics of the Taliban now appear to be very different and complex, in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, as they attack governments and mainstream parties. Votes: 0

All previous populist movements were demanding things from governments, whereas the Tea Party is saying, 'Give us less, go away.' That's heartening to see. Votes: 0

You are my lover and I am your mistress and kingdoms and empires and governments have tottered and succumbed before now to that mighty combination. Votes: 0

While I'm optimistic about the direction the world is headed, generally, I think there is a need for constant vigilance and pressure on repressive governments. Votes: 0

He concluded that governments were like wars: the reasons and the forces might change, but it was still the same dying over the same soil. Votes: 0

It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can act. Votes: 0

Serial killers do, on a small scale, what governments do on a large one. They are products of our times and these are bloodthirsty times. Votes: 0

The early idealists and companies and governments have all assumed that the Internet will bring freedom. Yet China proves that this is not the case. Votes: 0

We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before. Votes: 0

Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments Votes: 0

Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the movement and respond. Votes: 0

The Sea Shepherd crew is doing what governments should be doing, but refuse to do themselves, because of the threats of trade retaliation from Japan. Votes: 0

Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments. Votes: 0

All governments, the worst on earth, and the most tyrannical on earth, are free governments to that portion of the people who voluntarily support them. Votes: 0

I play to all people, and I play to people not governments, and I believe strongly that all people are peaceful and would want peace. Votes: 0

All human governments are intended by God to do justice and mercy - to look after, in particular, the needs of the poor and disadvantaged. Votes: 0

In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us. Votes: 0

Since governments take the right of death over their people, it is not astonishing if the people should sometimes take the right of death over governments. Votes: 0

A new world order is taking shape so fast that governments as well as private citizens find it difficult just to absorb the gallop of events. Votes: 0

We do need the federal government to share information with us. We need local governments to increase supply. We need affordable places for people to live. Votes: 0

We know that advanced economies with stable governments that borrow in their own currency are capable of running up very high levels of debt without crisis. Votes: 0

England that little gray island in the clouds where governments don't fall overnight and children don't sell themselves in the street and my money is safe. Votes: 0

Small teams driven by their passion with a clear focus can do extraordinary things. Things that only large corporations and governments could do in the past. Votes: 0

It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness. Votes: 0

Would you make men better - set them an example. The millenium will never come until governments cease from governing, and the meddler is at rest. Votes: 0

The word "rights", is something that governments need to provide you and protect you from but, the governments are the basic violators of all human rights. Votes: 0

There is no suggestion of regime change; quite the contrary, this is an initiative to help people and to help governments who are inclined toward change. Votes: 0

We are kidding ourselves if we don't think of the drug business as a legitimate business. It's what funds governments. It's too much money to ignore. Votes: 0

I know these days it sounds a little odd, but American governments are very fearful of European reaction. They were afraid we would be considered gunslingers. Votes: 0

I have maintained that the people of India are ahead of their governments. The people of India are at least 10 to 15 years ahead of their governments. Votes: 0

The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses. Votes: 0

Clean water and power is our right as humans on this earth, and for too long, our governments in Africa have failed to provide these things. Votes: 0

So, I am independently well-off and don't have to do anything, but I still do. I write books, lecture around the world, work with scientists and governments. Votes: 0

Everybody says that I have a lot of power. But what does that power consist of?... Can I influence governments? I am beginning to be able to..." (1995) Votes: 0

Hope nothing from foreign governments. They will never be really willing to aid you until you have shown that you are strong enough to conquer without them. Votes: 0

The simple act of opening a bottle of wine has brought more happiness to the human race than all the collective governments in the history of earth Votes: 0

I hear that from so many different governments, people coming to me and saying, 'You should be careful'. But I don't want to go around with bodyguards. Votes: 0

Over time, Europeans have come to rely on governments to protect them from the rougher facets of private enterprise and to look after them in old age. Votes: 0

You can’t prevent undernourishment so easily, but famines you can stop with half an effort. Then the question was why don’t the governments stop them? Votes: 0

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people. Votes: 0

It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government doesn't abuse it. Votes: 0

The governments of Europe are afraid to trust the people with arms. If they did, the people would certainly shake off the yoke of tyranny, as America did. Votes: 0

If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for everyone, not just individuals but governments as well. Votes: 0

It became extremely important that we go and see the four heads of the governments, and the message was delivered, with the tea packets, to all these heads. Votes: 0

Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss. Votes: 0

I don't think [governments] use [religious repression ] as a weapon, they use it as a as a means of - of oppression. To stifle opposition. To mute resistance. Votes: 0

I think that there is a concern, a question mark, by people all around the world and governments all around the world, as to what China's intentions are. Votes: 0

The main thing that endears the United Nations to member governments, and so enables it to survive, is its proven capacity to fail, and to be seen to fail. Votes: 0

At a time when we are pleading with foreign governments to stop the export of cocaine, it is the height of hypocrisy for the United States to export tobacco. Votes: 0

Frankly, most governments are used to lying to each other - to a degree that most people would find shocking. Part of diplomacy is the art of strategic lying. Votes: 0

There is enough oil in the ground to deep-fry the lot of us, and no obvious means to prevail upon governments and industry to leave it in the ground. Votes: 0

You can't go by what the governments say or do. It's not the governments. It's on the street where there's more hatred of Americans in Britain than in France. Votes: 0

It was in our power to set high price for our blood, a price too high for the Arab community, the Arab army, or the Arab governments to think it worth paying. Votes: 0