Aga Khan IV Quotes, Government Quotes, Diversity Quotes

Pluralist societies are not accidents of history. They are a product of enlightened education and continuous investment by governments and all of civil society in recognizing and celebrating the diversity of the world's peoples.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Aga Khan IV Quotes , Government Quotes , Diversity Quotes

The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Adam Smith Quotes , Government Quotes , Progressive Taxation Quotes

Government should do a few things, and do them right

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Government Quotes

Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Aesop Quotes , Government Quotes , May Quotes

When our sailors in the Persian Gulf accidentally strayed into Iranian waters, that could have sparked a major international incident. Some folks here in Washington rushed to declare that it was the start of another hostage crisis. Instead, we worked directly with the Iranian government and secured the release of our sailors in less than 24 hours.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Government Quotes , Hostage Crisis Quotes

If the poor, for example, because they are more in number, divide among themselves the property of the rich,- is not this unjust? . . this law of confiscation clearly cannot be just.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Numbers Quotes , Government Quotes

Though the profusion of Government must undoubtedly have retarded the natural progress of England to wealth and improvement, it has not been able to stop it.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Adam Smith Quotes , Government Quotes , Progress Quotes

When human beings are scared and feel everything is exposed to the government, we will censor ourselves from free thinking. That's dangerous for human development.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Ai Weiwei Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Government Quotes

Today the Iraqi and Afghan people are on the path to democracy and freedom. The governments that are rising will pose no threat to others. Instead of harboring terrorists, they're fighting terrorist groups. And this progress is good for the long-term security of all of us.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Fighting Quotes , Government Quotes

Rights are not self-evident. They're not unalienable. They are subject to modification just like anything else.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Alan Dershowitz Quotes , Rights Quotes , Government Quotes

The art of government is not to let me grow stale.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Napoleon Bonaparte Quotes , Art Quotes , Government Quotes

Governments accountable to the voters focus on building roads and schoolsnot weapons of mass destruction.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , School Quotes , Government Quotes

Generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can't do to you, says what the federal government can't do to you. But it doesn't say what the state or federal government must do on your behalf.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Government Quotes , Insightful Quotes

Where it is a general rule that it is wrong to gratify lovers, this can be attributed to the defects of those who make that rule: the government's lust for rule and the subjects' cowardice.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Plato Quotes , Government Quotes , Lust Quotes

Any government that supports, protects or harbours terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent and equally guilty of terrorist crimes.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Government Quotes , Support Quotes

What Reagan ushered in was a skepticism toward government solutions to every problem. I don't think that has changed

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Government Quotes

I know it's going to be the private sector that leads this country out of the current economic times we're in. You can spend your money better than the government can spend your money.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : George W. Bush Quotes , Country Quotes , Government Quotes

The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Adolf Hitler Quotes , Children Quotes , Government Quotes

The Government of the United States would be constrained to hold the Imperial German government to a strict accountability for such acts of their naval authorities.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Woodrow Wilson Quotes , War Quotes , Government Quotes

The federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat. It's an oceanliner, as I discovered when I came into office. It took a lot of really hard work for us to make significant policy changes, even in our first two years, when we had larger majorities than Mr. Trump will enjoy when he comes into office.

5 years ago

Message Copied

Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Hard Work Quotes , Government Quotes