Famous Quotes About - government

  • A corporation's primary goal is to make money. Government's primary role is to take a big chunk of that money and give it to others. ... Larry Ellison {view}
  • Americans no longer look to government for economic security; rather, they look to their portfolios. ... Bill Owens {view}
  • Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate? ... Will Rogers {view}
  • As a governor, I am naturally inclined to focus on the domestic side of protecting the United States. ... Bill Owens {view}
  • Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits. ... Dale Dauten {view}
  • But let us remember, at the same time, government is sacred, and not to be trifled with. ... Jonathan Mayhew {view}
  • Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. ... James Russell Lowell {view}
  • Democracy is an abuse of statistics. ... Jorge Luis Borges {view}
  • Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage. ... H. L. Mencken {view}
  • Democracy is the only system that persists in asking the powers that be whether they are the powers that ought to be. ... Sydney J. Harris {view}
  • Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists. ... John Kenneth Galbraith {view}
  • Feeling good about government is like looking on the bright side of any catastrophe. When you quit looking on the bright side, the catastrophe is still there. ... P. J. O'Rourke {view}
  • For in reason, all government without the consent of the governed is the very definition of slavery. ... Jonathan Swift {view}
  • Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ... P. J. O'Rourke {view}
  • Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off. ... Ayn Rand {view}
  • Government alone cannot solve the problems we deal with in our correctional facilities, treatment centers, homeless shelters and crisis centers - we need our faith-based and community partners. ... Dirk Kempthorne {view}
  • Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people. ... Henry Clay {view}
  • Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust and helpfulness. ... Fred Woodworth {view}
  • Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. ... George Washington {view}
  • Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. ... Thomas Paine {view}
  • Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home. ... William E. Gladstone {view}
  • I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could. ... Kay Bailey Hutchison {view}
  • I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it. ... Alexander Woollcott {view}
  • If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'? ... Paul Harvey {view}
  • If human beings are fundamentally good, no government is necessary; if they are fundamentally bad, any government, being composed of human beings, would be bad also. ... Fred Woodworth {view}
  • If men were angels, no government would be necessary. ... James Madison {view}
  • In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery? ... Saint Augustine {view}
  • It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself. ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • It is hard to feel individually responsible with respect to the invisible processes of a huge and distant government. ... John W. Gardner {view}
  • It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their own selfish purposes. ... Andrew Jackson {view}
  • It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting. ... Tom Stoppard {view}
  • Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives. ... James Madison {view}
  • Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made. ... Otto von Bismarck {view}
  • Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. ... Benjamin Franklin {view}
  • Let the people think they govern and they will be governed. ... William Penn {view}
  • Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five wolves and one sheep voting on what to have for supper. ... Larry Flynt {view}
  • Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest. ... Denis Diderot {view}
  • Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them. ... Lily Tomlin {view}
  • No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent. ... Abraham Lincoln {view}
  • Ohio claims they are due a president as they haven't had one since Taft. Look at the United States, they have not had one since Lincoln. ... Will Rogers {view}
  • Our government... teaches the whole people by its example. If the government becomes the lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for law; it invites every man to become a law unto himself; it invites anarchy. ... Louis D. Brandeis {view}
  • Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. ... Adrian Cronauer {view}
  • People try to live within their income so they can afford to pay taxes to a government that can't live within its income. ... Robert Half {view}
  • So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear. That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a free enterprise system. ... Milton Friedman {view}
  • Talk is cheap - except when Congress does it. ... Cullen Hightower {view}
  • That government is best which governs least. ... Henry David Thoreau {view}
  • The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. ... Winston Churchill {view}
  • The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would steal them away. ... Ronald Reagan {view}
  • The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. ... Lord Acton {view}
  • The essence of good government is trust. ... Kathleen Sebelius {view}
  • The fact that political ideologies are tangible realities is not a proof of their vitally necessary character. The bubonic plague was an extraordinarily powerful social reality, but no one would have regarded it as vitally necessary. ... Wilhelm Reich {view}
  • The genius of our ruling class is that it has kept a majority of the people from ever questioning the inequity of a system where most people drudge along, paying heavy taxes for which they get nothing in return. ... Gore Vidal {view}
  • The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem. ... Milton Friedman {view}
  • The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy. ... Woodrow Wilson {view}
  • The instant formal government is abolished, society begins to act. A general association takes place, and common interest produces common security. ... Thomas Paine {view}
  • The mistakes made by Congress wouldn't be so bad if the next Congress didn't keep trying to correct them. ... Cullen Hightower {view}
  • The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them. ... Karl Marx {view}
  • The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the government, the sovereign power. ... Andrew Jackson {view}
  • The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion. ... Lewis Mumford {view}
  • The worst thing in this world, next to anarchy, is government. ... Henry Ward Beecher {view}
  • Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government. ... James Polk {view}
  • Only the federal government can mobilize a national response to catastrophic disasters. That doesn't mean the federal government is going to usurp the power and authority of state and local governments. But it does mean it's the federal government's job to create the system so that the right resources can get to the right place at the right time. ... James Carafano {view}
  • In terms of the physical resources the federal government brings to bear, the Corps of Engineers is going to be there a long, long time, ... Certainly, OSHA (Occupational Health and Safety Administration) will be engaged because of the safety issues, and cleanup will be enormous. EPA is going to be involved. ... James Carafano {view}
  • Generally speaking, these terms (with foreign governments) have gotten much tougher in the last 20 years. In 1986, the price of oil was $10 to $20 a barrel. ... James Carroll {view}
  • We have been in touch with senior levels of the Italian government to express our view that Ocalan must not go free, and we are concurrently consulting with the Germans, the Italians and the Turkish authorities regarding these reported developments, ... James Rubin {view}
  • They'll go to any extent to try to avoid ... any discussion about shrinking the size of government. Being more responsible with the taxpayers' dollars is just so painful that they had to go into private session to recoup and come out again hopefully soon so we can get back to the business at hand, ... Rick Santorum {view}
  • Was he dragged into criminal activity to which he was not predisposed, by a government overbearing his will? ... James Comey {view}
  • These charges demonstrate the joint resolve of the Department of Justice and the government of Colombia to dismantle narcotics trafficking organizations in Colombia, ... James Comey {view}
  • The goal of the government was to get all the leaders of the Black Panther Party in jail so that they could be killed systematically through prison violence, and that way they could stop what was a very powerful and evolving movement, ... James Cromwell {view}
  • The multinational force will be there with the agreement of the sovereign government of Iraq, ... James Cunningham {view}
  • He could do worse than to go to Delmas to see how his own government has failed its own people in its own backyard. ... Tony Leon {view}
  • This is the legacy of 45 years of National Party rule... Now is the time for a new government that has the will and the support of the majority to address the imbalances created by the apartheid system, ... Tony Leon {view}
  • Today local government is in a state of crisis. If we continue this way, South Africa will fail. ... Tony Leon {view}
  • And like a cancer, corruption and mismanagement are destroying delivery, spreading to every level of government. ... Tony Leon {view}
  • The big men and women of government live in a safe and luxurious bubble and have no idea what ordinary South Africans go through every day. ... Tony Leon {view}
  • You've heard of B-to-B? This is G-to-G. Government to government, ... even though the subject is people's personal data. ... Evan Hendricks {view}
  • The big thing is that students deserve stronger student government. I believe very strongly in student government, and I believe the colleges must be involved in [making the SA stronger]. ... Evan Ross {view}
  • The SA needs to understand its role, which is to support the colleges and to support student government on campus not to take away from it and take too much time. ... Evan Ross {view}
  • Robey should be commended for applying new communications technology between the government and residents. The Republicans seem to be opposed to open government. ... Tony McGuffin {view}
  • I don't think the government should be involved, trying to change the supply-and-demand equation here. I really don't think anything they might do will have much of a difference anyway. ... Evan Smith {view}
  • We believe green will be a good match for the new government. ... Nadim Khoury {view}
  • Now we have a new government, so our motive to produce non-alcoholic beer becomes stronger. ... Nadim Khoury {view}
  • This is a prime example of industry-government cooperation. Shell Canada has once again shown leadership through its commitment to the environment by working to meet the government's clean air objectives. ... David Weston {view}
  • Perhaps the government needs to be more actively involved in driver qualification and training. ... Kazuo Kitagawa {view}
  • In the early 1980s when the British government decided to purchase the Trident nuclear weapons system, Britain faced a perceived threat from the nuclear-armed Soviet Union. ... Kate Hudson {view}
  • After a couple days of preparation by speakers from the federal government, the Pentagon, and Randy Cheek, a former assistant secretary of state for African affairs, we were divided into groups of 20. We elected a president and vice president, who then appointed the rest of us to various positions. We were then given a crisis and we had to come up with a solution. ... Nathan Dalpini {view}
  • We've got the ability to track our livestock right now - why in the world would our government want to impose the most burdensome and expensive mandate upon the most independent and low-profit segment of the beef supply chain, the cattle producer? ... Kenny Fox {view}
  • The (settlers') goal was to create a legacy, a trauma that was so big ... that no Israeli government would dare to do something similar in the future. ... Nahum Barnea {view}
  • The bank shares have gone up ahead of their earnings results, and the government-linked stocks are higher ahead of the budget. ... Najeeb Jarhom {view}
  • There are no terrorists' cells actively operating in Malaysia as far as the government is concerned, ... Najib Tun Razak {view}
  • We don't ask for the approval from the government to print things. But by the same token, we do want to know if there's something that would hurt someone [if we disclose certain information] -- and what it is. Then we make very careful decisions and talk about it with dozens of people [including their editors and top government officials] before the actual story runs. It could conceivably be too sensitive: say, if you find out -- through one means or another -- that somebody had a spy by a certain name in a foreign government and that person would be immediately killed if it were revealed. ... Scott Armstrong {view}
  • The government does not help the people. It's the churches that help the people. Most of the kids (didn't) have basic shots. ... Dave Lardinois {view}
  • This is one of the few choices left for us. It's rare for a government agency to go out of business but it's the best option left for us. ... David Lake {view}
  • (Investors) don't want to see this relatively ferocious back and forth between the government and Telstra management, they want to see a plan for how earnings and the share price of the company are going to be buoyed. ... David Land {view}
  • If this carries on, ... the momentum to create what's called a government of national unity will become inexorable. ... David Landau {view}
  • One has to wonder if a better (city staff) team ... has ever existed within Clearlake City government, ... I will end now with a heartfelt hope that the City of Clearlake will continue to strive to become the best it can become. ... David Lane {view}
  • All Jones has to do is raise a reasonable doubt. If this report raises a reasonable doubt, then the government is going to have some trouble. ... David Lane {view}
  • The federal government makes a living off tapes and snitches. It's absolutely standard operating procedure. ... David Lane {view}
  • It does appear to be an interesting case, and we want to know what new evidence the government has been able to come upon in the last nine years that brings this matter to a grand jury now, and eventually to open court. ... William Massey {view}
  • I think it encompasses a value that the legislature has given to the transparency of government operations, to help people understand what their government is doing and why. ... David Lawrence {view}
  • I've gone the last mile, I can go no further, ... I've gone through the government cooling off period and nothing has worked. ... James Williams {view}
  • Responsibility is a tremendous engine in a free government ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as the general government ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • The second office of this government is honorable and easy, the first is but a splendid misery ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government, as sores do to the strength of the human body ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • We have informed the relevant government agencies. The cause of the fire, volume of oil spilled and the effects are being investigated. ... Don Boham {view}
  • We have informed the relevant government agencies of the incident. ... Don Boham {view}
  • So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done. ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as they are injurious to others. ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • I own that I am not a friend to a very energetic government. It is always oppressive. ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • If government wants to have shared growth, they need to be bold in terms of policy. ... Lumkile Mondi {view}
  • Standards need to be applied across the board. There was an outcry when a former government employee was seen as benefiting from a huge empowerment deal in a sector he had an oversight of. When the private sector does a similar thing people need to voice their objections. ... Lumkile Mondi {view}
  • We have uncovered a plot by coup leaders, their civilian supporters and communist insurgents to take military and government officials hostage and force the President to step down and then install a transition government. ... Lt. Gen. Hermogenes Esperon {view}
  • Governments and people's courts at all levels should realize the importance and urgency of the construction of people's tribunals, ... Luo Gan {view}
  • Party (Communist Part of China, or CPC) and government organizations should place the two matters high on their agenda and look for concrete achievements. ... Luo Gan {view}
  • The Chinese government hopes the two sides will make substantial progress in their cooperation of arresting and repatriating criminal suspects, anti-terrorism, and drug prohibition in a bid to promote constructive and cooperative relationship in the 21st century. ... Luo Gan {view}
  • Senator Kennedy has real environmental and economic concerns, and the federal government continues to lack a national policy and process to guide offshore alternative energy development. ... Melissa Wagoner {view}
  • Coal today currently represents only 0.02 per cent of revenues for the national government. Coal is not very significant in terms of economic production. However coal is important to other countries like the US, which consumes more than 900 million tons of coal each year. ... Lusbi Portillo {view}
  • This will be another weapon for the government to strike on the media which is already under much restrictions. Reporters have several contacts in every area, including Maoist areas, and this law would try to prevent reporting on the rebels. ... Bishnu Nisthuri {view}
  • In the frameworks of a peace agreement, a government under my leadership would agree to make real territorial concessions but will not compromise our security borders. We want there to be less friction. We want to remove outposts to help the Palestinian population. We will not reoccupy the Palestinian population. ... Binyamin Netanyahu {view}
  • He's not interested in having this company come if it is (working) in the water. The federal government is the one who benefits from this. If Bay Bridge wants to work with the federal government to locate a dry-dock in Oregon, then let's talk. ... Anna Richter Taylor {view}
  • [Disaster management] should be coordinated by the federal government, ... It is our exact responsibility. ... Alcee Hastings {view}
  • The government will respond in a more prompt and appropriate way. They will be in a better position to handle whatever shock may come their way. ... Agost Benard {view}
  • There are no quick fixes, you don't throw money at problems and say 'there it's gone'. What this government is doing is develop long-range sustainable financial plans. ... Bill Kelly {view}
  • There's no question that Hurricane Katrina exacerbated the problem, ... The government expanded the allotment from foreign countries, so I don't think there's going to be a major shortage, but there's going to be some tightness for a short while. ... Bill Kelly {view}
  • I think it is very dangerous if the U.S. is supportive of the Israeli government and of the confrontation Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has tried to use in the latest weeks instead of supporting peace talks, ... Anna Lindh {view}
  • I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. government will lead the American people in and the West in general into an unbearable hell and a choking life. ... Bin Laden {view}
  • This has really gotten all levels of city government concerned. It's been a top priority of ours to get the work done quickly and properly. ... Billy Williams {view}
  • The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority ... George Bancroft {view}
  • We can allow satellites, planets, suns, universe, nay whole systems of universes, to be governed by laws, but the smallest insect, we wish to be created at once by special act. ... Charles Darwin {view}
  • Government is not the doctor. It is the disease. ... H. S. Ferns {view}
  • In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us. ... Thich Nhat Hanh {view}
  • The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written ... Franklin D. Roosevelt {view}
  • A conservative knows that there are limits to what we can change, that there are some things that government cannot and should not do. Liberals and socialists, on the other hand, are convinced that by interfering with the free market they can create a better economy, or that by social engineering they can create a new and improved human nature. ... Stockwell Day {view}
  • Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have. ... Barry Goldwater {view}
  • Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it... The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. ... Woodrow T. Wilson {view}
  • There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. ... Andrew Jackson {view}
  • Religion flourishes in greater purity, without than with the aid of Government ... James Madison {view}
  • These are very, very difficult issues, and we would ask the Syrian government not to interfere in such matters. It appears they are not listening and it seems that this behavior is not changing, ... Hosni Mubarak {view}
  • The Chinese government and people have been committed to safeguarding peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits, and will make the utmost efforts with the utmost sincerity to achieve the country's peaceful reunification, ... Hu Jintao {view}
  • We hope that the Japanese Government and its leaders will, with a highly responsible attitude toward history, the people and the future, and proceeding from the overall interest of the Sino-Japanese friendship, regional stability and development of Asia, handle historical issues in a serious and prudent manner and translate the apologies and remorse they have expressed for that war of aggression into concrete actions. ... Hu Jintao {view}
  • We believe the Pakistani Government will punish the criminals, and take practical measures to protect Chinese nationals and institutions there. ... Hu Jintao {view}
  • Firstly, the two sides should maintain high-level visits and improve the friendly exchanges between the governments, parliaments and parties to further consolidate the political foundation for the China-Zimbabwe ties, ... Hu Jintao {view}
  • I want to extend on behalf of the Chinese government and the Chinese people our deepest sympathy to the American government and people for the human loss and property loss inflicted by Hurricane Katrina, ... Hu Jintao {view}
  • We must convey the care and concern of the party and government to tens of thousands of homes, ... Hu Jintao {view}
  • As everyone knows, after 1989 the Communist Party and the government used all the necessary means to appease the situation in China, ... Hu Jintao {view}
  • The views of the Left are being increasingly ignored (by the UPA government). They are becoming directionless. If they continue their support (to the UPA government), they face the prospect of ideological humiliation. ... Arun Jaitley {view}
  • [A glimpse of what the government envisages came in the People's Daily, the official party organ, as the Central Committee began its closed deliberations. A front-page article titled] Taking the path of scientific development ... scientific development. ... Hu Jintao {view}
  • Our government in Mexico needs to know we are here. ... Sostenes Abalos {view}
  • [But now, thanks to a three-year-old program called Prompt Itinerant Assistance, the government is instead going to them.] Maybe now I'll be able to get my pension, ... I've worked my whole life as a field hand and I've reached the right age, but until I came here, I never had any of the papers I need to be eligible, not even a birth certificate. What could I do? I don't know where the nearest notary public's office is, much less how I can get there. ... Souza {view}
  • It's really a subterfuge on the part of the government. ... George Hoffer {view}
  • We've had phenomenal business in Venezuela in 2005 where the government is really investing a tremendous amount of money to upgrade systems that haven't been upgraded in 15 or 20 years. ... Gilles Russo {view}
  • The government of North Korea has made it very clear that it no longer wants our emergency food aid. It's a sovereign country, and we must respect that position. ... Gerald Bourke {view}
  • They asked us to go back to the government and seek better conditions. We will not resume until we have a satisfactory set of operating conditions agreed with the government. ... Gerald Bourke {view}
  • We have had good, productive, constructive discussions with the government during the course of the last 24 hours. As I and the premier both said [Wednesday] morning, we have been working hard at a solution that is mutually satisfactory. ... Sid Ryan {view}
  • It's pretty unprecedented. No government has really done that before. I wish my grandma was alive to see this. Wow. ... Sid Tan {view}
  • SkyBuilt Power provides innovative energy solutions with the potential to help meet a wide variety of critical government and commercial power needs, ... In-Q-Tel's portfolio is made up of innovative and critically important commercial technologies that can address the most difficult technology challenges faced by both commercial enterprises and the national security community. SkyBuilt Power's proprietary technology offers great promise for leading edge applications for customers in the government and private sector. ... Gilman Louie {view}
  • It's increasingly clear that the government is involved in political surveillance of organizations that are involved in nothing more than lawful First Amendment activities, ... It raises very serious questions about whether the FBI is back to its old tricks. ... Anthony Romero {view}
  • Eminent domain is not the end, it is the means a tool the government uses for economic development. ... Brad Thomas {view}
  • I object to any characterization of our government, in good faith, coming to this court ... seeking to intervene when there's serious allegations of abuse. ... David Gibbs {view}
  • Microsoft is an intellectual-property company. By extending the reach of IP Ventures through government agencies, we believe new businesses will bring more technology to market faster, and they'll also contribute back to local economies. ... Brad Smith {view}
  • The federal government agencies abdicated their responsibility to protect these communities and their environment. ... Brad Sewell {view}
  • I think it is just stupid economics for a government to approach economic management from a strand of thinking regarding unions as enemies. ... Bob Hawke {view}
  • We regret that we have to bring this lawsuit to force our government to live up to American values. ... Anthony Romero {view}
  • There is no doubt that this government and this country are benefiting from the reforms that we brought in the 1980s, and that couldn't have been done without the co-operation of the trade union movement. ... Bob Hawke {view}
  • The Chinese are definitely concerned about the tendency of this Australian government to align itself with the United States. ... Bob Hawke {view}
  • We've kicked out every government so far and I think it's finally time we give somebody another chance, four years is just not enough to complete a program. ... Geza Sandor {view}
  • The Home Office keeps changing its specifications and goals. The government is incapable of saying what this beast will look like. ... Simon Davies {view}
  • We believe that the Palestinian leadership should be treated by the Israeli government like they treat other Arab governments. ... Ghassan Khatib {view}
  • This is not news, ... This Israeli government is about consolidating the occupation. This Israeli government is about the expansion of settlements. So it doesn't come as a surprise at all. This is what we expect them to say. ... Ghassan Khatib {view}
  • Favorable underlying economic growth trends make the need for a national 'stimulus' package -- ironic given the substantial government spending probably of about 1 pct of GDP about to occur -- questionable. ... Glenn Hubbard {view}
  • It may seem innocuous, but the government and private corporations could use these devices to track people's movements. It may sound paranoid, but this is bound to be abused. ... Liz McIntyre {view}
  • We want a government that is for the Palestinian people, and if we can't do that, then there are many options -- one of which is a government of technocrats. ... Ghazi Hamad {view}
  • The occupation is continuing the escalation to undermine the work of the new government. ... Ghazi Hamad {view}
  • Any attempt to reduce the authorities of the government will harm its performance and its ability to carry out its duties. ... Ghazi Hamad {view}
  • We are required to have an inspection done once a year by the government to determine that we have not done anything to hurt this natural resource. And we want to continue to make sure we maintain the integrity of this property, doing nothing that can damage it. ... John Shaffer {view}
  • It's especially important in the government contracting world to get as much information and assistance as you can. ... Vicky Peake {view}
  • Globally, business and government leaders are beginning to dramatically transform their traditional business models into Internet economy business models. Customers are increasingly seeking Cisco's expertise to help them through this transformation. ... John Chambers {view}
  • The American government is doing whatever it wants to, without any representative of the American public watching what it is doing. ... John Chancellor {view}
  • We have an alternate site we're looking at. The federal government likes to see that we have alternate sites in our filing. We do that in the event we don't go forward with the proposed route. ... John Sheridan {view}
  • In government, when it came to senior level focus after Sept. 11, 99.9% was skewed towards physical protection, and cyber-security took a back seat. ... Paul Kurtz {view}
  • In government, when it came to senior level focus after Sept. 11, 99.9 percent was skewed towards physical protection, and cyber-security took a back seat. ... Paul Kurtz {view}
  • We have the best government that money can buy. ... Mark Twain {view}
  • The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests. ... Patrick Henry {view}
  • A government big enough to supply you with everything you need is a government big enough to take away everything that you have.... The course of history shows that as the government grows, liberty decreases. ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • The will of the people is the only legitimate foundation of any government, and to protect its free expression should be our first object. ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • The government is merely a servant -- merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn't. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them. ... Mark Twain {view}
  • Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. ... Abraham Lincoln {view}
  • I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them. ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inferences ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • The American government made several errors ... one of which is how easy it would be to get rid of Saddam and how hard it would be to unite the country, ... Saddam Hussein {view}
  • I am detained and this is a game. ... I am detained by the Iraqi government, which is appointed by the Americans. ... Saddam Hussein {view}
  • The goal of disarming Iraq remains the same, no matter who is in charge of the government. ... Saddam Hussein {view}
  • If Mr. Sharon is in the government, we all know the peace process will be over, ... Saeb Erakat {view}
  • contacts between the Palestinian Authority and the government of Israel. ... Saeb Erakat {view}
  • ... If this government thinks they can get to peace through the language of the missiles and the guns that is a big mistake. ... Saeb Erakat {view}
  • an immediate resumption of the peace talks -- as soon as Sharon forms his government. ... Saeb Erakat {view}
  • This indicates once again that, irrespective of the composition of the next Israeli government, its main feature will be the continuation of the frozen peace process, settlement activities and undermining efforts to revive peace efforts. ... Saeb Erakat {view}
  • I think once Sharon joins the government this will be the bullet of mercy to the peace process, ... Because ... these people are determined to continue with their settlement activities ... the confiscation of land and continuing occupation. ... Saeb Erakat {view}
  • As long as the government is unwilling to discuss the coca issue we won't have an agreement, ... Evo Morales {view}
  • Many of these contracts signed by various governments are illegal and unconstitutional. It is not possible that our natural resources continue to be looted, exploited illegally, and as the lawyers say, these contracts are legally void and must be adjusted. ... Evo Morales {view}
  • Before they think about a coup, the US government had better think about withdrawing their troops from Iraq and closing their military bases in South America. ... Evo Morales {view}
  • The government has a solid base. The next government will be judged according to its pre-election promise: to fix Israel's borders based on demographic considerations. ... Eyal Arad {view}
  • The government doesn't have to solve everyone's problem here. ... Paul Kurtz {view}
  • Past initiatives have made it difficult for California taxpayers to settle with the government when only one tax authority offers a settlement plan. This program provides an incentive for many taxpayers who were steered towards flaky shelters to come clean. ... John Chiang {view}
  • Finally, government and private institutions are being forced to look real hard at exactly what kind of investment we made and what kind of costs we're bearing for this program. ... Tony Rosenbaum {view}
  • Uncertainty of future government programs was the biggest response. ... Troy Louwagie {view}
  • With the right investment environment and under the right government, Iraq could increase production by a million barrels a day every year for the next 10 years, ... It could be the largest oil exporter in the world, eclipsing Saudi Arabia. ... Fadel Gheit {view}
  • We haven't received an official request to send experts. But we are in contact with the Nigerian government to see what exactly the country's needs are. ... Fadela Chaib {view}
  • So far we have demanded an apology from the governments. ... Khader Habib {view}
  • You know that I am living proof that the American Dream is real. Growing up, our congressman cut through government bureaucratic red tape to help my mom buy our first house. That's the kind of congressman I'll be. ... Geoff Davis {view}
  • They [the government] has been attacking our people, who are conducting a peaceful march in show of support for the judges. ... George Ishaq {view}
  • They have no case against us. All we were doing was showing the government that it must give us our rights. ... George Ishaq {view}
  • We have always had close communication and dialogue with the government. It is always a good thing for the government and the DAB to cooperate. ... Ma Lik {view}
  • We are waiting to see what the government really intends to do with MAS ... We do intend to talk further with them. We also talked to them about a possible commercial cooperation and we just have to see how it goes from there. ... Geoff Dixon {view}
  • Following the recent elections, we observed signs that the Jordanian government was ready to turn the page, which is something we welcome. ... Khaled Meshaal {view}
  • This meeting instills the personal responsibility into everyone so we don't rely solely on government. Too many times we want to blame somebody else instead of taking responsibility ourselves. It's our job to take care of our families and neighbors, ... George Jenkins {view}
  • The British government believes we must be resolved to disarming Saddam Hussein. It must be done before the terror weapons he possesses can be used by Saddam himself or by others with his blessing. We must steel ourselves to the consequences of that resolve and send a clear message to Saddam Hussein: You cannot win. You can only comply and disarm or be defeated. The choice is entirely yours. ... Geoff Hoon {view}
  • The government has decided that we should accept the U.S. request for assistance, ... Geoff Hoon {view}
  • Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle ... Will Durant {view}
  • The art of government is not to let me grow stale. ... Napoleon Bonaparte {view}
  • I do not call the sod under my feet my country; but language / religion / government / blood / identity in these makes men of one country. ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge {view}
  • It is time for the government of China to stop holding innocent religious figures in captivity merely for peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet. ... Sam Brownback {view}
  • Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success. ... Walter Bagehot {view}
  • How can we protect homeland security unless the government stops the invasion of illegal aliens? ... Phyllis Schlafly {view}
  • When the U.S. Government shows a proper appreciation of the services of the Negro who has never failed it in every crisis of its history to do his whole duty, to shed his blood freely in its behalf . . . then, and not till then, will I be heard. ... Francis J. Grimke {view}
  • All school districts receive funds from the federal government, through the Department of Education, to support anti-drug education efforts. ... John Walters {view}
  • It's obvious that the government is waiting for the mobilization to wear out. If the government persists, we'll have to shift to the upper gear. ... Bernard Thibault {view}
  • The Freedom of Information Act is a powerful tool to force the government to disclose information it doesn't want to disclose. Today's requests will pull back the veil of secrecy that the National Security Agency, the Department of Defense and the FBI have used to hide unlawful surveillance. ... Corey Stoughton {view}
  • (Gambling) is not a risk-free activity, but the government supports it, the church (games like bingo) supports it and now it's being glamorized on TV. ... Dr. Lori Rugle {view}
  • With this bleak outlook and this share price, it's going to be extremely difficult for the government to sell. Telstra would obviously like less regulation, but that's something which is out of its hands. ... Craig Young {view}
  • If we manage to be extremely numerous on Saturday, then I think the government will be able to review its position. ... Bernard Thibault {view}
  • Right now, the stock is just being driven by government propaganda. I think come the fall election, getting a more reasonable judge involved in this case will get this thing resolved. ... Andrew Roskill {view}
  • We are utterly dismayed that the government has not listened, ... Alex Markham {view}
  • It's a different kind of government. ... Craig Thompson {view}
  • It is being alleged that the Federal Government is 'cutting' spending. In fact, we are not 'cutting' anything. Defense spending under this budget would rise by 4.3 percent over last year. Other discretionary spending would also rise. ... Craig Thomas {view}
  • The government has to admit, in light of yesterday's protest, that this reform cannot be implemented in its current form. ... Bernard Thibault {view}
  • What the anti-fat activists are saying is, people don't want what they ought to want, and therefore the government has to coercively change what they want. ... Jacob Sullum {view}
  • It's not for the government to say that's not a legitimate trade-off to make. Canadians need to question the idea that just because something implicates health that government intervention is justified. ... Jacob Sullum {view}
  • It is clear now the European governments do not have a common position on what to do when they are haunted by political Islam. ... Richard Whitman {view}
  • We know that these chemicals are toxic. And we know that they're exceeding the levels the government has set for these chemicals in water, ... Richard Wiles {view}
  • The whole ordeal is unconstitutional. We are all Americans and what the federal government does is drive a wedge between us by favoring one group over another. ... Jack Gardner {view}
  • More and more governments are looking at mergers, especially where they have been working together on some services. It's about economy of scale and efficiency more than anything else. ... Jacqueline Byers {view}
  • Research done for the federal government shows those sorts of levels, even at the level of 20 per cent, there has been some adverse impacts on engine reliability, ... So we'd like to learn more about that. ... Jack Haley {view}
  • I don't think that it is a positive thing that outside sources are telling us how to run our government. ... Rep Michael Kainen {view}
  • When it gets to that point, people will look to government to find a solution, ... Jack Horn {view}
  • The Greek government hasn't been very responsible. ... Jacques Barrot {view}
  • Under the circumstances, the government should agree to substantial damages. ... Karpal Singh {view}
  • Instability is very high. While some big companies, with strong government connections and a better understanding of what's going on, may still invest, smaller companies remain very cautious. ... Katya Malofeeva {view}
  • With human rights under grave threat each and every day, the government should ensure the continued functioning of the Human Rights Commission as a priority. In the longer term, the Commission must be strengthened further, including by providing it with adequate funds, and expanding its powers to carry out independent investigations and bring cases directly to the courts. ... Kavita Menon {view}
  • In Iraq we have a common interest in security, but even in a pure Merkel government we wouldn't have sent troops, ... Karsten Voigt {view}
  • This is a political attempt to suppress opinion opposite to that of the government. ... Karu Jayasuriya {view}
  • Given that the budget sets government fiscal policy up to the end of 2006, it is only fair that it be determined by the policies and manifesto of the new president elected next month. ... Karu Jayasuriya {view}
  • if those [people] are holders of government bonds based upon a benign outlook for inflation, they had better cash some of them in, especially at today's 4.0% yield for 10-year Treasuries. ... Bill Gross {view}
  • Lately there has been an increase in childhood obesity and the government has taken an interest in people losing weight. Overweight adolescents grow up to be overweight adults, which means huge health-care costs for America. ... Kay Parmain {view}
  • Posting someone as Collector of another district was not a punishment but a promotion. The Government was also equally responsible for showing scant respect to the EC by ignoring a show-cause notice served on it. ... N. Chandrababu Naidu {view}
  • We think that this decision may increase the tension in the Hebron area. The Israeli government should begin the political separation of Israel from the West Bank as a step forward to rescue the peace process. ... Nabil Abourdeneh {view}
  • If construction projects on green buildings gain enough investment and support from the government, China's building industry will enter a new boom in the near future. ... Carl Jetter {view}
  • We felt the case was closed after the first apologies. Then [the Zimbabwe government] chose to make a media issue out of it. But the fact of the matter is that they apologized and we consider it closed. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • This is not about a speech by our ambassador, it's about failed economic policies of the government of Zimbabwe and President Mugabe. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • We will work with the government of Iraq and security officials of Iraq to bring those responsible to justice. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • Nothing would have happened unless the U.S. government sent that letter. ... Milton Mueller {view}
  • The United States has urged the government of Iraq to investigate and take action against any of its personnel who've been involved in torture and abuse. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • Certainly it wasn't the intention of the government to say, 'OK, whatever it is, let's take a hard line. ... Mike Harris {view}
  • He is an official and a representative of the government of Iraq. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • It must be cleared up whether the previous government deceived the public. ... Guido Westerwelle {view}
  • We've asked the government of Libya to identify the source of the interference and resolve the problem. And we'll be continuing to investigate it. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • The issue is their speech and whether the government can ban them outright. Very few people are going to find that there is little social merit to their (church group's) speech. It's still religious expression and political expression. ... John Blakeman {view}
  • What the government can regulate is the time, place and manner. The government has ways they can regulate and not prohibit speech. ... John Blakeman {view}
  • I'm hopeful after this meeting and pretty confident that the government of Liberia is going to move forward now with alacrity and commitment at the peace table, ... John Blaney {view}
  • Any lasting peace must be based upon a broad political understanding and fighting government forces in Monrovia does not change that fact, ... John Blaney {view}
  • We don't want violence. But if it happens, it will be caused by government officials and the government will lose. ... Chamlong Srimuang {view}
  • We want to achieve two things: to hurry the British government into leaving Iraq and to make it aware of public opinion that it can't join the American government if it attacks Iran. ... John Rees {view}
  • It shows how politically motivated both the administration in the United States are and the new Labor government are in pursuing their critics over the Iraq war. ... John Reese {view}
  • Our purpose in Afghanistan is simple, that is to help the people and the government of Afghanistan to build their own democratic institutions and to take control of their own future. ... John Reid {view}
  • I don't know who Mr Des Smith is. He doesn't speak with any authority for the Government at all. ... John Reid {view}
  • The US government is committed to working together with the government of Japan to address these concerns. ... Thomas Schieffer {view}
  • We wish the new, democratically elected government success. The United States is going to support the new government. ... Thomas Shannon {view}
  • [At that point,] the government of Sudan turned on its own people, ... The government came back with overwhelming force. ... Donald Payne {view}
  • The government wants the blacks to leave Sudan - period, ... Donald Payne {view}
  • The federal government is committed to building the best levee system known in the world. It's a complicated issue. ... Donald Powell {view}
  • There is a tradition of not wearing two hats in the government. ... Donald Ritchie {view}
  • We fear this 'obstruction of justice' procedure is a judicial device for the government to yet again settle some scores with the privately-owned media and at the same time subject them to state censorship. ... Reporters Without Borders {view}
  • The charges of high treason and genocide are extremely grave as regards the journalists. We call on the Ethiopian government to show the utmost transparency in these cases. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi should not try to defuse the criticism against him at the expense of the freedom or lives of citizens. ... Reporters Without Borders {view}
  • It is a whole lot bigger and harder to control, and we need to control the growth of government and spending. ... Dominic Calabro {view}
  • The judicial system must guarantee journalists the right to protect their sources so that they can work freely. The government must include journalists in the list of professions that enjoy the right to professional secrecy under the law. ... Reporters Without Borders {view}
  • If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so. ... Edmund Burke {view}
  • I have in general no very exalted opinion of the virtue of paper government. ... Edmund Burke {view}
  • Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government. ... Edmund Burke {view}
  • Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Men have a right that these wants should be provided for by this wisdom. ... Edmund Burke {view}
  • I'm sure that the people, like me, will stand by this government and do everything we can to help it. ... Ehud Barak {view}
  • Never has an Israeli government used such great force against the Palestinians -- rockets, tanks and returning fire when needed, ... Ehud Barak {view}
  • This government has come to its end. It might survive for another few more weeks or months but ultimately (there will be) new elections. ... Ehud Barak {view}
  • If it is possible to work out a realistic plan for genuine policies (toward peace) then a unity government could be successful, ... Ehud Barak {view}
  • The first thing you've got to realize is the federal government has created this problem by not permitting their alleged immigration policies to be enforced at the borders. ... Mike Beebe {view}
  • This government is abandoning the peace policy it has signed, ... Ehud Barak {view}
  • Our government invests millions in equipment and manpower, and they are losing these millions of dollars because there is no real effective tool in fighting fires. With my Anti Fire Bomb, all the liquid will hit the target 100 percent of the time. ... Freddy Mella {view}
  • There is still a chance for the government to reform, to release political prisoners, to change the cabinet, to arrest those people who acted to excess in Lebanon. That will make it more difficult for the international community to embarrass the regime. ... Sami Moubayed {view}
  • We are hoping that the federal government will not leave these victims behind. This is not only a disgrace to the city, it's a disgrace to the nation. ... Sally Regenhard {view}
  • Broad perceptions among Pakistanis of the government as indifferent to them are being reinforced, ... Samina Ahmed {view}
  • The government won't be able to meet its 5.3 percent growth target. We would be happy if we could duplicate what we have achieved in the first half. ... Jose Vistan {view}
  • Suddenly, the government of India has taken a very keen interest in these far-flung islands. ... Samir Acharya {view}
  • The problem is very serious, and without huge Arab support the government will not be able to run the administration. ... Samir Barghouti {view}
  • Since the Arab summit in Beirut in 2002, the Arab governments decided to give the Palestinians $600 million a year. That never materialized. The Arabs made promises, but never delivered. ... Samir Ghattas {view}
  • I understood that the Iraqi government did not want some of my activities on their behalf to become public. ... Samir Vincent {view}
  • It is therefore the duty of the Zambian government to promote and strengthen its judiciary, ... In fact the government should decide which matters they will pursue. Other than being legally folly, the attempts to run parallel civil and criminal matters based on the same facts, material and circumstances, unfairly prejudices me. ... Frederick Chiluba {view}
  • The government appeals to members of the public and the private sector who are trained in rescue operation to rush to the scene and assist. ... Alfred Mutua {view}
  • We are honored to be the first elevator company to earn this distinction from the Chinese government. This award reflects Otis' commitment to 'green' buildings and our strong support for China's sustainable development policy. ... Ari Bousbib {view}
  • The market is side-stepping the summer sweats. We're doing a good job of dodging the day's corporate governance bullets, ... Bryan Piskorowski {view}
  • As a government, we could not stand and look at people starving. WFP was only covering a certain part of the population. We were forced to use our network to save the lives of our people. At the end of the day, people were saved. ... Alfred Mutua {view}
  • the Government may have won in court, but the questions in Parliament are only just beginning. Having escaped the judgement today, Parliament will now have the opportunity to judge them. ... Alan Duncan {view}
  • It's a terrorist attack to intimidate people working with the government side. ... Abdullah Fahim {view}
  • This will pave the way for the opponents of the government to say war against the government is legitimate. ... Abdul Aziz {view}
  • an inclusive government focused on national reconciliation would be a positive development. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • I will give the negotiations one month to succeed. If they fail, I will withdraw from government. ... Arben Xhaferi {view}
  • Government officials did not allow them off the plane, and that's the cause of the canceled visit. ... Brian Penn {view}
  • In Pennsylvania, this alleged illegal activity forced consumers and government agencies to pay much higher prices for the brand-name, anti-anxiety drug, ... It appears Bristol-Myers Squibb attempted to manipulate federal drug regulations to extend the patent and continue its monopoly on the product. ... Mike Fisher {view}
  • Arafat is looking for (an) excuse not to proceed with negotiations, though he knows exactly that the (Israeli) government is ready to move forward and to implement the second phase of withdrawal (from the West Bank), ... Ariel Sharon {view}
  • They (United States) want to cooperate very closely with my government, ... Ariel Sharon {view}
  • Israel is prepared to make painful concessions for a true peace. However, the government under my leadership will not be seduced into believing false promises which will endanger the security of the state of Israel, ... Ariel Sharon {view}
  • I hope that Benjamin Netanyahu will answer my proposal and will join the government quickly, ... We are standing before important and faithful decisions that can't stand any delay. ... Ariel Sharon {view}
  • First, the guidelines and policy from the government won't change; second, the strategy plans taken with the United States will be respected; third, the budget will pass and stay as planned, ... Ariel Sharon {view}
  • The (U.S.) government knew all the details, ... It was known to them that the Palestinian Authority paid millions of dollars. Payments of this nature are authorized only by Yasser Arafat. ... Ariel Sharon {view}
  • The government I will lead will make every effort to reach peace, but the condition for starting peace talks is the cessation of terror and violence. ... Ariel Sharon {view}
  • for a better government, for better security for Israeli citizens, for a better peace process. ... Ariel Sharon {view}
  • Then I will quit. We will go. All the Labor Party. We'll move out of this government. ... Ariel Sharon {view}
  • Our government ... made a lot of noise about Carroll, but not a single official spoke about Iraqi detainees. ... Amir Abdulzahra {view}
  • Environmental health in schools is an orphan issue. The federal government has to take more of a leadership role at all different levels: research and surveillance, guidelines for maintenance and repairs, and new construction. ... Claire Barnett {view}
  • I think governments around the world, including Australia, have started the process, but there is a long way to go and I would argue that it's urgent. ... Clive Wilkinson {view}
  • There's no question that the failure of the federal government to create an immigration system that works is creating enormous anxiety in the states. ... Benjamin Johnson {view}
  • The bottom line is, we're in a place that actually has a rule of law. The British government is mandated to take action. ... Clive Stafford Smith {view}
  • There is an inclination not to keep the jury waiting. I don't think the government has a leg to stand on here. ... James Cohen {view}
  • If we become an accomplice to criminal activities by the American government, then we are liable too. ... Clive Stafford Smith {view}
  • Everything is now stacked in favor of the government. You're going to see pictures of New York City and the Pentagon you've never seen before, hear from survivors, officials in New York about the impact. What do they have on the other side? ... Andrew McBride {view}
  • You are the best person to take care of yourself in a disaster. You can't expect the government is going to be able to get there and take care of you. ... Alan Taylor {view}
  • Foreign direct investment is so important to the growth of China's economy that the national government doesn't want to do anything to endanger that. ... Clive Jones {view}
  • The federal Liberals seem content to let gas prices rise as the government rakes in higher and higher taxes from the price increases, ... John Duncan {view}
  • The Liberal government doesn't seem to care. ... John Duncan {view}
  • Canadians are being hit hard in the wallet as gas prices continue to rise and yet the Liberal government doesn't seem to care, ... John Duncan {view}
  • The freedoms being offered in the white paper are largely an illusion. What schools need is more freedom from government interference and incessant education reform. ... John Dunford {view}
  • This tragedy is much bigger than the capacity and capability of the government as a whole. ... Pervez Musharraf {view}
  • In the education White Paper, the government is proposing that local authorities consider, as an immediate option, sacking heads of schools that receive a poor inspection report. ... John Dunford {view}
  • I would like to condole with the Indian government, the loss of lives because of the terrible and most dastardly terrorist attack in Delhi. I would like to give total and unequivocal support from Pakistan in any investigation that Indians would like to carry out. ... Pervez Musharraf {view}
  • I wish to assure President Bush and the U.S. government of our unstinted cooperation in the fight against terrorism. ... Pervez Musharraf {view}
  • On this day, the government and the people of Pakistan reaffirm their solidarity with their brothers and their sisters in the Indian-occupied Kashmir, and reconfirm their unswerving and unequivocal support to the legitimate and variant struggle of the Kashmiri people for their inalienable right for self-determination, ... Pervez Musharraf {view}
  • Durable peace in Afghanistan would only be possible through the establishment of a broad-based multiethnic government representing the demographic contours of Afghanistan freely chosen by the Afghans without outside interference, ... Pervez Musharraf {view}
  • With this (Israeli) government, we do not have trust or confidence. Ross is simply helping make the process survive. ... Saeb Erekat {view}
  • At the end of the day, it is either settlements or peace, and it seems to me that this government is pursuing settlements and dictation, and not peace and negotiations. ... Saeb Erekat {view}
  • The Israeli government has suspended negotiations, contacts and the peace process. The only thing that is still allowed to go on is the settlement activities. This undermines the peace process. ... Saeb Erekat {view}
  • If this is the case, I welcome this position of the Israeli government. ... Saeb Erekat {view}
  • The government is, in effect, instructing its forces to shoot innocent people, in complete disregard for the right to life. ... Philip Alston {view}
  • I will not give this government my confidence because the higher national interests of the Palestinian people were absent, and there were only slogans. ... Saeb Erekat {view}
  • We hope the new government would opt for peace. ... Saeb Erekat {view}
  • These criminals and terrorists killed three Palestinians in a cold-blooded manner. The Israeli government should confiscate the settlers' guns immediately in order to avoid repeat of such awful crimes. ... Saeb Erekat {view}
  • The answer they (the Americans) gave us is that they will exert every possible effort to have the Israeli government refrain from any act that will prejudge the outcome of negotiations. ... Saeb Erekat {view}
  • Changes of government and power will be through ballots, not bullets. ... Saeb Erekat {view}
  • Gas Natural is out of the picture. The government can't do anything but negotiate with E.On to divest some of the regulated assets. ... Jose Javier Ruiz {view}
  • The government gave us a waiver form. Mr. Libby signed the waiver form and gave it back. I didn't talk to anyone after that. ... Joseph Tate {view}
  • This program of actions is a last resort forced upon us by the continuing failure of the Swiss government to participate in the negotiations or even support an agreement, and by the inability of the Swiss banks to bridge the small gap between them and the class-action plaintiffs, ... Alan Hevesi {view}
  • My intention is to form a government alone and have dialogue and agreement with almost all the political parties. ... Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero {view}
  • No Spanish government has given into terror and no government will do that. ... Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero {view}
  • Please receive in the name of the Spanish government and the people of Spain our warmest congratulations for your election as Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church and my best wishes for the Papacy which you begin today. ... Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero {view}
  • I ... state the willingness of the government of Spain to sustain the historic relations between Spain and the Holy See and to cooperate with Your Holiness during your mandate. I take this opportunity, Your Holiness, to send you the testimony of my highest consideration and esteem. ... Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero {view}
  • Markets are very important but for the government the citizens are more so. ... Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero {view}
  • I know of no law government can use for that. The nearest there is are the regulations of the Alienation of Land Act, but its terms are too narrow to be the basis of a moratorium. ... Charles Smith {view}
  • is planning to conduct more massive attacks operationally and politically to craft a scenario that the government is in turbulent state. ... Jose Maria {view}
  • saves Israel again from the embarrassment that the haste of the government has caused throughout the world and from the feeling we have imposed unnecessary injustices on many Palestinians. ... Yosef Lapid {view}
  • Mr. Prime minister, take advantage of this opportunity, because your government is unworthy to continue functioning. ... Yosef Lapid {view}
  • We are in favor of elections and we are in favor of toppling the government but we will not join the extreme right in toppling the government over the peace process. We don't want to punish the government for the pullout from Gaza and I don't think we should hitch a ride on the extreme Right. ... Yosef Lapid {view}
  • We had been IT-led before my arrival. We had to change governance and say to the business units 'it is your money we are spending' - without a business sponsor there is no IT project. These investments are business decisions. ... Darin Brumby {view}
  • We live in a time where government is not a leadership thing, it's more a business that's out there and running riot, so I guess the people have to go out there and say stuff. ... Yahoo Serious {view}
  • If government and media and all of us in the Australian tribe got together, and the rock industry, we'd just be the greatest cultural force the world has ever seen - we're such an amazing race. ... Yahoo Serious {view}
  • Without decisive policy action by the government, the 11,000 will be just a passing point. ... Yoshihisa Okamoto {view}
  • The survey ships are Japanese government ships, not private ships, and Japan has jurisdiction over them. ... Yoshinori Katori {view}
  • When you look at how long the government has been preparing this case it is not surprising that they have not scrapped their plans and immediately embraced him as a critical witness. ... Robert Mintz {view}
  • The government is trying to paint this as a clear case of right vs. wrong. What the defense is doing is suggesting this case is not nearly as black and white as the government is trying to suggest. ... Robert Mintz {view}
  • If the government plays their cross- examination of the defendants only to a draw, they lose. They have to do better than that. ... Robert Mintz {view}
  • It's been one of the strongest park acquisition and open space tools local government has. ... Jane Adams {view}
  • We're honored that the Irish government recognizes our efforts to celebrate the Irish culture and instill in future generations an appreciation for their Irish heritage. ... Jane Anderson {view}
  • This is definitely an embarrassment for the Turkish Government ... Jane Arraf {view}
  • Surely the agents of the government, businessmen and political parties have sent to inform you what happens here. After hearing us and hearing you, they will write in their report a false alarm. There's nothing to be worried about. The suspects are crazy and they haven't noticed each other. End of report. ... Subcomandante Marcos {view}
  • Citizens of the United States expect their government to be there in times of disaster and they were not there. ... Jane Bullock {view}
  • It's a big job. The Office of Management and Budget touches every spending and policy decision in the federal government. ... Rob Portman {view}
  • Among the main reasons I ran for Congress back in 1993 was to cut the federal deficit and make government work better and be more responsive to the taxpayers. ... Rob Portman {view}
  • A partisan panel of government officials to look into the government's mistakes? That's like the fox guarding the henhouse, ... John Salazar {view}
  • A partisan panel of government officials to look into the government's mistakes? That like the fox guarding the henhouse, ... John Salazar {view}
  • It's definitely a good thing for corporate governance. They are ahead of the curve. ... Paul Hodgson {view}
  • The basic principle (of the management agenda) is there are certain business practices that could be applied to government to help improve efficiency, accountability and service to citizens. That's what I'll be doing ...(It's) about making government run more efficiently. ... Paul Hoffman {view}
  • I do see a very serious threat in many of these developments and both the Commission and national governments need to do much, much more not to throw away the basis of the prosperity we have come to enjoy, which is open markets. ... Paul Hofheinz {view}
  • It's a diabolical bill. It put the financial body of the government in charge of deciding what is endangered, instead of biologists and scientists. ... Paul Holmes {view}
  • I have no problem with Spain or with the Spaniards, but ... I cannot understand how a democratic British government can want to give away what is our birthright without even asking us. ... John Byrne {view}
  • The task now is for arrangements to be made which will ensure stable government in New Zealand for the next three years. ... Helen Clark {view}
  • Further talks to progress arrangements around forming a government are likely to be held in the coming week. ... Helen Clark {view}
  • We found that privacy is a much less mature area in government, and there is less progress to report. Fewer agencies have addressed [privacy programs] as a priority ... the security programs [are] a bit more mature [and have been] addressed over a long period of time. ... Paul Wohlleben {view}
  • Nearly a decade ago, the government offered subsidies to their domestic auto suppliers to build hybrid batteries, which are one of the most expensive components of today's hybrid vehicles. That gave them a head-start. ... Bill Ford {view}
  • We want the opportunity to work with the government on this. ... Andy Troszok {view}
  • The recent spate of gun violence in Toronto is something that is of concern to the federal government. ... Alex Swann {view}
  • The first South Korean company, High-Tech Movies, was approved for the program and the Indian government is interested in sending us a company. ... Bill Fontana {view}
  • I want a performance-oriented government that produces results, ... That's contrary to a government based on sound bites and images. ... Bill White {view}
  • Local government represents the cornerstone of the United States, and we fully support the critical role that localities play in protecting consumer and citizen rights. However, with 78 car rental excise taxes in 37 states, and 45 more such taxes pending or under discussion, we must speak out on behalf of our customers. These arbitrary taxes unfairly single out our customers and potentially interfere with interstate commerce by hindering free trade in the nationwide car rental industry. ... Andy Taylor {view}
  • I doubt whether the government can or should tell people or mandate how many vehicles can get out, ... but we do need to educate people and ask that they be considerate to their neighbors. ... Bill White {view}
  • They became the poster boys and girls for good public management and good government. ... Bill Waugh {view}
  • The government contends it rises to the level of domestic terrorism. We say it?s free speech. ... Andrea Lindsay {view}
  • We have to see in the next couple of days if the Chinese government will congratulate Cardinal Zen or not. ... Alberto Melloni {view}
  • They should set a very clear priority for the government. There is such a large penumbra of issues. The party needs to come to grips with the reality that it has to be coherent politically. ... Mahesh Rangarajan {view}
  • We wanted to expose young people to all aspects of local government - political institutions as well the administrative bodies. ... Shaun Barcavage {view}
  • The British government and the prime minister personally must use every ounce of influence they have in Washington to try to prevent that from happening, ... Kenneth Clarke {view}
  • If we were to move back into a deficit situation at the government level, that would quite radically change the outlook for the Canadian dollar, but we don't think that's likely to happen. ... Shaun Osborne {view}
  • lack of support for the government's policies; harsh and dangerous domestic incitement against the government and the obstruction of its functions, and unjustified accusations that the government and the prime minister had the motive of either having control over everything or nothing. ... Mahmoud Abbas {view}
  • It is absolutely staggering the amount of money the oil companies already pay in taxes. Government has profited more from the oil industry than the oil industry has profited from consumers. ... Scott Hodge {view}
  • It's bad for the federal government to rely on a shrinking group of American to pay all the bills and exclude millions of people from paying their fair share or some share. ... Scott Hodge {view}
  • Despite the tax cuts passed by the federal government, Americans will spend more on taxes than they spend on food, clothing, and housing combined. ... Scott Hodge {view}
  • Its really the only industry in Wisconsin where the government prevents price competition, ... The industry argues thats good for the consumer. Yet everything else sold in that (gas station) is outside the minimum mark up law, which is a 9 percent minimum mark up. Each side can cite all sorts of studies, but prices will be lower. ... Scott Jensen {view}
  • But there is a concern that GPSS, which is the largest government agency, doesn't have the guidance of a chief financial officer. They need someone to do that sort of financial management and planning to prepare for situations like this month's three pay periods. ... Shawn Gumataotao {view}
  • I think the United States government is working very hard with the parties to move the process forward, and I urge and encourage the parties to really work with the United States government to make the compromises necessary and move the process forward, ... Kofi Annan {view}
  • Given the pressure from the people, from the grass roots, I really do not think any government can sit out this movement for long, ... It's only a matter of time. ... Kofi Annan {view}
  • I hope it's not too late to get the Yugoslav government to change its position, ... Kofi Annan {view}
  • If the Indonesian government ... brings those responsible to trial, there will be no need ... for the Security Council to establish a second international tribunal, ... Kofi Annan {view}
  • Everybody we've seen here today has an aversion to authority figures. They're afraid of their government, ... So the government has to reach out to that particular population if we expect to do anything with the number of cases we have here. ... David Ryan {view}
  • too early to say who's going to take charge and who's going to run the government. ... Kofi Annan {view}
  • I don't think that the United States government rushes to judgment until all the facts are in. ... Kofi Annan {view}
  • Both rebels and government must understand that, if these incidents continue, it will impede humanitarian assistance and delivery. ... Kofi Annan {view}
  • The people and government of Pakistan are faced with an extraordinary challenge and we need to make an extraordinary effort to support them, ... What is needed is an immediate and exceptional escalation of the global relief effort to support the work of the government of Pakistan. ... Kofi Annan {view}
  • The government of Israel, with its important security concerns, is loath to relinquish control, almost acting as though there has been no withdrawal, delaying making difficult decisions and preferring to take difficult matters back into slow-moving subcommittees, ... Kofi Annan {view}
  • While thousands are dying in Iraq, here at home our government is waging a new war, a 'war on dissent' that threatens to dismantle the constitution and severely challenge our country's basic democratic principles of free speech and peaceful assembly. ... Michael McConnell {view}
  • They are traitors to the Albanian cause in Macedonia. Any government should exert its power in the entire region it governs. ... Menduh Thaci {view}
  • If the government hoped that the Butler inquiry was going to be no re-run of Hutton, I think it's pretty clear that Dr. Jones and others of similar view are going to prevent that happening. ... Menzies Campbell {view}
  • The government hopes this story will lie down. But every time the government tries to drive a stake into it, the story just jumps up at them. ... Menzies Campbell {view}
  • We need full disclosure by our government. ... Menzies Campbell {view}
  • It is a fundamental and profound disappointment. The government made a goal to have reform of the Common Agricultural Policy. All they have is promises. ... Menzies Campbell {view}
  • It may well be that there wasn't very much the government could do. ... Menzies Campbell {view}
  • There are lots of rumors. What he really needs to do is fundamentally change his government. ... There's a lot of stagnation. ... I'm not so optimistic Yeltsin's going to do that. ... Michael McFaul {view}
  • She didn't do it. She should be free. I was expecting the Australian government to do something. We're not happy in this sentence and we will appeal immediately. ... Mercedes Corby {view}
  • I won't deny that Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his new Conservative government present the City of Toronto with some relationship building challenges. But there are hopeful signs in the person of Lawrence Cannon - the empowered minister of infrastructure, transportation and communities. ... David Miller {view}
  • The city of Toronto government is Canada's sixth largest government [and it] needs the ability to govern itself properly and independently from the province in order to meet the expectations of its residents, ... That's what this report is about, and I see that change as extremely significant and far reaching. ... David Miller {view}
  • He is the only president after John F. Kennedy to be ahead of his government on India. ... Stephen Cohen {view}
  • [The government decided against a three-way split for fear it would have] time consuming, disruptive effects, ... directly met the case that was before the court. ... David Boies {view}
  • Selling off America's natural heritage is not the way to fund government services. This move would set a dangerous precedent for years to come. ... David Carr {view}
  • It's just government speculation, and you cannot send someone to death on speculation. ... David Stern {view}
  • The courts have long recognized that you can challenge a government practice or a program even if it has never been enforced against you, if you have a credible fear that it will be used against you. ... David Cole {view}
  • If it's legislators now, who's next? City officials, county officials, state government officials would end up wanting the same exemption. ... David Thompson {view}
  • We now have a chance to create a genuine partnership between unionists and nationalists in a novel form of government. ... David Trimble {view}
  • This raises serious questions about the monitoring of terror suspects. The government should now answer our call for an independent inquiry so that the lessons of the July bombings can be learned. ... David Davis {view}
  • It's a very slow, detailed process involving a lot of layers of government, ... It would take a lot of groundwork. It would take a lot of years to accomplish. ... Bobby Burns {view}
  • My character has a distrust of government as Big Brother, ... He doesn't see why this should be kept secret from the public. ... Brent Spiner {view}
  • We are deeply pleased that the government has agreed to the smooth implementation of the cease-fire agreement. ... Anton Balasingham {view}
  • Via the Production Decision Aid site, producers can link to the best farm management information available including recent government and university reports and marketing specialist analysis. ... Bob Young {view}
  • The Iraqis need help establishing a government. We have to provide them with security. ... Brent Scowcroft {view}
  • It is extremely important for the government to take urgent measures to instruct its armed forces to cease acts of violence against civilians and the LTTE. ... Anton Balasingham {view}
  • A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones. ... Alexander Solzhenitsyn {view}
  • The UN could help the Iraqi government get on its feet and help the United States withdraw a bit more. ... Brent Scowcroft {view}
  • That's as high a drama as I've seen in a government institution, ... Bob Woodward {view}
  • Yet, we are encouraged by the fact the U.S. government is seriously concerned about the establishment of peace and stability in the island and had appealed to both parties in conflict to observe the terms of the accord. ... Anton Balasingham {view}
  • Armchair intellectuals are the biggest liability of a democracy. ... Muhammed Haider {view}
  • India is a poorly managed rich country. ... Muhammed Haider {view}
  • As a fiscal conservative, I believe one of the most important roles the federal government can play in assuring that our economy remains strong is to keep our fiscal house in order. ... Allen Boyd {view}
  • Law abiding citizens tend to be poorer than their law-breaking compatriots. ... Muhammed Haider {view}
  • A common trait of Governments around the world is their marked reluctance to face the consequences of their actions. ... Muhammed Haider {view}
  • Prejudice is easy to promote and highly profitable. ... Muhammed Haider {view}
  • The main issue now is to provide Afghanistan and the government there with the resources to be able to begin reconstruction. ... Ahmed Rashid {view}
  • They sent my Census form back! AGAIN!!!In response to the question: "Do you have any dependents?"I replied - "12 million illegal immigrants; 3 million crack heads; 42million unemployable people, 2 million people in over 243 prisons; Half of Mexico; and 535 more in the U.S. House and Senate. Apparently, this was NOT an acceptable answer. ... Richard Schanberger {view}
  • If the American people do not believe that what they collectively established in the White House is beyond Communism, all they need do is to personally speak with a Russian immigrant who purposely came to America to escape communism and take their head out of their party elect to listen. ... Deborah Simpson {view}
  • A government that operates under the guise of capitalism does not necessarily mean it is free of the oppressiveness of other forms of government, just that it is able to sustain its agenda under an acceptable title. ... Deborah Simpson {view}
  • The coming 48 hours will be a test for the Israeli government to implement its commitments. ... Nabil Aburdeneh {view}
  • We will be ready to deal with any Israeli government provided it is committed to the rules of the game, to the agreements we signed and to the peace process that will come to end the siege and refrain totally from any settlement activities and move toward making real peace, ... Nabil Sha'ath {view}
  • We are committed to work with the government and the people of UK and take this relationship to new heights. While India is an integral part of the solution we offer our clients, far from taking jobs out of the UK, we are actually creating hundreds of new positions while investing in the UK economy, ... Nadar {view}
  • The government is committed to reducing the gap in health status between aboriginal and non-aboriginal Canadians. ... Nathalie Lalonde {view}
  • Ariel Sharon has seven days to save his government. ... Nadav Eyal {view}
  • The policies of the previous governments, has distanced the Islamic republic from its revolutionary origins and produced a damaging laxity. ... Kazem Jalali {view}
  • But the government made some non-negotiable demands that were very surprising to us, ... Bill Gates {view}
  • This is ethnic cleansing of Jews by Jews and we are ashamed of our government. ... Nadia Matar {view}
  • The distribution of cabinet jobs between Law & Justice and Citizens' Platform must be equal and fair so the government can work effectively. ... Kazimierz Marcinkiewicz {view}
  • It's absolutely new and unprecedented to have in our hands official documents from the Mexican government - 30 years of documents from (the presidential residence), the Defense Ministry, down to the troops in the field - that present a devastating picture of the state's campaign. ... Kate Doyle {view}
  • The government is just wrong. It's not retroactive. And the Supreme Court granted cert. ... Bill Goodman {view}
  • In particular, if another Bush government moves on to Iran, then oil prices would go very high and really threaten China's economic development. ... Andy Xie {view}
  • I certainly respect and understand the need for the American people to understand what their government is doing. And, obviously, we respect that and we try to make information available to the American people, but we also have a corresponding duty to ensure that national security is protected. ... Alberto R. Gonzales {view}
  • They (the government) do not want a public airing of the fact the government is indefinitely holding people, torturing people. ... Bill Goodman {view}
  • No, if there is an aspect of the executive branch of the government that needs looking at, I'm liable to be called in to look at it. But I'm not the only one. ... Bill Goldberg {view}
  • The policy is still very defensive. The government doesn't know what's going to replace the economic activity that is being moved to China. ... Andy Xie {view}
  • This is an executive of the government out of control. Where does this stop? The government is reaching right into our minds. This is like 'Brave New World' [the 1932 Aldous Huxley novel about a nightmarish future]. It has got to be stopped. ... Bill Ginsburg {view}
  • There's not a strong history of good government in New Orleans, or strong government, or effective government. ... Bill Young {view}
  • Government officials are still learning to trust the market mechanism. They are containing inflation, but you're building up more and more distortions in the economy. ... Andy Xie {view}
  • There is no government policy of subcontracting torture, as has been alleged, ... Some of these issues are going to be examined. When people make allegations like this, of course we're concerned. ... Alex Swann {view}
  • The government deficit is the difference between the amount of money the government spends and the amount it has the nerve to collect. ... Sam Ewing {view}
  • Government expands to absorb revenue and then some ... Tom Wicker {view}
  • If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government. ... William Lyon Mackenzie King {view}
  • For a country to have a great writer is like having another government. That's why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones. ... Alexander Solzhenitsyn {view}
  • I thought it was a good time to have those debates again about government using fear to erode away civil liberties, which happens every 30 to 40 years ... George Clooney {view}
  • Any company executive who overcharges the government more than $5 million will be fined $50 or have to go to traffic school three nights a week ... Art Buchwald {view}
  • Taxes have gone up, spending has gone up, waste of government money has vastly increased, and I think people will say he frittered away a very strong economic inheritance. ... George Osborne {view}
  • Anglo-American culture seems to be governed by the perverse belief that portrayals of the body's abuse or destruction are harmless, even fortifying, while those that show the body in pleasure act like poison ... Walter Kendrick {view}
  • To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes in order to secure conviction of a private criminal would bring terrible retribution. ... Louis D. Brandeis {view}
  • Many Americans today, just as they did 200 years ago, feel burdened, stifled, and sometimes even oppressed by government that has grown too large, too bureaucratic, too wasteful, too unresponsive, too uncaring about people and their problems. I believe we can embark on a new age of reform in this country and an era of national renewal, an era that will reorder the relationship between citizen and government, that will make government again responsive to people, that will revitalize the values of family, work, and neighborhood and that will restore our private and independent social institutions. ... Ronald Reagan {view}
  • Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is the essence of our democracy. ... Corazon Aquino {view}
  • I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public lands among the states, - opposed to taking the power from the hands of the people, - opposed to special monopolies, ... Sam Houston {view}
  • There is a direct link between the federal tax cut of 2001 and state tax increases in 2003. When the federal government's mistakes force states to raise their taxes, it not only robs Peter to pay Paul, but it hurts hard-working families and it undermines our economy's strength. ... Senator John Kerry {view}
  • To lodge all power in one party and keep it there is to insure bad government and the sure and gradual deterioration of the public morals ... Mark Twain {view}
  • Democracy becomes a government of bullies tempered by editors. ... Ralph Waldo Emerson {view}
  • Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. ... George Washington {view}
  • The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation. The Government may not, through the [Communications Decency Act], interrupt that conversation. ... Stewart Dalzell {view}
  • Government is inherently incompetent, and no matter what task it is assigned, it will do it in the most expensive and inefficient way possible. ... Charley Reese {view}
  • Last May, in Addis Ababa there was convened a meeting of Heads of African States and Governments. In three days, the thirty-two nations represented at that Conference demonstrated to the world that when the will and the determination exist, nations and peoples of diverse backgrounds can and will work together in unity for the achievement of common goals and the assurance of that equality and brotherhood which we desire. ... Haile Selassie {view}
  • My government won't lie to you, and we won't steal, ... And this is a solemn pledge. ... Zoran Djindjic {view}
  • We are not saying that the government of Iraq is some wonderful government. We are not saying Saddam Hussein is some saint. What we are saying is there is a better way to achieve peace in the Middle East -- through diplomacy, through negotiation and a focus on nonviolent means of resolving this crisis. ... Damu Smith {view}
  • The government will encourage capital outflows in an attempt to have a general balance between capital inflows and outflows. ... Zou Lin {view}
  • The decision of the government to approve an additional 3000 housing units is a clear statement that this is the policy of strengthening the settlement blocs, ... Zeev Boim {view}
  • The government has decided to transfer 200 million shekels to the Palestinian government. ... Zeev Boim {view}
  • These people are barely surviving, but the crisis begins when a real sickness befalls them. The government of Israel has received money from the German government ... but I think the government didn't use enough for the survivors. ... Zeev Factor {view}
  • If you have a value-added tax you will have bigger government. When the dust settled 10 years in the future, we would have the same income tax as we do now and a giant money machine called (a value-added tax). ... Daniel Mitchell {view}
  • The federal government has done absolutely nothing to help, and fishermen are angry. It's almost like they created this Klamath situation to make them look competent on Katrina. ... Zeke Grader {view}
  • The government knew a lot, if they had just paid more attention. ... Eleni Kousoulis {view}
  • There is a long, severe list of problems facing the new government. And this government is already at a disadvantage because Iraqis are tired of all the political squabbling. ... Zuheir Jazairy {view}
  • If there's one thing that strikes you when you look at both the state (organization) chart for governance and ours, it's how convoluted it is. This needs to be streamlined ... but we've got to have the confidence and the support of the campuses when we do that. ... Robert Potts {view}
  • I want us to be assured when those local government elections are held that the KSAC will return to the control of the People's National Party, and that means that we will have to do some serious work in every division. ... Dr Peter Phillips {view}
  • We are going to Washington to let the world people know how the U.S. government has turned their back on us - the ordinary people of New Orleans who have worked hard all our lives. Every Katrina survivor: get on board and let's fight for the help we need, and deserve, to return and rebuild our homes and communities. ... Dorothy Stukes {view}
  • Government-sponsored telecom networks remain a financially risky proposition that have consistently lost large sums of money. ... Robert Rowe {view}
  • There's no incremental cost to the United States government in printing this bill again, ... Robert Rubin {view}
  • People are in favor of open government just as long as it does not involve them. ... Tom Campbell {view}
  • It's a compliment to some of our people in government affairs, that they actually do have successes and that there are good stories that come out these concerns. ... Tim Chelling {view}
  • We urge the government of National Unity to continue to take steps to stop the violence, to promote reconciliation and to maintain momentum on implementation of the comprehensive peace agreement. ... Tom Casey {view}
  • The president is the head of the constitutional government in Mauritania. ... Tom Casey {view}
  • We call for a peaceful return to order under the constitution and the established government of President Taya. ... Tom Casey {view}
  • The Ethiopian government is violently suppressing any form of protest and punishing suspected opposition supporters. Donor governments should insist on an independent, credible investigation into abuses by federal police and local officials in rural as well as urban areas. ... Peter Takirambudde {view}
  • African leaders must put all possible pressure on the Sudanese government to stop impeding the effective operation of AMIS. The Sudanese government's continued attacks on civilians merit a tougher response from the African Union. ... Peter Takirambudde {view}
  • We all wish the government could have responded more quickly to disasters like the hurricane and Sept. 11. But I think people have to realize that these are serious challenges for anybody to deal with. It takes time to help everybody. ... David Finch {view}
  • Rebel and government commanders alike must order their forces to protect all civilians, regardless of ethnicity. Attacking civilians and targeting ethnic groups are forbidden under the laws of war. ... Peter Takirambudde {view}
  • some solutions to ensure clearer accountability between the executive and the administrative arms of government. ... John Gomery {view}
  • are critical components of government communications systems. ... Peter Thonis {view}
  • A general lack of transparency about government spending and a reluctance by the public service to call attention to irregularities because of the increased concentration of political power in the prime minister's office are weaknesses in the present-day system of Canadian government. ... John Gomery {view}
  • The government of Indonesia calls for the Indonesian people not to overreact in expressing their and sympathy towards the suffering of the Afghanistan people and not to engage in activities that are violating the laws and may disturb security and public order, ... Hassan Wirayuda {view}
  • I think the government has enough money. The government can just be more efficient in how it manages the money. ... John Gordon {view}
  • The illusion is that help (from the federal government) will be there minutes later, which is really not the case, ... Irwin Redlener {view}
  • The Federal Mafia: How the Government Illegally Imposes and Unlawfully Collects Income Taxes. ... Irwin Schiff {view}
  • our democratic idea of public accountability -- the airing of misdeeds by government officials and employees in order to hold government to the highest standards of conduct -- is an idea that is misunderstood in other parts of the world. ... Richard Myers {view}
  • The more the state 'plans' the more difficult planning becomes for the individual. ... Friedrich August Hayek {view}
  • Everybody committed mistakes ? my government, my people no less than anybody else. I wish many among the Palestinians would do the same, and begin looking at your own mistakes. ... Itamar Rabinovich {view}
  • Lofty speeches cannot fill empty stomachs. ... Muhammed Haider {view}
  • "The government is like a bad habit that relies on making others broke to support its reckless commodities. Just as an addict must, it's high time the government hit rock bottom" ... Deborah Simpson {view}
  • Definitely, there is a benefit to better governance. It is not just what economists would call statistically significant; it's also economically significant. ... Reena Aggarwal {view}
  • We look forward to working with the three levels of government as we prepare for construction of the stadium in early 2006 and while we finalize our franchise agreement with Major League Soccer, ... Richard Peddie {view}
  • Martha's personal assistant could be another key witness for the government. ... Gerald Lefcourt {view}
  • I wouldn't put anything past the U.S. government when it comes to people of color. There is too much history ... going back to when the U.S. army gave smallpox-infested blankets to Native Americans. ... Spike Lee {view}
  • The news about Ratko Mladic is not correct. It is a manipulation which damages the government and does not contribute to its efforts to fully complete its cooperation with The Hague (war crimes tribunal. ... Srdjan Djuric {view}
  • The news about Ratko Mladic is not correct. It is a manipulation which damages the (Serbian) government. ... Srdjan Djuric {view}
  • It is fully unacceptable for the government of Serbia that a man who should be tried for war crimes can be elected for any political function. ... Srdjan Djuric {view}
  • This government does not respect the country's constitution which is a social contract between the ruling party and the other partners. ... Leonce Ngendakumana {view}
  • Truth is the glue that holds government together. ... Gerald R. Ford {view}
  • A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. ... Gerald R. Ford {view}
  • This bill says to us that our government does not believe that Georgians are capable of making the best decision for their family. I don't think this is the message we want to send. ... Mark Hatfield {view}
  • This investigation was conducted on inaccurate information. All the witnesses were obtained after [the Inc. offices were] searched. The government was on a mission to make this case they started and flubbed to rescue this failed investigation that started with false statements. You will hear me use [the word speculation] over and over again in my summation. ... Gerald Shargel {view}
  • We are ready to meet the government, to have negotiations with them and we really want to find a solution. ... Nino Burdzhanadze {view}
  • The government can do more to encourage them. ... Nir Kantor {view}
  • The Government should be worried about the surveys' findings. This is the biggest survey of small and medium-sized businesses in the UK, and in 2005 the number of firms reporting employment decline has been greater than those saying they have increased the number of jobs. ... Nick Goulding {view}
  • It is high time that (former deputy prime minister) John Anderson and ... the Howard government ministers Alexander Downer and Warren Truss appear before the Cole Commission to answer issues raised in evidence yesterday. ... Kelvin Thomson {view}
  • So Albania needs both: effective government and competitive markets ... What is crucial is to enforce the rule of law and not allow criminal elements to distort the economy to their advantage. Political instability is the biggest enemy of rapid and sustained growth. ... Kemal Dervis {view}
  • We're there to help the indigenous people. We're not involved with any government agencies, not involved with the CIA, not involved with uranium mining. Our purpose there is to help the people. ... Nita Zelenak {view}
  • We will not let the government implement privatization. The moment a decision is announced we will go on strike. No one will come to work from tomorrow. ... Nitin Jadhav {view}
  • We were expressing our displeasure against the government policies peacefully when the police assaulted us. Several of us, including our women comrades, have been injured. ... Nitin Jadhav {view}
  • This is a peaceful protest ... the government must listen to us. ... Nitin Jadhav {view}
  • We're going to intensify our agitation until the government relents. It is the question of the lives of thousands of airport employees and their families. ... Nitin Jadhav {view}
  • Syllables govern the world. ... George Bernard Shaw {view}
  • Men are not governed by justice, but by law or persuasion. When they refuse to be governed by law or persuasion, they have to be governed by force or fraud, or both. ... George Bernard Shaw {view}
  • The statesman cannot govern without stability of belief, true or false ... George Bernard Shaw {view}
  • If you are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life, your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live. ... George Bernard Shaw {view}
  • In America the President reigns for four years, and Journalism governs for ever and ever ... Oscar Wilde {view}
  • Spending the hard-earned dollars of a constituency that supports a state government agency with license purchases, registration fees and other forms of revenue generation requires the utmost integrity and ethical circumspection. ... Ken Perrotte {view}
  • If the deaf are to hear, the sound has to be very loud. When we dropped the bomb, it was not our intention to kill anybody. We have bombed the British Government. The British must quit India and make her free." ... Bhagat Singh {view}
  • The Austrian government deserves merit for speaking openly what a majority of the citizens think: that a promise of accession will not be made good. ... Jacques Chirac {view}
  • We appreciate that the government of Equatorial Guinea adheres to the the one-China stance and supports China's peaceful reunification, ... Hu Jintao {view}
  • The government is really mixed up about this, to detain all the human rights activists during the visit of the human rights commissioner. ... Hou Wenzhuo {view}
  • The Government responded in a violent and reckless way. At first they reluctantly allowed the petition. But then up to 1,000 police raided the village and acted like gangsters, using water hoses on the farmers and arresting 48 local inhabitants, including old women. ... Hou Wenzhuo {view}
  • With such a large population of 1.3 billion, the Chinese government faces a harsh challenge. Therefore, the making of '24 hours' is very necessary and in demand. ... Huang Bailian {view}
  • With the government having only invested 100 million yuan (US$12 million), the rest of the cost, about 1.5 billion yuan (US$185 million), all came from the marketing operation. We will build it into a sports and leisure centre, which involves mass fitness, recreational activities and sports business. ... Huang Dongsheng {view}
  • The government could cite the bomb as a reason to declare emergency rule. ... Suriyasai Katasila {view}
  • We always bear in mind the king's concern of peace and stability. But the rally to Government House, which will be peaceful, will continue. ... Suriyasai Katasila {view}
  • Joint discussions, with the conditions set by the government, would be meaningless and the Thai people would not get anything from it. ... Suriyasai Katasila {view}
  • We were issued red cards by the Government after the 1984 riots. However, the officials of the Government don't accept these cards now and summon us to their offices and ask unpleasant questions in the name of fresh verification. ... Surjit Singh {view}
  • The problem has clearly not been solved and the problem is widespread. We and the Iraqi government continue to have concern about the way prisoners are treated in Iraqi facilities and in facilities nominally under the control of the Iraqi government. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • We want salaries. We want the government to live up to its responsibilities. If they don't have the ability to secure our salaries and to guarantee good living conditions for the people, they either have to step aside or to ask the people what the next step must be. They cannot act alone. ... Abu Hassan {view}
  • I think the most likely scenario is that parliament will continue to consider the government fired and acting in a caretaking capacity and the government will consider itself not fired and acting in its regular capacity. ... Mikhail Pogrebinsky {view}
  • The government is not defending the people in the provinces. Neither this government nor previous ones have helped us negotiate with the companies. ... Guadalupe Llori {view}
  • The governance principle of 'improving governance and benefiting the people' adopted by Donald Tsang and the SAR government conforms to the fundamental interests and common aspirations of the Hong Kong people. ... Wu Bangguo {view}
  • The Iranian government has made no positive steps demanded in the February 4 resolution of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency followed by a statement of the UN Security Council chairman on March 29, including to cease uranium enrichment activity. ... Mikhail Kamynin {view}
  • ARISTOCRACY, n. Government by the best men. (In this sense the word is obsolete; so is that kind of government.) Fellows that wear downy hats and clean shirts --guilty of education and suspected of bank accounts. ... Ambrose Bierce {view}
  • In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. ... Ambrose Bierce {view}
  • OPPOSITION, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amuck by hamstringing it. ... Ambrose Bierce {view}
  • LIGHTHOUSE, n. A tall building on the seashore in which the government maintains a lamp and the friend of a politician. ... Ambrose Bierce {view}
  • The newly elected government that I will lead will focus on further strengthening institutions, employment and improving the economic position of all citizens of Kosovo. We will work to create a bridge of trust between the communities in Kosovo. The time of hatred, discrimination and suffering of all citizens of Kosovo should belong to the past. The time of inter-ethnic reconciliation, integration and overall prosperity has come. ... Agim Ceku {view}
  • Some are angry at the government and sympathize with the insurgents, ... Abdul Rahim {view}
  • The government is clearly as adept a PR machine as there ever was one. ... Adam Sohn {view}
  • As an individual investor, you're basically lending to the government for an additional 30 years compared to the 10-year note, but getting no extra risk premium. That being said, there will be structural demand for the new bond. ... Adam Brown {view}
  • We want salaries. We want the government to live up to its responsibilities. ... Abu Hassan {view}
  • This is an illegitimate constitution presented to the people by an untrustworthy government, ... Our only hope is that we are able to defeat the constitution and start again with a government that truly represents the Iraqi people. ... Abu Ahmed {view}
  • Now we are seeking approval from the government to begin offshore drilling at the end of 2006. ... Bill Gammell {view}
  • I think the government is getting increasingly desperate. They're pushing the domestic media and outside companies to openly collaborate with them. They're summoning all their potential partners. ... Bill Xia {view}
  • The pharmaceutical industry has done an enormous amount of lobbying of politicians in the states and the federal government. That's why it's such an amazing example in Nevada. ... Andy Troszok {view}
  • Previous government inquiries into police violence against Egyptian protestors have consistently exonerated Interior Ministry officials. In this case the precipitous return of hundreds of victims and witnesses would make any investigation into the violence of December 30 an empty gesture. ... Bill Frelick {view}
  • The time has come to make sure individuals at these entities are governed by the same ethical rules as everyone else, ... Public service should focus on benefiting the public as a whole, and this legislation will help keep all focused on their duties for the public. ... Charlie Crist {view}
  • I hope government employees will take advantage of this unique opportunity to tap our wildlife, legal and policy experts here at Defenders. Together we can leverage and ensure access to the necessary tools to conserve our nation's natural resources. ... Jamie Rappaport Clark {view}
  • It is not the function of the government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error. ... Robert Jackson {view}
  • It is in the country's best interest that Tony Blair rather than Michael Howard should form the next government. ... Robert Jackson {view}
  • It was not my intention whatsoever for the Japanese government to try to get me out of trouble. And I really appreciate the Japanese government for all they have done for me. ... Robert Jenkins {view}
  • The infrastructure doesn't exist for the government to share data with itself, particularly within different levels of government. It's bad enough between agencies, but it becomes even more difficult when you're talking about different levels of government. Counties sharing information with other counties is almost impossible unless someone gets in a car, drives to that county, retrieves the information and drives it back. What the private sector does very well is build the infrastructure which allows that information, which is public, to flow freely across jurisdictional and geographical lines. That's the benefit that the private sector has brought to this process. ... James Lee {view}
  • Doing a background check is still a very manual process, because the government agencies that create the records are largely paper-based systems. I'm not going to deny that there are errors, because in any system that involves human beings or technology, there are going to be errors. ... James Lee {view}
  • If the government's word's not worth the paper it's wrote on, I don't know what kind of government we got. If I signed a contract with them and walked off and left it, where would I be at? I'm getting real fed up with it. ... Robert Jones {view}
  • The posters are depicting government in a negative light and this comes only a few days to the polling day. ... Robert Kabushenga {view}
  • Secretary Albright was in China with government officials and people in the private sector to help them better understand DP World's interests in China. ... Jamie Smith {view}
  • We have plenty of capital at home, but still some local governments prefer giving foreign investors preferential policies in terms of taxation, land use and loans. ... Xie Zhaohua {view}
  • Never has the Chinese government put the environment issue in such an important position. It is vital to stability and prosperity of our country and people. ... Xie Zhenhua {view}
  • The provincial government has set up a special team to investigate the accusations of pollution and shut down those chemical plants thought responsible. ... Xinhua News Agency {view}
  • According to the notice, government institutions should play a leading role in reducing resources consumption and guide the consumption mode of society. ... Xinhua News Agency {view}
  • Some financial institutions believed Fukui would delay the action but the government can't stop him. It shocked some investors and they finally decided to cut their losses. ... Xinyi Lu {view}
  • We're a local government, we always pay our bills. ... Dan Sleeper {view}
  • Sharon today has crossed all red lines. It's a start of a new Israeli policy, I believe. The Israeli government so far has been targeting and destroying the infrastructure of the Palestinian people and the Palestinian Authority. Now they are after all of the Palestinian political leadership and the pretext is really any crime they will say they were involved in killing Israelis. ... Saeb Erakat {view}
  • Both Chinese and American governments have put out reports but neither of them had objective comments on the conditions of human rights. ... Xu Zhiyong {view}
  • Right now we do have sufficient government subsidies. I'm not blaming these adopters after all they did contribute to the zoo. We are in fact very appreciative. ... Xue Chongde {view}
  • Government censorship can slow down, but can't reverse this trend. ... Xiao Qiang {view}
  • A parking meter is a device designed to continue taxing gullible people for streets that were already paid for once; and some people fall for it. ... George Ure {view}
  • At some point, the word elections should be replaced with auction. ... George Ure {view}
  • World events do not occur by accident. They are made to happen, whether it is to do with national issues or commerce; most of them are staged and managed by those who hold the purse string. ... Denis Healey {view}
  • Just look at us. Everything is backwards; everythingis upside down. Doctors destroy health, lawyers destroy justice, universities destroy knowledge, governments destroy freedom, the major media destroy information and religions destroy spirituality. ... Michael Ellner {view}
  • There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of law and in the name of justice. ... Charles de Montesquieu {view}
  • What other prestigious medal of higher honor could a patriot wear, than the one branded on him by tyrants as a treasonist. ... Noreligioninthispub {view}
  • The tax breaks are significant. The government is subsidizing your mortgage and property taxes. ... David Block {view}
  • I want to slap the government for making running water an expense. Everyone should be able to shower and flush their toilet for free ... nerissa irving {view}
  • When a puppeteer controls a souless stick person, would you consider your government as your master? ... Francesco N. Cece {view}
  • The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.' ... Ronald Reagan {view}
  • Canadians are counting on you to give them a clean, honest government. We need an accountable government. ... Stephen Harper {view}
  • Canadians need and they want and deserve a change. and to get that change we need a change in government ... a new Conservative government. ... Stephen Harper {view}
  • The Chinese government confiscated a large plastic bag full of 28 girl babies, ranging in age from 2 to 5 months. ... Valerie Hudson {view}
  • Anything is possible, isn't it... but people don't invest that amount of money on speculation about a government decision unless they have pretty good reason to believe it is going to occur. ... Stephen Harper {view}
  • This election is about choice: A government plagued by scandal, that is only in it for what it can take, or our new team, who want in to public office for what it can give. ... Stephen Harper {view}
  • How convenient for these miscreant informants and the government to suddenly claim years later, when he was about to get out of prison, that he was still in the life, which fell into what is known as a predicate-act time frame, ... Victoria Gotti {view}
  • One hundred percent juice is derived straight from the fruit, cannot have any sweeteners and has to meet government standards. Juice drinks and juice cocktails have less than 100 percent juice, added water and, a lot of times, sweetener. ... Carla McGill {view}
  • If the government flatly and consistently refuses to provide figures, it means only one thing - it's been abusing the powers so flagrantly it can't give you figures. ... Audrey Eu {view}
  • This is the first government that couldn't control the flow of guns. ... Stephen Harper {view}
  • If the Liberals are re-elected, this is what Canadians can look forward to, a government pre-occupied with ongoing scandals, corruption and police investigations. ... Stephen Harper {view}
  • there is tremendous displeasure with the function and dysfunction of the government and the Palestinian Authority. ... Hanan Ashrawi {view}
  • We got the clearance yesterday (Wednesday) from the government for these matches. ... Lalit Modi {view}
  • What Republicans need now are bold plans to downsize the federal government, not some wishy-washy tinkering around the edges. ... Stephen Slivinski {view}
  • The lower caste people were killed as part of a conspiracy to dismiss my party's government. ... Laloo Prasad Yadav {view}
  • It is part of some dirty game in the run-up to the local government elections. ... Velaphi Ndlovu {view}
  • Olin's many accomplishments include negotiating on behalf of the US Government a number of financial market agreements with other countries. China is a very important market for AIG. ... Martin Sullivan {view}
  • Some 70% of these tenders is won by foreign-owned companies. Hungarian businesses expect the government to adopt a more patriotic economic policy in this respect. ... Gyorgy Matolcsy {view}
  • There's been a reluctance in the government to be dependent on the Danish People's Party, and they are interested in freeing themselves of that tie. ... Lars Bille {view}
  • Does the government have the right to regulate every single letter that a doctor writes about a patient? ... Mark Anderson {view}
  • The government is very worried about any upsurge of protests or dissent during this very delicate period immediately after Deng's death. ... Mike Chinoy {view}
  • Government does not create jobs. It only helps create the conditions that make jobs more or less likely. ... Bob Riley {view}
  • Obviously, we will respond to the concerns of any member of Congress. The government of Uzbekistan has been a good partner in the war on terrorism. ... Bryan Whitman {view}
  • One of the big challenges that's in front of the Iraqi people is seating a government that reflects and respects the views of all the Iraqi people, and doing it in a way in which all Iraqis can feel included in the political process. ... Bryan Whitman {view}
  • It's a damn poor way to run a ranch and it's a way worse way to run a government. ... Brian Schweitzer {view}
  • The federal government thoughtfully and diligently helped us bring the application process to a successful conclusion. Now, with Cuba's entry in the tournament approved, the World Baseball Classic promises to be an historic event and will guarantee our fans the greatest possible competition among the best players in the world. ... Bud Selig {view}
  • I hope we don't need the government, ... I want to believe we can solve our own problems. We don't want the government to prod our own players. The problem with that is the penalties are going to be stiffer. ... Bud Selig {view}
  • The government has taken a very wrong decision. They have put all ethics of transparency and justice aside. The manner in which the bidding and contracting out to private consortiums has been conducted has raised serious doubts about the legality of the process. ... Brinda Karat {view}
  • I think you have to talk to your congressman to try to get the government to want to work with the private sector. ... Buzz Aldrin {view}
  • A single good government is a blessing to the whole earth ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • On behalf of the Government and people of India and on my own behalf, I would like to convey to you and to the people of Pakistan our heartfelt sympathies. ... Abdul Kalam {view}
  • The one irrefutable lesson of the entire postwar period [is] contradicting the notion that rigid government controls are essential to economic development. ... Ronald Reagan {view}
  • I admire him for his resolve against my government and its meddling. ... Cindy Sheehan {view}
  • Here's to democracy. May we get the government we deserve. ... Rick Mercer {view}
  • In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government ... Thomas Carlyle {view}
  • The surest way to get on in politics in America is to play the leading part in a prosecution which attracts public notice ... Henry Louis Mencken {view}
  • There was a separate government established by Poroshenko, ... The two governments could not exist together. ... Yulia Tymoshenko {view}
  • It belongs to American liberty to separate entirely from the political government the institution which has its object the support and diffusion of religion ... Francis Lieber {view}
  • Protocol is etiquette with a government expense account ... Judith S. Marin {view}
  • The purpose of the project is to try to create a single state where the maximum role of government is to protect life, liberty and freedom. ... Varrin Swearingen {view}
  • It is inherently impractical, totally impractical, for the federal government to respond to every disaster of whatever size in every community across the country, ... Michael Brown {view}
  • There are certain jobs in government that shouldnt be political trinkets, ... But FEMA has never been a first responder agency, and they never built themselves up as that. ... Michael Brown {view}
  • [20)] We just learned of the convention center we being the federal government today. ... Don't you guys watch television? Don't you guys listen to the radio? Our reporters have been reporting on it for more than just today. ... Michael Brown {view}
  • The federal government did not even know about the convention center people until today.... Now is not the time to be blaming. ... Michael Brown {view}
  • Government does have the right to take properties under eminent domain with caution and responsibility. In this case the tenant had gone out of business and abandoned the property. It is not right for them to get money because they breached the lease. ... Michael Brown {view}
  • Ontario, therefore urges the federal government, in consultation with the provinces and territories, to undertake an immediate high priority review of the current firearms provisions in the Criminal Code as set out in this paper. ... Michael Bryant {view}
  • It is a reminder that the Government has been running a sizeable off-budget deficit via PFI deals and deficits in businesses that are really government-run but structured in a way that aims to technically keep them out of the public sector deficit. ... Michael Saunders {view}
  • It's all about the public's process and participation in government and if the public can not access it via a record or via a meeting, there's a problem. ... Michael Schneider {view}
  • We believe this is a government-to-government issue and no one company and no one industry can handle it on its own. ... Michael Callahan {view}
  • North Korea is the only government in the world today that can be identified as being actively involved in directing crime as a central part of its national economic strategy and foreign policy. ... David Asher {view}
  • Win or lose, he realized that it was going to be very difficult to govern and that the better part of valor was to step aside. ... David R. Gergen {view}
  • The federal government will do its part, ... but we couldn't sit by. This is a small part of helping out. ... William Freeman {view}
  • The government is advancing the development of clean, renewable energy sources so Ontarians have cleaner air and a healthy environment. We are committed to the use of forest waste and other renewable resources to produce energy. ... David Ramsay {view}
  • The government had an obligation to tell and inform all EU citizens of our voting rights. They didn't do this, ... David Ball {view}
  • When people look at local government, they're not looking at party affiliation or ideology. They're looking at the character of their local officials and the quality of services they receive. I guess we could throw in tax rates as a third factor. And if it happens to be that Republican office-holders are satisfying local voters, then so be it. People will cross party lines. ... David Rebovich {view}
  • Coming after Peter Harvey and at a time citizens are so skeptical of government, to appoint a political operative is dreadful. ... David Rebovich {view}
  • There is nothing contained in this indictment that the U.S. government did not have ... Stanley Cohen {view}
  • Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions. ... William Godwin {view}
  • We are asking for their freedom now, regardless of any pending appeals by the federal government. ... Gloria La Riva {view}
  • Only if, for some reason, the government falls, there is an election and the Liberals win, Mr. Graham presumably would lead them into an election should that be held. ... David Akin {view}
  • The most famous example is probably early on in the Harper government. ... David Akin {view}
  • I think what happened unfortunately is there is no policy in the U.S. government to allow these scientists to come to the U.S.. ... There is no plea-bargain policy. ... David Albright {view}
  • Eminent domain is already among the most awesome powers of government, and we must do everything possible to protect the rights of private property ownership. Eminent domain should be defined as narrowly as possible so that it is restricted to truly public purposes. ... Stan Sieron {view}
  • The Illinois Conference of Churches regards the granting of an exemption to any government entity for expedient purposes of economic development to be a gross violation of the religious freedom secured by this nation's laws and constitution, ... David Anderson {view}
  • The federal government meant to pay Texas as a whole for the cost of all these Louisiana students. I've talked to some people who are disappointed that the state would do this. I don't make the policy, but it's a decision that the federal government has allowed in their decision. ... David Anderson {view}
  • We're hoping that the Canadian government will raise this issue at the United Nations and the United Nations will inform Iran that the world community is watching. ... David Andrews {view}
  • The recommendations in this year's report particularly make it clear that it is not just governments that are involved here. Civil society has a huge role to play, communities have a huge role to play. ... David Anthony {view}
  • The most positive thing about this executive order is that the government is practicing what it's preaching. ... David Pringle {view}
  • As to supporting his government, I fought for 10 years to put this Government in place. I will continue to support even more now that I?m out of the Cabinet. ... David Mwiraria {view}
  • There are some quite tricky challenges facing everybody working in Crimea and I shall be engaging with various government people. ... David Nabarro {view}
  • The government is likely to prevail on the cumulative effect of how Microsoft's market power has prevented competition. A company that didn't have Microsoft's power could say they were just trying to be competitive. ... Spencer Waller {view}
  • We were an experiment to see if a unit of government could perform in a self-supporting way - an attempt to bring some degree of fiscal and social accountability to government agencies. To a large extent, we succeeded. ... Dave Strohmaier {view}
  • At the end of last week we learned that the government of Syria has agreed to receive the group of 181 Palestinian refugees stranded at the Iraq-Jordanian border. We have not been informed that other Palestinians will be allowed into Syria. ... William Spindler {view}
  • It's the tension between the branches of government. ... William Canfield {view}
  • If Canadians wanted a majority government they would have had a majority government. The Liberals have done nothing, achieved nothing, they're going nowhere and they're trying to blame other people. ... William Stairs {view}
  • We are looking for a concrete sign that Mr. Layton is ready to defeat this government, ... William Stairs {view}
  • In a sense, the Dalai Lama represents a serious challenge to the ability of the government in Beijing to rule effectively, ... Gerald Segal {view}
  • I don't want to make people behind me wait even longer because the government presumes even momentarily that I am a terrorist, not a patriot, ... David Nelson {view}
  • Once Iraq is safely in the hands of the Iraqi people, and a government they elected under a new constitution, our troops will be able to come home with the honor they have earned, ... Donald Rumsfeld {view}
  • We consider such trafficking as hostile acts and will hold the Syrian government accountable for such shipments, ... Donald Rumsfeld {view}
  • The intelligence experts in our government and I believe ... that they have engaged in a process and become connected in a variety of different ways. ... Donald Rumsfeld {view}
  • It's not clear to me that that will even be decided until after the government that follows the interim government is in place. ... Donald Rumsfeld {view}
  • [The new government] would be an Iraq that would be for the Iraqi people. It wouldn't be a regime determined from the outside of Iraq, ... nonsense. ... Donald Rumsfeld {view}
  • The Iraqi people are going to sort out what the Iraqi government ought to look like, ... Donald Rumsfeld {view}
  • The United States government is not going to make any arrangement with any other country that would in any way undermine our security agreement with Japan, ... Donald Rumsfeld {view}
  • The stronger the interim government gets, the more effective the security situation in the country gets, the less likely that there will be substantial operations like this. But that's some distance off, ... Donald Rumsfeld {view}
  • have not done what the Pakistan government has done -- put troops along the border and prevent terrorists from escaping out of Afghanistan into their country. ... Donald Rumsfeld {view}
  • I congratulate the people of Mongolia, the government and the armed forces of Mongolia for selecting that (peacekeeping) as a principle aspect of their military focus, and certainly the United States is anxious and willing and ready to be of assistance, ... Donald Rumsfeld {view}
  • Someone has to pay for salaries and supplies and to keep the facilities going, and if it's not the government it's got to be the parents. ... Catherine Miller {view}
  • As 'moral suasion' or veiled threats become less effective, it is not surprising that governments feel more tempted to use outright opposition. ... Mario Monti {view}
  • I can say again in all clarity for the (German) government that we are counting on diplomatic means in dealing with Iran. ... Martin Jaeger {view}
  • The German government is working on getting the hostage out of danger. Our priority is to protect the life and integrity of the victim. ... Martin Jaeger {view}
  • The Italian Health Ministry intends to conform to the commitments taken by our government. ... Mario Pescante {view}
  • Our analysis of government data shows that Ford F-150 performs as well, or better than, other pick-ups. ... Kristen Kinley {view}
  • We are continuing to work with the government, but we have not gotten their support on the document to date. ... Kristen Knutson {view}
  • We don't want them (the Mexican government) to applaud us. We want commitments from them. ... Mario Ramirez {view}
  • After hard work, cooperation with the Greek government and other states, we achieved a text which satisfies our side; it satisfies our basic expectations. ... Kypros Chrysostomides {view}
  • There are several issues on which Washington should not fool itself - a Merkel government would take the same stance on (the) Kyoto (Protocol on global warming) and the environment as well on as the International Criminal Court. ... Martin Koopmann {view}
  • I have just seen it on TV just like you. I'm in the government and I don't know this. The ministry that I head has not ordered the action. We don't have the mandate to do that. ... Mutahi Kagwe {view}
  • If the vehicles are stolen from Japan and sold with the knowledge of the Government of Dubai, then it is the one to blame and should compensate Kenyans who are innocent. This will spell doom for trade with Dubai. ... Mutahi Kagwe {view}
  • We have a definite plan now for a conditions-based agreement between the Iraqi security forces, between the Iraqi government and the United States government for the Iraqi security forces to assume responsibility gradually. ... Muwaffaq Rubaie {view}
  • My government will respect the will of the people, ... I would like to congratulate all of you for participating peacefully in this historic occasion. ... Mwai Kibaki {view}
  • The Electoral Commission has been infiltrated and manipulated by the government with the intention of distorting the results of this election. ... Mwai Kibaki {view}
  • On behalf of the government and the people of Kenya, and on my own behalf, I extend our heartfelt condolences to your presidency personally and through you to all Nigerians. ... Mwai Kibaki {view}
  • The government has not delivered on its corruption promises. The problem is that the example of corruption has been set by those at the top and they are protecting a system that serves them at the expense of the man on the street. ... Mwalimu Mati {view}
  • The government must come out and state clearly what happened. Kenyans must be told the truth. We must be told exactly what happened or the government risks losing the remaining confidence and respect that Kenyans have for it. ... Mwangi Kiunjuri {view}
  • That rule is due to be considered by the NCAA through its normal governance process over the next three-to-six months. That issue is on the table, and the Division I Board of Directors will take it up likely in October but no later than January. ... Myles Brand {view}
  • We've urged the government of Denmark to take necessary steps to stop recurrence of such heinous act. We also requested them to tender apology to diffuse the sense of insult and anger created following the incident. ... Morshed Khan {view}
  • We really are trying to force [the federal government] to make their system work. We are currently paying the federal government for our portion of the dual-eligible drug costs ... so we'd really be paying twice. ... Jim Hardy {view}
  • What we're seeing is just the start of a trend in which government prosecutors will use (Internet) search results in criminal investigations. ... Jim Harper {view}
  • This is a symbol of what's to come - that is, the government expecting to be able to dip into private databases to do all kind of surveillance and research. ... Jim Harper {view}
  • It's viewed as better corporate governance. ... Patrick McGurn {view}
  • The government cannot support everybody who needs help. The churches and civic organizations are where a lot of the help has got to be. People have got to know they have got to help each other. ... Jerry Bonner {view}
  • When I was in Iraq, quite frankly I became disheartened with our government. I think our government wasn't doing enough to support our troops. ... Patrick Murphy {view}
  • Some guys don't think it's time to question our government, but the fact is I love my country, ... We need to have an exit strategy now. ... Patrick Murphy {view}
  • That wasn't the time to question our government, ... Patrick Murphy {view}
  • We don't get the files from the federal government until after they have done the verification checks. It's not unusual for there to be a delay. ... Generally if you receive federal acknowledgement, you should receive state acknowledgement within three days. ... David Foster {view}
  • Tragically, the federal government is violating federal law, which requires an assessment of cumulative impacts. This injures the citizens of Oakland, and every person in this country. ... Jerry Brown {view}
  • [According to the ACLU, states have sold thousands of their license files for a penny apiece.] For the government to prostitute our private information is bad enough, ... And to charge only a penny for our privacy adds insult to injury. ... Barry Steinhardt {view}
  • The Athenians govern the Greeks; I govern the Athenians; you, my wife, govern me; your son governs you. ... Themistocles {view}
  • We can deliver the infrastructure as soon as the Chinese government has awarded the licenses to carriers. ... Christoph Caselitz {view}
  • It's a mystery to me how we've elected such right-wing lawmakers who are trying to keep government off our backs, but apparently don't mind putting government in our bedrooms. I think it is time to get active and push the pendulum back the other way. ... Thelma Underberg {view}
  • So this leaves a third option: better calibrating government spending programs, ... Richard Fisher {view}
  • I don't think we've done enough here on our continuity-of-government plan, ... It isn't enough to just have continuity in the executive branch. We need it in the judicial branch and the legislative branch. ... Dick Gephardt {view}
  • No one in the region should have to worry about attempting to file government documents in near-impossible circumstances, ... Chris Cox {view}
  • Of course it's the government. Governments will pay anything for control of other governments' computers. All governments will pay anything. It's so much better than tapping a phone. ... Alan Paller {view}
  • The government has cracked down on us to foil our planned protest. Police have so far arrested up to 1,000 opposition members who have been mobilizing supporters to come to join the rally in Dhaka. ... Abdul Jalil {view}
  • Today's action speaks loudly to the will of the administration to press the Chinese government for key reforms that will help China meet its international obligations. ... Mitch Bainwol {view}
  • When farmers own 70 per cent of the company, a government decision that reduces their income is not going to go down too well. ... Greg Canavan {view}
  • The indictment of all Cuban government officials criminally responsible will not only serve to vindicate the families and this community . . . but it will also serve to ensure the future of freedom and democracy in Cuba. ... Mirta Costa {view}
  • For the Serbian government this is a good sign and I hope that the other large companies will follow the example, ... Miroljub Labus {view}
  • You've got U.S. senators involved, you've got questions about how much the Australian government knew, and I think when it gets to those sorts of levels it spooks investors quite a bit. ... Greg Canavan {view}
  • It's another stimulus the government wants to adopt to invigorate the market by bolstering trading in the long term. ... Wu Zhiguo {view}
  • There is some concern that the existence of multiple secret-but-unclassified designations - each governed by its own unique set of procedures - adds a layer of complexity to efforts to share information. ... Carl Kropf {view}
  • There is medium- and longer-term value in there for the government so they would be smarter holding onto it and placing it in the Future Fund if they didn't need the funds immediately. ... Atul Lele {view}
  • The government is unable to collect taxes and control the borrowing requirement and is making only limited progress in the rest of the economy and on privatization to generate revenue. ... Miranda Xafa {view}
  • We sighed with great relief and it was one of our major demands to the government for protecting the country's image abroad and restoring confidence of the investors. ... Mir Nasir Hossain {view}
  • If government and big business could access the media to get their messages out, I figured I could too. ... Joey Skaggs {view}
  • We were advising delegations to advise their governments to have instructions back to them and to be prepared to vote as early as Tuesday. ... John Negroponte {view}
  • I am confident that with the creation of the NCS, the U.S. government will have a more cohesive and truly national human intelligence capability. ... John Negroponte {view}
  • Investors have to realize that this is a state-controlled oil company. The government wants to fight inflation and they've made a clear choice not to let fuel prices get in the way of that. ... Luiz Caetano {view}
  • The government didn't present any case, they just wanted it to appear like they did, ... Luis Posada Carriles {view}
  • HUD expects us to carry out our responsibilities to the federal government. If the leases are violated, we have to take action. This is our way of, I guess, putting out the message that a lease violation is very serious. ... Stephanie Aveiro {view}
  • These new revelations make it clear that the administration and the foreign government-owned company have not been forthcoming with the American people. ... Luis Miranda {view}
  • If a legitimate government emerges that is broadly seen as being representative of Sunni, Shia and Kurdish interests, I think there is no reason to suppose that we can't bring force levels down in the spring, ... John Abizaid {view}
  • Everyone is waiting for the government to specify its economic measures, and to make known what is happening in the political and economic sphere. ... Carlos Lupini {view}
  • These movements are leading the country to a point that is unsustainable; I can't continue to govern under these circumstances. ... Carlos Mesa {view}
  • Chinese makers will probably join hands to find a way out, and government support in funding is important. ... Cai Ying {view}
  • He's the one who can make me legal. Nobody else can do that. It all starts with the federal government, and he's the leader. ... Carlos Quintero {view}
  • It's an international waterway. We cannot stop it. We cannot control it. It's either a federal government issue or Mexico issue. ... Carlos Rivera {view}
  • Cuba isn't going to give up this decision for lost. The government and the people of the island will keep working for the development of baseball. ... Carlos Rodriguez {view}
  • The government has confirmed that (the power industry) will be expected to bear the entire burden of reductions in phase two of the scheme. ... David Porter {view}
  • We have enormous confidence in Colombia, enormous confidence in its government and enormous confidence in Colombia's future. ... Carlos Slim Helu {view}
  • The president is doing the right thing to assure people that the federal government is much better prepared for Rita than it was for Katrina. ... Cal Jillson {view}
  • In a free society, government reflects the soul of its people. If people want change at the top, they will have to live in different ways. Our major social problems are not the cause of our decadence. They are a reflection of it. ... Cal Thomas {view}
  • Sometimes juries think the judge is part of the government. ... Ira Sorkin {view}
  • We have moved to the left as a society, yet we seem ready to elect a right-wing government. ... Ian Waddell {view}
  • She's doing a terrific job as your governor. She's restoring the public's trust in state government. ... Laura Bush {view}
  • On top of wide spread abuses of human rights related to the conflict, the government has restricted basic civil liberties over the last year, causing the situation to deteriorate further. ... Irene Khan {view}
  • After having met with him, the IFRL-PAC is convinced that he recognizes that the government does have a vital role to play in protecting the life of the unborn. ... Irene Napier {view}
  • Political pressure on the government to exceed its spending limit is likely to rise. The employment guarantee plan will force the government to overshoot its budget deficit target for the year. ... Rajeev Malik {view}
  • Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government and to the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility, ... Laura Bush {view}
  • The government is asleep -- there is a big administrative corruption everywhere in its institutions, ... Ibrahim Ali {view}
  • Last year there were many who welcomed the king's move. But now the same people are opposing the king's government. It's a complete turnaround. ... Rajendra Dahal {view}
  • I wouldn't want to create the impression that I wouldn't like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future. But I'm not going to do anything violent to promote that. I'm going to do it through education. ... Ibrahim Hooper {view}
  • The real duties of an ambassador are to enter into or follow negotiations between his own government and that of the country to which he is accredited. ... David Bruce {view}
  • What we want it to mean is that we want our government to be frugal and to watch the bottom line and to concern itself with its customers - in other words, taxpayers - as we imagine businesses to do, you know, that their bottom line is a concern for pleasing their customers and so that sales remain steady and rising over the years. Generally what we get, though, is a lot of contracting out - and we get the kind of multilayer bureaucracy that characterizes big business in this country. ... David Shreve {view}
  • The government is going to lose a very good ruling to avoid having this go before the Supreme Court. ... Carl Tobias {view}
  • We will urge the government of Azerbaijan to make immediate investigations into these irregularities and fraud, consistent with Azerbaijan's laws, institutions and election legislation, ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • These changes of terminologies for government-controlled enterprises or economic and cultural offices, in our view, would appear to unilaterally change Taiwan's status, and for that reason we're not supportive of them, ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • When you privatize government operations, contract them out, and make the assumption that the marketplace is going to do the work for you in terms of making it efficient and managing it in a frugal sense, you're usually disappointed - because it's not going to happen. You've still got to be a good manager. You've still got to watch how the dollars are spent as if they were your own. And we don't do that nearly often enough. ... David Shreve {view}
  • This case, as well as the Egyptian government broader performance on democratic reform, is going to figure significantly in the bilateral relationship, which is a complex one. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • So if anybody needed a reminder, this is it, that the Syrian government should take immediate steps to crack down on this group and to inhibit its activities by shutting down Islamic Jihad offices and expelling its personnel. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • If anyone in the world had a doubt ... that sectors of the U.S. government have been planning President Hugo Chavez's assassination, those doubts surely have been cleared up through the criminal act by a personality very close to President George W. Bush, who has a lot of influence in the current U.S. administration, ... Ali Rodriguez {view}
  • I want the government to assure my community that they will not allow the rednecks in this country to exploit this situation and create disharmony in this society, ... Ameer Ali {view}
  • The government has asked that he be detained because he is either a flight risk or a danger to the community, ... Alan Stevens {view}
  • The DMCA set up a system where, essentially, the government outsourced censorship of science, ... Cindy Cohn {view}
  • Our position on rate regulation hasn't changed -- we don't believe the market needs government regulation. It's a competitive market, it self-regulates, and it's really not necessary. ... Cliff Cisco {view}
  • Their profitability last year would have taken a hit, if not for the government subsidies. Their refining business has been hurt by high oil prices. ... Belle Liang {view}
  • In those conversations, the two discussed the killing of Munir as he continued to sharply criticized the government and the military. ... Cicut Sutiarso {view}
  • If documentary evidence in deaths involving police action is withheld, the public will be invited to suspect that the government is covering up for itself. ... Chris Powell {view}
  • If the government does continue with this level of response, I think it will build confidence in the international community that the government is serious about tackling corruption. And it could be a turning point for Vietnam. ... Bella Bird {view}
  • This is absolutely ridiculous. They (the government) should deal with their problems instead of trying to find someone else to blame. ... Aung San Suu Kyi {view}
  • Government officials and government action are not for sale. The Justice Department will aggressively investigate and prosecute these types of cases, which have a devastating impact on the public's trust of government. ... Alice Fisher {view}
  • We are asking the government to intervene on behalf of all Canadians. CBC should be providing local programming that caters to the country's different communities rather than abandoning its public service mandate by getting foreign news and entertainment shows to fill the gaps in its service. ... Aidan White {view}
  • But a big part of the reason this has happened is the Liberal government has allowed communications with the Americans to break down entirely. ... Stephen Harper {view}
  • After 17 months in office the record of this government ? or I should say in many instances its lack of record ? has become unacceptable to a large majority of members of the House representing on overwhelming majority of Canadian voters, ... Stephen Harper {view}
  • how to bring truth into the Ukrainian government and to make sure that freedom doesn't depend on Moscow, America or Europe. Our future depends just on ourselves. ... Viktor Yushchenko {view}
  • This House has lost confidence in the government. ... Stephen Harper {view}
  • We've had lots of security announcements from this government and very little action, ... This is part of a pattern of phony announcements. I'll believe it when I see it. ... Stephen Harper {view}
  • This is not a government crisis, this is a crisis of certain political personalities, ... Viktor Yushchenko {view}
  • This government has lost the moral authority to run this country because it has been named in a judicial inquiry on corruption. ... Stephen Harper {view}
  • There isn't a need for the ads - the Government is running a $14 billion surplus. ... Stephen Conroy {view}
  • As someone with a long record of government service, ... Bob Dole {view}
  • He talks about a smaller government; there are actually more people in government, except for people in defense-related jobs. They're gone. The government's bigger than it was when President Kennedy was around, even though he says it's not. ... Bob Dole {view}
  • This government is guilty of expenditure without development. ... Winston Dookeran {view}
  • If I can make things a little hotter for the government, if the Tories can push harder on the government and if there is more of a debate on this then good. ... Bob Geldof {view}
  • It's going to have to happen now because China will be all over Africa...and they will embrace any government. ... Bob Geldof {view}
  • Tuition is out-pacing inflation ridiculously. The problem is the federal government hasn't picked up the slack. ... Brad Johnson {view}
  • This is the time, this is the place, we believe, for the government to adopt privacy legislation on a national basis, ... Brad Smith {view}
  • I f you get into aggressive enforcement , then you run the risk of a government picking and choosing against whom they'll enforce these rules . ... Brad Smith {view}
  • We'd play at the Ambassador's house for an invited group of dignitaries from the government that might have gone to school in America; to the U.S. Consulate that invites certain people that they're trying to target. ... Bob Livingston {view}
  • This is not a government contract. This is something we're just doing ourselves. ... Lance Cottrell {view}
  • I would hope that the [big charities] won't move like our federal government is moving. We're six months out, and people are still up in the air. The resources are not getting to the communities. ... LaTosha Brown {view}
  • Rather than providing due process, the government has chosen a forum in which they can deny the defendant his constitutional rights, not the least of which is right to counsel. ... Mark Berman {view}
  • About 85 per cent of employers are saying they do not know the details and the challenge before the Government is to develop the regulations in a way that make it relatively simple for employers to implement. ... Mark Bethwaite {view}
  • I think the American people expect the United States government and the president to do what they can to make sure there's not an attack by foreign terrorists. ... Laura Bush {view}
  • You could make a very good case for this being the most important coin ever produced by the government. ... Mark Borckardt {view}
  • If the (next) government does not on its own cut spending and introduce reforms, the market will force it to do so. ... Gyorgy Barcza {view}
  • I would hope in any situation where a New Zealand resident or citizen is in trouble, that the government will step up and help in any way it can. ... Mark Brewer {view}
  • Someone must sell at the nadir of the cycle, and it might as well be the government. However, government agencies responsible for resolving the financial crisis are not forcing banks to act, with the result that banks are mainly reserving against bad loans and not disposing of the underlying collateral. ... Mark Brown {view}
  • I think it's extraordinarily unfair that in the last minute the government has chosen to intervene. ... Lanny Breuer {view}
  • Jonathan more than qualifies on all levels for Prisoner of Zion status. It's time for the Israeli government to actually do something positive to bring my husband home. ... Jonathan Pollard {view}
  • The broad conclusion from tons of academic research is that private sector does things better than government. In a lot of these cases privatization is the only thing do because (large state projects) require a lot of capital and government entities usually have limited access to capital. ... Sam Peltzman {view}
  • The government should be getting its own house in order first, ... Frank Cilluffo {view}
  • Short of breaking up the federalist form of government, you are going to have the federal response in support of state and local authorities. ... Frank Cilluffo {view}
  • But beyond economic development, I want to change the feeling this community has about our government. It's sad and it must be changed. It saddens me that the people of this community feel the way they do about us. That is the first thing I would try to accomplish as mayor. ... Frank Coccho {view}
  • We won because we're going to take the government out of the hands of the special interests and give it back to you, ... John McCain {view}
  • The Government of Canada continues to work with Canadians to research and develop clean energy solutions and innovative approaches to energy production, ... By supporting projects such as the Integrated Waste Hydrogen Utilization Project, we can help build a solid foundation for moving forward on climate change and ensuring our future prosperity. These measures also support Project Green, the Government of Canada's action plan to build a more sustainable environment. ... John McCallum {view}
  • It can strengthen the democratic system of government or it can erode the confidence of our people in our system of government, ... Franklin Drilon {view}
  • The United States joins the African Union in condemning the overthrow of the government of Mauritania. And we oppose any attempts by rogue elements to change governments through extraconstitutional or violent means. ... Tom Casey {view}
  • Certainly, the Uzbekistan government owes its citizens and owes the international community a serious, credible and independent investigation of these events. And we are continuing to push for such an investigation with the government of Uzbekistan and with our partners in the international community. ... Tom Casey {view}
  • Right now, our main focus is on continuing the good work that we've done with the Saudi government and moving forward in our relationship under the new Saudi leadership. ... Tom Casey {view}
  • We urge the Romanian government to observe due process, to be open and objective in handling the case and to ensure that the judicial process is fully transparent. ... Tom Casey {view}
  • We congratulate Mr. Preval on his victory and we look forward to working with the new government to help the Haitian people build a better future for themselves. Our understanding is that the results of these elections respect Haitian laws and regulation. ... Tom Casey {view}
  • The United States calls again on the Belarusian government to cease repression of political campaigns and civil society groups, and to respect the rights of Belarusian citizens. ... Tom Casey {view}
  • We suspended today's meetings to discuss the formation of the government because of what happened at the al-Mustafa mosque. ... Jawad al-Maliki {view}
  • We're very, very worried because if the province or the [federal government] or even if the municipality could give them a tax cut then what's fair for one is fair for all. They'd want it here. ... Doug Adams {view}
  • Historically, the federal government has required mattress manufacturers to self-declare compliance to these local standards. Bourdon's is the first manufacturer to seek and receive third-party certification for its products for these three requirements. ... Tom Chapin {view}
  • Some polls suggest 56 per cent of the American population feels less secure about what their government can do to protect them than they did before Katrina, ... Tom Clark {view}
  • Ford has not asked for - and is not interested in - a Government bailout. ... Dan Brouillette {view}
  • This government has not had any specific plan for maintenance of public works, and the result is that the country's road system is facing a serious crisis. ... Enzo Betancourt {view}
  • Ford has not asked for, and is not interested in, a government bailout. There are many partnerships we can undertake with the government -- from alternative energy research to worker re-training to enforcing our trade laws -- but a bailout is not one of them. ... Dan Brouillette {view}
  • We shall see what the political arm of government does. ... Daniel Shea {view}
  • It's a great day for Indiana. The hard work at all levels of federal, state and local government has paid off. ... Dan Burton {view}
  • We need to get clarity about who is in charge of the government: three branches or one. ... Daniel Sisto {view}
  • We have to ask ourselves anew the larger question: What surveillance power should the government have? And to what extent should the government be allowed to manage the development of technology to embody its surveillance capability? ... Daniel Solove {view}
  • Sure, the more intrusive the government becomes, the more potential crime it can solve. ... Daniel Solove {view}
  • But our society is founded on the fact that we don't want to give the government this broad-based power. ... Daniel Solove {view}
  • Fathom the hypocrisy of a Government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured...but not everyone must prove they are a citizen. ... Richard Schanberger {view}
  • Govern a great nation as you would cook a small fish. Do not overdo it. ... Lao Tzu {view}
  • It's time we asked ourselves if we still know the freedoms intended for us by the Founding Fathers. James Madison said, "We base all our experiments on the capacity of mankind for self-government." This idea that government was beholden to the people, that it had no other source of power, is still the newest, most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man. This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves. (October 27, 1964) ... Ronald Reagan {view}
  • Why is it inflationary if the people keep their own money, and spend it the way they want to, [but] not inflationary if the government takes it and spends it the way it wants to? ... Ronald Reagan {view}
  • Public servants say, always with the best of intentions, "What greater service we could render if only we had a little more money and a little more power." But the truth is that outside of its legitimate function, government does nothing as well or as economically as the private sector. ... Ronald Reagan {view}
  • To be honest, I wouldnt lend the federal government money if I werent forced to out of each paycheck. ... Richard Schanberger {view}
  • But for its misadventures in Afghanistan and Iraq, America could have avoided the debt crisis. ... Muhammed Haider {view}
  • Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, et al.Could not prevent America's great fall! ... Muhammed Haider {view}
  • In the last several years, the federal government has awarded some $11 billion in grants to federal, state and local authorities to improve emergency preparedness, response and recovery capabilities. ... William Jenkins {view}
  • Even with this change, there will be more Pell Grant recipients and the federal government will spend more money on Pell than it did this year. ... Sarah Flanagan {view}
  • Is it the position of the government that the use of tobacco is safe and effective? ... Seth Waxman {view}
  • the government is responding. ... Gene Green {view}
  • We believe that with sufficient safeguards - registration with two state government agencies and a police background check - the security risk associated with government relations professionals will be significantly reduced. ... Dave Humphrey {view}
  • The Chinese government will follow the relevant stipulations of the convention to improve its related laws and regulations, strictly control smoking in public spaces and strengthen regulation of tobacco production and business activities. ... Sha Zukang {view}
  • Big government conservatism is an oxymoron. In 1965 Lyndon Johnson built public housing. Now it looks like we will build trailer parks. This will be defining, in the sense that the neo-cons will end up saying government can do this. The real hero of these people is FDR. I don't happen to believe any of this will work. You can't rebuild New Orleans society. ... David Keene {view}
  • No one would deny the government the power it needs to protect us all. But when that power poses a threat to the basic rights that make our nation unique, its exercise must be carefully monitored by Congress and the courts. ... David Keene {view}
  • Bush's compassionate conservatism has morphed into big government conservatism, and that isn't what the base is looking for. The White House and the congressional leadership have got to reinvigorate the Republican base. In off-year elections ... if your base isn't energized, particularly in a relatively evenly divided electorate, you've got more problems than you think you have. ... David Keene {view}
  • acknowledges the right of legitimate government to resort to the death penalty, but it challenges the appropriateness of doing so in a society now capable of defending the public order and ensuring the public's safety. ... William Keeler {view}
  • If the federal government would have responded as quickly as Wal-Mart, we could have saved more lives. ... Harry Lee {view}
  • The whole objective is to improve corporate governance and the banking sector is first because it is a key sector. ... Nizam Idris {view}
  • These views are not linked to the clear and unconditional decision of the Iraqi Government to resume dealing with the U.N. Special Commission (UNSCOM) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). ... Nizar Hamdoon {view}
  • The Government is determined to improve producer prices for milk to cushion farmers against the negative effects of drought and also boost their income. ... Njeru Ndwiga {view}
  • I have been directed to convey that it is the desire of the government that the management and the unions should negotiate in good faith and arrive at a conclusion, which may then be submitted to Government for its consideration. ... Vinod Rai {view}
  • Mr DeLay is dedicated to growing our economy, protecting America's national security interests and reforming government. He has done so by developing a plan, raising funds to help elect colleagues who share his vision and then advocating achievement of those goals. ... Kevin Madden {view}
  • The Web sites allow greater transparency and interaction with government that's very important. I think it will continue that way. ... Kevin Maloney {view}
  • After years of investigation, followed by testimony from witness after witness, the only thing the government has proven over the past month is what we knew all along -- the current structure of the payment card industry has given rise to intense competition and extraordinary innovation, with the consumer as the ultimate beneficiary of unprecedented choice. ... Noah Hanft {view}
  • For the most part, most of the people on this island do not demand too much of government, but when an emergency happens, they expect government to respond, ... Harry Kim {view}
  • It is the first indication that the government has been persuaded by any of Telstra's regulatory arguments publicly expressed over the last few months. ... Tim Smart {view}
  • the government is one of the choke points in the year 2000 problem. It's one of the areas where we could have disruptions that could in fact produce a recession. ... Ed Yardeni {view}
  • It doesn't make it more efficient for the person requesting the information. It makes it more efficient for the government agency, who can send them somewhere else to get the information. . . . If there is an opportunity to abuse it, we usually see it abused. ... Tim Smith {view}
  • There is a squeeze on government resources, which means less money for government services. ... Tom Mason {view}
  • I think it's entirely his own undoing, but the good-government groups definitely decided to focus on him. ... Tom Matzzie {view}
  • breaks the social compact that gives government its legitimacy. ... It used to be that if a widow didn't want to sell her home to a developer, she didn't have to. ... The government was there to protect her. Now government has become the thug. ... Tom McClintock {view}
  • Proposition 54 simply says that our government has got to stop classifying us by race, ... It doesn't matter what race you are. The government should treat everyone exactly the same. ... Tom McClintock {view}
  • The industry is certainly one of the sectors that our government believes has the potential to drive our economic development in the near-and long-term future, particularly because of the impact it has on the rural regions of our province, ... Ed Byrne {view}
  • The government is offering Vanderbilt University many millions of dollars in research funds on the condition that we forgo our freedom to say nothing about Constitution Day. This constitutes a fine of many millions of dollars if we exercise our right to say nothing. ... Tom McCoy {view}
  • We know she was exporting sensitive technology with missile applications to Chinese government entities. A lot of our agents have invested quite a bit of time in this investigation. ... Dean Boyd {view}
  • I think that there was a substantial shadow government trying to run foreign affairs for the United States. ... Jack Brooks {view}
  • The great trend out there ? that sweeps across any record ? is privacy. There's a push by government that every time Joe Citizen's name is mentioned in a government document, it's an inherent threat to Joe Citizen's privacy if that document is released. ... Charles Davis {view}
  • Consider what kind of nation we would be if hundreds of scandals involving state and local government still lay locked in the mouths of citizens. ... Jack C. Landau {view}
  • The bill violates lawful, economic and technical principles. If the government wants to improve its (oil) revenues, it should negotiate case by case amicably, and not impose or tax the companies' gross revenues like it wants to do now. ... Rene Ortiz {view}
  • For each dollar increase in the price of oil, the government automatically receives 49% through taxes and other items not being considered by the state when it talks about the unfairness of the contracts. ... Rene Ortiz {view}
  • The point [the government] needs to concentrate on is Microsoft's tactics that are used with the largest hardware vendors and the bundling deals. It will be hard enough to prove that case. ... Jack Cohen {view}
  • They're waiting for what the government has to say rather than what the national project has to say. ... Andrew Brown {view}
  • Our children for the last 10 years, it's been said in every government survey, it's easier for them to buy illegal drugs than it is to buy beer and cigarettes. ... Jack Cole {view}
  • The Socialist Party entered the government as a result of the March 11 attacks. They know it and everyone else knows it, too. ... Jose Maria Aznar {view}
  • We have democratic governments. What we don't have are government institutions able to deliver what the people really want. That is why democracy is in doubt today in Latin America. ... Jose Miguel Insulza {view}
  • The government's approach to demobilization allows paramilitary commanders to put on a show of disarming some troops. But the government has not truly attempted to dismantle their mafia-like networks, seize their illegally acquired fortunes or ensure a full cessation of abuses. ... Jose Miguel Vivanco {view}
  • Microsoft needs a settlement more than the government. ... Harvey Saferstein {view}
  • I have every confidence that the answer I provided was circulated to the appropriate officials within our government, ... Joseph Wilson {view}
  • This was really an attempt to get the government to acknowledge that the 16 words should never have been in the State of the Union Address. It was as simple as that. If you are going to mislead the American people and you're caught at it, you ought to fess up to it. ... Joseph Wilson {view}
  • Every nation tries to protect industries it considers strategic. No government should neglect any resource it has to protect interests it considers legitimate and within law. ... Jose Montilla {view}
  • We are very concerned about the indictment against the VOA personnel, who are U.S. government personnel. If the government has an issue with VOA it needs to be taken up directly with the U.S. government and the embassy, not in a court of law. We believe that the charges against the VOA should be dropped. ... Vicki Huddleston {view}
  • The government will suffer irreparable harm ... Jose Padilla {view}
  • If these important productivity-enhancing measures are going to be put on the back burner because the minority government is too afraid to work out the support for these sorts of things, I think Canadians are going to get rightfully very concerned about whether they're going to have a good government over the next couple of years. ... Jack Mintz {view}
  • I think there are serious issues Washington needs to address, and they won't get addressed. The government is utterly overcommitted on entitlements, and it's not going to be fixed any time soon. ... Donald Straszheim {view}
  • The federal government really has tried to use the concerns of terrorism in the post-9/11 world to expand its powers and to keep the courts out and say no, the police, the FBI, the CIA need substantially greater discretion, ... Thomas Goldstein {view}
  • The German government expects from Russia and Ukraine that the bilateral negotiations between the two countries about gas deliveries to Ukraine should not lead to the curtailing of gas provisions in Europe. ... Thomas Steg {view}
  • We realize that some have been interpreting Chirac's remarks as having a direct link to Iran. The German government doesn't see this link. We're convinced that France, Britain and Germany have identical views on how the Iran issue should be resolved, and we're talking about a diplomatic solution. We have no reason to believe that France is aiming to divert from this co-coordinated policy. ... Thomas Steg {view}
  • We have rules on the extent to which the government would have to be informed and consulted. ... Thomas Steg {view}
  • Both the central government and this administration are actively leading this community towards universal suffrage in an orderly fashion. I am 60 years of age. I certainly want to see universal suffrage taking place in Hong Kong in my time. ... Donald Tsang {view}
  • Strong government is a prerequisite for economic development. ... Donald Tsang {view}
  • There is always tremendous interest in the relationship between the Hong Kong SAR Government and the Central Government. ... Donald Tsang {view}
  • There is always tremendous interest in the relationship between the HKSAR government and the Central Government. ... Donald Tsang {view}
  • If responsibility is not in the hands of the Iraqi government, then I consider the responsibility for this event lies with the occupation forces which should either leave immediately or according to a timetable. ... Muqtada al-Sadr {view}
  • All obstacles to forming a national unity government soon will be resolved. ... Muqtada al-Sadr {view}
  • In fact, all the factions which are inside or outside the government converge in the interest and service of the Iraqi people. ... Muqtada al-Sadr {view}
  • Certainly the government has a good team of prosecutors and (federal) agents working on this around the clock. ... Michael Wynne {view}
  • They receive the money from the federal government and they allocate it where they see it should be allocated. We don't know what kind of money we're going to get this time. ... Monty Jackson {view}
  • The government has agreed to exempt public land transportation from the VAT, so we ended the strike last night. ... Murphy Hutagalung {view}
  • One of the agreements signed today concerns supplementary arrangements on the facilities, utilities and services the Cambodian Government would provide for the premises of those Chambers; the other deals with safety and security arrangements. ... Stephane Dujarric {view}
  • The reductions were necessary to address changing business conditions in both space and defense programs. When you're working on government programs, the work kind of shifts back and forth, increases and decreases, during the program. ... Monty Vest {view}
  • It is function of government to invent philosophies to explain the demands of its own convenience. ... Murray Kempton {view}
  • We are a government of laws. Any laws some government hack can find to louse up a man who's down. ... Murray Kempton {view}
  • American taxpayers are forced to subsidize education, health care, food stamps and other generous government services for illegal immigrants, as well as the printing of government documents in other languages. ... Carol Reed {view}
  • If for some reason we hit the jackpot and (the federal government) decides to pay everything, then we'll refund that amount with interest to the customers. ... Michael Twomey {view}
  • The President has paid dear for his White House. It has commonly cost him all his peace, and the best of his manly attributes. To preserve for a short time so conspicuous an appearance before the world, he is content to eat dust before the real masters who stand erect behind the throne. ... Ralph Waldo Emerson {view}
  • The worst of all tyrannies, are those of which that are hidden behind the illusion of good intentions ... Noreligioninthispub {view}
  • The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself Almost inevitably, he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable. ... H.L. Mencken {view}
  • It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. ... G. K. Chesterton {view}
  • Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care ? crisis? unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, the gap between rich and poor. What do these issues have in common? Politicians, the media, and our so-called "leaders" lie to us about them. They lie about the cause. They lie about the effect. They lie about the solutions. ... Larry Elder {view}
  • When you're dealing with people who think that Sponge Bob Square Pants is more important than social security, you have a problem. ... Christine Todd Whitman {view}
  • Those who formally rule take their signals and commands not from the electorate as a body, but from a small group of men. This group will be called the Establishment. It exists even though that existence is stoutly denied. It is one of the secrets of the American social order... A second secret is the fact that the existence of the Establishment - the ruling class - is not supposed to be discussed. ... Arthur S. Miller {view}
  • You have your local city government and your community redevelopment agencies who will tell you that they want to take private property because they want to do away with blight, they want to upgrade the neighborhood, ... I don't buy that. ... Maxine Waters {view}
  • I am confident that they (the government) are moving forward but we shouldn't expect too much too soon. There's been chaos and fighting for much more than 15 years and you can't fix that in a short time. ... Maxwell Gaylard {view}
  • They do not have a right to buy more democracy than the rest of us. All levels of government would be for sale to the highest bidder. ... Linda Brown {view}
  • In 2006, about 10,000 foreign students will come to study in China on scholarships provided by the Chinese government. The standard of scholarships will also be lifted. ... Liu Baoli {view}
  • The government is determined to change this sector. ... May Yan {view}
  • The Chinese government values educational cooperation with foreign countries and welcomes more foreign students to come to China. ... Liu Baoli {view}
  • The figures indicate that the government has taken measures to address the trade surplus. ... Liu Haiquan {view}
  • Meanwhile, the government has encouraged imports. ... Liu Haiquan {view}
  • Your bond rating is not so high, and you have a lot of government workers. That's not a good thing for us. ... David Tuerck {view}
  • We have noticed that the spokesman for U.S. government reaffirmed that the United States adheres to the one-China policy and opposes 'Taiwan independence'. ... Liu Jianchao {view}
  • This was a devious and calculated act. It had a catastrophic effect on the company. The government must send a message to systems managers and people in trust that there will be a day of reckoning. ... V. Grady O'Malley {view}
  • We heard good things about A.J that he wasn't part of that whole click of the previous student government. When he contacted us. We were excited. Well maybe this guy is going to be different. ... Carrie Cunningham {view}
  • We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do. ... Auberon Herbert {view}
  • This was a visit that was decided on and organized and undertaken by the Turkish government. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • He is a member of the government of Iraq and an official of the government of Iraq, and there are things that are important for us to talk about with him. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • DAMPENING EFFECT. The dampening effect is coming from government policy. ... Wolfgang Leim {view}
  • He strongly believes that New York needs drastic reform of its dysfunctional government, and he's interested in hearing what the candidates can do to fix Albany. ... Steve Pigeon {view}
  • This summit is not about Hugo Chavez. We've had some long-standing concerns about the policy for his government. This is not news. ... Stephen Hadley {view}
  • We're asking for government money - $80 billion has been promised to New Orleans, and we're asking less than 1 percent. ... Wynton Marsalis {view}
  • I am gay, I am a gay Republican. But I believe in the principal tenets of this party -- less government, less taxes, a strong military. ... Carl Schmid {view}
  • The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost invariably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane and intolerable, and so, if he is romantic, he tries to change it. And if he is not romantic personally, he is apt to spread discontent among those who are. ... Henry Louis Mencken {view}
  • Men whose lives are doubtful want a strong government and a hot religion ... Elbert Hubbard {view}
  • The Great Depression, like most other periods of severe unemployment, was produced by government mismanagement rather than by any inherent instability of the private economy. ... Milton Friedman {view}
  • Protecting the rights of even the least individual among us is basically the only excuse the government has for even existing. ... Ronald Reagan {view}
  • As governor of Texas, I have set high standards for our public schools, and I have met those standards. ... George W. Bush {view}
  • Our government rests upon religion. It is from that source that we derive our reverence for truth and justice, for equality and liberality and for the rights of mankind. Unless the people believe in these principles they cannot believe in our government. There are only two main theories of government in the world. One rests on righteousness and the other on force. One appeals to reason, the other appeals to the sword. One is exemplified in a republic, the other is represented by a despotism.The government of a country never gets ahead of the religion of a country. There is no way by which we can substitute the authority of law for the virtue of men. Of course we can help to restrain the vicious and furnish a fair degree of security and protection by legislation and police control, but the real reform which society in these days is seeking will come as a result of religious convictions, or they will not come at all. Peace, justice, charity- these cannot be legislated into being. They are the result of Divine Grace. ... Calvin Coolidge {view}
  • Congress seems to want to cure every ill known to man except unconstitutional government and high taxes. ... Charley Reese {view}
  • To govern is always to choose among disadvantages. ... Charles de Gaulle {view}
  • The family is the most basic unit of government. As the first community to which a person is attached and the first authority under which a person learns to live, the family establishes society's most basic values. ... Charles Caleb Colton {view}
  • Public education is probably already the most transparent and accountable of any government system. When do we start talking about resources? ... Richard Kouri {view}
  • The idea that the federal government can control the economy like a master can control a pet is erroneous, ... There's no magic wand that Bush can wave. ... Rea Hederman {view}
  • There are spies everywhere. The Government is desperate and President Museveni is insecure because he lacks the legitimacy to lead this country. ... Reagan Okumu {view}
  • As Southern Baptists, we believe that Romans 13 teaches the government is to punish those who break the law and reward those who obey the law. ... Richard Land {view}
  • If not for government of the U.S. raising these issues, it would not be on the radar screen of most of the countries of the world. I've never been prouder to be an American than since I've been on the commission [on international religious freedom]. ... Richard Land {view}
  • The last thing that people of faith should ever want is government-sponsored religion. It's like getting hugged by a python -- it squeezes all the life out of you. ... Richard Land {view}
  • I think their visit will force the Canadian government to take a long, hard look at what they are doing. ... Rebecca Aldworth {view}
  • Given that the federal government subsidized the return of the commercial seal hunt (between 1996 and 2001) we think this would be a good investment to see its end. ... Rebecca Aldworth {view}
  • He has always completely opened up his books to the government. He unequivocally maintains his innocence. ... Don Samuel {view}
  • Funding from the Alumni Association MasterCard Grant program and a co-sponsoring from the undergraduate Student Government got things started. ... Rebecca Cook {view}
  • Laws could be passed to keep the leader of a government from getting too much power ... Thomas More {view}
  • Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich. ... C. Northcote Parkinson {view}
  • Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid. ... Ronald Reagan {view}
  • International incidents should not govern foreign policy, but foreign policy, incidents ... Napoleon Bonaparte {view}
  • Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society, and made by the legislative power vested in it; a liberty to follow my own will in all things, when the rule prescribes not, and not to be subject to the inconstant, unknown, arbitrary will of another man. ... John Locke {view}
  • What experience and history teaches us is that people and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted on principles deduced from it ... Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel {view}
  • You could afford your house without the government if it weren't for the government. ... Rush Limbaugh {view}
  • You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands, and with an equal power to maintain their rights. ... William Lloyd Garrison {view}
  • Democracy means government by the uneducated, while aristocracy means government by the badly educated. ... G. K. Chesterton {view}
  • Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government! ... Monty Python {view}
  • The government has done exactly the right thing. Dollar-bond investors were looking for a significant cut in subsidies, and Indonesia delivered. ... Scott Wilson {view}
  • Enjoying a moment of international sympathy, Sharon's government is moving swiftly to capitalize on its unilateral withdrawal and ongoing demolition of 25 Jewish settlements. ... Scott Wilson {view}
  • You can be sued personally for virtually any reason as a result of your service in city government, ... The same vulnerability exists for all employees of the City of Milledgeville. ... Scott Wood {view}
  • People want a change because they want to see their government on the side of average Americans. Whether it's small business or gas prices, people think the government has betrayed their values. ... Sherrod Brown {view}
  • They felt that it would release the stranglehold that partisanship had on government, ... Sherry Bebitch Jeffe {view}
  • I hate to see that big stuff come down just to go to the government. ... Sherry Fox {view}
  • Work with the government. We do the best we can. ... Sean Berkowitz {view}
  • It's a very loaded term. The actual definition is determined by state governments, who define what taking 'unfair advantage' of a crisis is. Attorneys General monitor these situations closely. ... Sean Comey {view}
  • It's not like the government is going to come in and set price controls. (Fuel) is a commodity that's governed by the free market. Gasoline is like anything else; (corporations) will charge what people are willing to pay. ... Sean Comey {view}
  • There is a need for more effective dialogue... between the government and the international community. ... Kjell Magne Bondevik {view}
  • [According to a recent leaked memo marked] Secret: U.K. Eyes Only ... Given that the government has previously and firmly indicated that setting a date for possible withdrawal or drawing down could endanger our troops on the ground in Iraq, and given that this allegedly leaked memo speculates on possible dates for such action, the government should urgently clarify the situation to ensure that it is understood that our troops will remain in Iraq until our tasks there are completed. ... John Reid {view}
  • Certain kinds of legal reforms are seen as excessively limiting the powers of government officials or the party. There are obstacles from tradition and history. ... Paul Gewirtz {view}
  • Government spending in the year to September increased by a thousand percent. When you spend a thousand percent, you will likely get the same amount in inflation. The real economy in this country shrunk even by the government's own admission by 45 percent in the last five years. That means, government should have shrunk by 45 percent. Government has not shrunk by 45 percent. The formal economy is producing much less tax revenue, in order for it to pay its civil servants. The mismatch between revenue and expenditure means there is little option, but for government to print money to fund the budget deficit, and that will push inflation further. ... John Richards {view}
  • China's economic development strategy is changing and the government wants quality growth so it has to control investment in some areas. But the scale of China's investment is so big that we aren't going to see a dramatic slowdown overnight. ... Paul Tang {view}
  • CIA's mission is to provide the president and other leaders of our government with the best possible foreign intelligence to help keep our nation safe and strong, ... Paul Gimigliano {view}
  • The Government, police and supporters groups are working hard with the German authorities to make the World Cup a safe and trouble free tournament. ... Paul Goggins {view}
  • the government is now the victim of its own policies -- the only word that comes to mind is state vandalism. ... John Robertson {view}
  • Some kind of cleanup was needed, but the government again and again is treating the symptoms. The real problem is that these are destitute people who have been forced into doing these things by the government's own actions. ... John Robertson {view}
  • They (government) had based their projections on inflation declining but inflation is continuously going up. ... John Robertson {view}
  • They [the government] had based their projections on inflation declining but inflation is continuously going up. Prospects of a bumper harvest are bleak, all these things are not on track and the IMF will challenge these things. ... John Robertson {view}
  • The country does not afford to have administrations that change for the sake of change, but that focus on what is truly important for the country ... Joseph Muscat {view}
  • A PL government would be built on the values of meritocracy, honesty, and what is in the countrys interests ... Joseph Muscat {view}
  • What happens in the bedroom is, up to a point, the government's business because it often had to solve problems caused there ... Edwin Vassallo {view}
  • We are not here for personal glory but for an ideal, and the ideal sometimes means sacrifice, and sacrifice sometimes means change, ... Joseph Musc {view}
  • The PL believed in an open and free economy where consumers are free to make their choices and a national agency safeguarded their rights. ... Joseph Muscat {view}
  • We expect to see the commercial systems division posting improved results going forward, whilst the Government Systems divisions continues to defy skeptics. ... Robert Stallard {view}
  • The strongest performance in the first quarter came from government systems. ... Robert Stallard {view}
  • We're trying to capture the lifelong experience of these folks while they're still in government. ... Robert Baxter {view}
  • All governments must be prepared to deal with the infectious diseases because they could be overwhelming this year or next year, but the long-term problem is with the chronic diseases. ... Robert Beaglehole {view}
  • I am delighted that this [Blair] Government seems to be listening to the research. I'm an American and I can tell you that President George W. Bush is not listening. The attitude there is, data be damned ... The [Blair] Government is showing a sophisticated appreciation of the fact that children at different ages need different things. From the age of two or three, children in nurseries with good-quality education programs can thrive. ... Jay Belsky {view}
  • I went to them and said, 'This is what I think we should be doing,' ... It's federal government work funded by taxes, so I asked, 'What's the average person getting out of it?' ... Robert Stewart {view}
  • The only real news was that the Korea government is going to inject some money into some of the banks. ... Robert Subbaraman {view}
  • The federal government, ultimately, is going to have to come up with some kind of plan on what to do with those folks. ... Robert Black {view}
  • It is striking how many days people went without medicine, food and water without help from any agency of government or volunteer group. Many of those who did not evacuate were in poor health and circumstances to begin with and many said they were physically unable to leave. ... Robert Blendon {view}
  • We are extremely grateful to the federal government for their quick response regarding this issue. Eliminating any plant material that may be brought into the state of Florida illegally is crucial to the future success of the Florida citrus industry. ... Jay Clark {view}
  • We agreed on essential principles for exerting efforts to form a broad-based government, a strong national unity government. ... Mazoud Barzani {view}
  • The position of the (Interior Ministry) general inspector was not created by the government, it had been there before the new government was formed. ... Ghazi Hamad {view}
  • We expect from President Abbas to protect his government and not to make such declarations. ... Ghazi Hamad {view}
  • All of the Palestinians are standing together. The government has repeatedly affirmed that we are not going to compromise. ... Ghazi Hamad {view}
  • I think that minority business owners should be up in arms over this. The government has never hit the 5% minority business contracting goal and now they're recommending eliminating the minimal opportunities that minorities have in doing business with the Federal government. It's unconscionable. ... Lloyd Chapman {view}
  • We (the government) will send a letter to the Quartet, which would convene soon, asking for their interference to try to stop building the wall, and we have earlier sent a similar letter to the UN secretary-general. We need an international pressure on Israel to force it to change its positions. ... Ghazi Hamad {view}
  • We deal within the framework of the regime, and on the matter of foreign affairs the government implements this policy. Nothing special has happened in this regard. ... Gholam Hossein Elham {view}
  • We haven't turned down this proposal. The Iranian government is looking attentively at the proposal, but it needs time. So I think Russia should have a certain time to perfect this proposal. ... Gholamreza Ansari {view}
  • This is totally inadequate. This should be treated as a national calamity, like an earthquake, and the government should act in the same way. ... Ghulam Vhora {view}
  • The law was a fascist law. They don't want us to have any fun, they being the government. ... Gian Pierotti {view}
  • I think the reason they didn't go with it is the government feels they are backpedaling to save an embarrassing situation, ... Edward Hayes {view}
  • We're under pressure because we haven't reached the point where we can form a stable government yet. ... Ehud Olmert {view}
  • We will not negotiate with a government that does not keep to its most basic commitment fighting terror. ... Ehud Olmert {view}
  • We are not ready in any way to allow a situation in which money transferred by the government of Israel will somehow end up in the control of murderous elements who want to harm Israeli citizens. ... Ehud Olmert {view}
  • It's broad. It's low and it's designed to be easy to understand. It gets government out of 'let's make a deal' tax policy. ... Edward Hill {view}
  • We do business off the reservation, putting into [the] coffers of state government hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of dollars; and does that money come back to Indian people? No. ... Tom Shortbull {view}
  • This report raises a serious question mark over the amount of efficiency savings the government will achieve. This is a high risk program. Only 50 out of 300 projects have got to deliver 80 percent of the total savings. ... Edward Leigh {view}
  • We need to know almost frozen in time what was known by the government before the planes hit the World Trade Center. ... Edward MacMahon {view}
  • When the government elects not to produce evidence, then the government is restricting the defendant's ability to defend himself. When the government restricts someone from preparing a defense, they should not be allowed to ask for the death penalty. ... Edward MacMahon {view}
  • What the government wants you to believe is only a dream. ... Edward MacMahon {view}
  • Waste Management has been working with its regional government partners for some time to develop consumer friendly options for universal waste disposal. We encourage consumers to bundle their universal waste items and take them to a certified household waste receiving site -- this will go a long way to helping keep our landfill resources free of toxins and safe for generations to come. ... David Tucker {view}
  • If the government ends small business contracting programs, then the $119 billion in awards currently reported as going to small firms will go to large companies which make up only 2% of U.S. employers. Small business owners need to get on the phone or on the Internet and let their Congressional delegates know that they don't want the government to eliminate Federal programs for small business. Once these programs are gone, we will never get them back. ... Lloyd Chapman {view}
  • I'm glad to see the government take some action to stop firms from illegally receiving Federal small business contracts, however, I think the fine is too small. This firm received millions of dollars in awards for several years by falsely claiming to be a small business. A one- million-dollar fine is a drop in the bucket for a Fortune 1000 firm. They should be permanently debarred from doing business with the government. ... Lloyd Chapman {view}
  • On behalf of the Government and the people of Zimbabwe, I would like to thank you very much for standing shoulder to shoulder with us during these trying times. ... Cde Mujuru {view}
  • We want the workers and families to know that the provincial government and the people of Saskatchewan are standing with them and will work with them to find solutions. ... Lorne Calvert {view}
  • As long as the government continues to do a long-dated deal, it's always viewed as a positive. ... Lloyd Ong {view}
  • If this turns out to be a good deal, there's no doubt that we'll be pushing the U.S. government to do the same thing. ... Lloyd Wood {view}
  • As a former county commissioner, the senator understands, probably better than anyone, how this proposal could affect county government. He hears them loud and clear. ... Matt Mackowiak {view}
  • Technology gets you the numbers to slam the government upside the head. ... Lorraine Margeson {view}
  • As government solidifies mechanisms for fulfilling set-aside category goals, competition for these prime reserve dollars is increasing. ... Megan Gamse {view}
  • We need to get rid of the 16th amendment, and return to the original system that funds government with a variety of tariffs and duties. ... Alan Keyes {view}
  • We keep telling them that raising taxes without serious reforms will not solve the public debt problem. The government must first cut waste in public departments and combat corruption. ... Adnan Kassar {view}
  • No government has an option but to have medically acceptable benchmarks, at least in those priority areas, ... Ujjal Dosanjh {view}
  • The federal government is not putting appropriate resources on the borders. It's unfair to ask local officials, who are essentially volunteers, to address public policy. ... Dennis Husch {view}
  • [Some lawmakers are also skeptical.] This type of pay-for-performance program will give government bureaucrats more say over what's good treatment, ... a government bureaucrat will decide what performance we pay for. ... Charlie Norwood {view}
  • WHO has commended our operations (to control bird flu). They have told us the quick response of the Indian government has been highly appreciated. ... Upma Chawdhry {view}
  • Without a comprehensive government-donor strategy, the northern Uganda problem will never be definitively solved. ... Suliman Baldo {view}
  • You have a plan, a set of objectives, you get the plan agreed, its now up to the governments to put it into action, ... Helen Clark {view}
  • Overall sentiment is poor as the anti-government rally planned for Sunday draws nearer, and investors are likely to stay away or play short-term. ... Sukhbir Khanijoh {view}
  • The issue for us was one of community safety. The federal government does not have the ability to keep up with the growth, so we're enhancing their ability. That's the bottom line. ... Undersheriff Neil Lingle {view}
  • At some level it makes sense that the federal government should help, but there should be a lesson. People who have behaved in a completely irresponsible way by not taking any insurance should lose something. ... Veronique de Rugy {view}
  • The deal was that five of the tribe's leaders would negotiate with government officials to reach an agreement regarding the five members of the tribe who were detained by the government. ... Nasser Ba'oum {view}
  • The Jordanian government is following up on this incident with the concerned parties in Iraq. ... Nasser Jawdeh {view}
  • The government is sparing no effort and leaving no stone unturned with all the relevant authorities in Iraq in order to ensure his release. ... Nasser Joudeh {view}
  • These activities contradict the positive commitments by the new Palestinian government not to use the Jordanian arena for any purposes that harm Jordan's security or for meddling in its internal affairs. ... Nasser Joudeh {view}
  • The Jordanian government considers such practices in contradiction with the essence of Jordanian-Palestinian relations. ... Nasser Judeh {view}
  • You gave us the mandate to break the mold of a government agency and instead act as a business. Additional controls are probably advisable, and we intended on looking into that. ... Kevin Carter {view}
  • I'm personally working on converting about 250,000 different Windows machines to Linux desktops, primarily in European government. ... Nat Friedman {view}
  • The stabilization in the overall coverage rate can be explained by an increase in government coverage notably Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program that offset a decline in employment-based coverage. ... Charles Nelson {view}
  • The ploy is to make Zimbabweans passive consumers of government propaganda churned out by the state-owned media everyday. The ploy is to create a media terrain of government apologists and praise singers as if that alone will save the country from the deepening political and economic crisis. ... Nelson Chamisa {view}
  • Let's say there are 500 sons and daughters like you in each state. Then we could control the government. ... Sun Myung Moon {view}
  • Instead of welcoming Reverend Moon, this government put me into prison. History will reveal the truth in the future and the American government and people will realize what an evil thing they did. What will they do then? They will bow down. Again, that is the way of natural subjugation. ... Sun Myung Moon {view}
  • The government is sparing no expense to improve air and water quality. We are trying to change energy consumption patterns. We are trying to encourage people in the factories to use clean energy like electricity and natural gas. ... Sun Weide {view}
  • This is the third time the U.S. government has appointed a so-called coordinator for Tibet. ... Sun Yuxi {view}
  • The government hasn't done anything to stop attacks and killings of journalists in the last 20 years. ... Sunanda Deshapriya {view}
  • The faster decline in the GDP deflator could prompt government calls to forestall an early end to quantitative easing, but the data reflects balanced growth in the economy. ... Hidenori Suezawa {view}
  • The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain, in after-dinner conversations over the wine. ... Henry David Thoreau {view}
  • It's not necessarily a negative, from the point of view of economic growth, ... Even in Washington, D.C., the government work will be made up. ... Sung Won Sohn {view}
  • We want the government to allow us more number of attempts like others. What is the point of age relaxation if we can?t appear for the exams due to restricted number of attempts? ... Sunil Kumar {view}
  • Should Americans feel assured that our federal government will do a better job of protecting health and safety in any future disaster? The answer appears to be no. Health and safety agencies will not be in the drivers' seat. ... Suzanne Mattei {view}
  • We have a major, major philosophical problem with state government coming into a private business and telling them what kind of benefits they must pay their employees. ... Joe Brennan {view}
  • While people are angry at government generally, they usually crystallize around one party or the other. And the Republicans, by most definitions, are the party in power. ... Joe Wineke {view}
  • The government has an arsenal of pressure points. Individually, he might have tried each of these cases, but the culmination of looking at multiple trials is burdensome for any defendant. The government only has to win one. ... Joel Androphy {view}
  • He only has to convince one person that the government is overbearing and has been able to cut deals with people. ... Joel Androphy {view}
  • He told me that he had been released, that he was perfectly OK and in an Iraqi government compound having a beer. ... Joe Carroll {view}
  • We want to appeal to our Canadian government officials to protect the dignity of Canada and the integrity of Canada. Right now China is not taking this seriously. ... Joel Chipkar {view}
  • Even if you set aside the need for valid code, it is ridiculously easy to find non-government sites that flunk even the simplest and most canonical requirements of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, like using alt texts for images. ... Joe Clark {view}
  • What more evidence does the Howard Government need before it acts against excessive airport charges and their effects on consumers and business. ... Joel Fitzgibbon {view}
  • If the government asks people to evacuate, the government has some responsibility to provide an option for those people who can't evacuate and are at the whim of Mother Nature, ... Joe Cook {view}
  • Under our proposal, neither ongoing government regulation nor the self- interest of an entrenched monopolist will decide what is best for consumers. Instead, consumers will be able to choose for themselves the products they want in a free and competitive marketplace. ... Joel Klein {view}
  • We have asked our youths to release the hostages while we start negotiating with the federal government. They've made their point and the whole world has listened. ... Chief Edwin Clark {view}
  • This is such a difficult issue that the government avoids touching it for as long as it can. ... Demetrios Papademetriou {view}
  • You have to include local government if he wants local government go out and have meetings up and down the coast. ... Terry Thompson {view}
  • The government has nothing to do with this case. This is a decision by the police. ... Chidchai Vanasathidya {view}
  • It's clearly not an appropriate way to conduct the public's business. The public can't evaluate if the government is doing a good job in the selection process if it only knows the winner. ... Barry Kauffman {view}
  • Our economy would not do very well if people just worked for the government. ... Andrew H. Card Jr {view}
  • In August [2005], a section for external and humanitarian matters was created in the new government structure. I was put in charge of that section, which included five or six ministries singled out in that [August 2005] decree. When that section was set up, there was hope that those ministers who lived abroad would be able to do their work more or less efficiently and that they would have the opportunities to do their work. However, the past two or three months showed that this plan was unrealistic. Furthermore, the internal situation in the republic, political and military, has changed. So, the [current] decree is aimed at strengthening the role of ministries, ministers, and government officials working at home [in Chechnya]. Consequently, the top government leaders will work at home. This was the purpose of the decree. ... Akhmed Zakayev {view}
  • We congratulate the government for committing to build a new cancer centre in Ottawa . This is very good news for the people in this area who will be diagnosed with cancer in the years to come. It means that patients in Ottawa and the surrounding area will have better and more timely cancer care. ... Terry Sullivan {view}
  • The honest truth is that if this government were to propose the massacre of the first-born, it would still have no difficulty in getting it through the Commons. ... Diane Abbott {view}
  • We have a huge immigration problem here and the government is completely failing in protecting us on the borders. ... Chris Young {view}
  • Already my government was the government of national unity. They just found a fancy new name for that. ... Tsakhia Elbegdorj {view}
  • We are determined to cooperate with the Iraqi government, ... We are determined to help whatever we can help so that the suffering of the Iraqi people, which is painful for us, could be stopped. And this is a major task that my government is undertaking all the time. ... Fayssal Mekdad {view}
  • We want our government to avenge my brother. ... Fazel Ahmad {view}
  • Nakagawa's comment on monetary policy will probably keep bonds strong. Government pressure on the Bank of Japan not to change policy will put upward pressure on debt. ... Tsutomu Kawasaki {view}
  • I would advise the government to control the abrupt increase in dollar price to help sustain our investment. ... Fazlul Haque {view}
  • The provincial government of NWFP has not barred women from casting their votes in local government elections, ... Fazlur Rahman {view}
  • The (central and local) governments are supposed to find illegality, expose them and take steps against them, and obviously they were goofing off. ... Tsutomu Takebe {view}
  • Mladic is within the reach of the government in Belgrade and we cannot wait anymore for him to surrender himself. It is obvious now that he will never surrender. So he must be arrested. ... Florence Hartman {view}
  • I trust my government but I can't bear to sit back and watch this trial any longer. ... John Vigiano {view}
  • Liberal local officials were invited to a conference on decentralization, autonomy and governance. Obviously, the conference could not be converted into a party meeting to elect new officers. ... Florencio Abad {view}
  • There seemed to be a lot of focus on government and political themes. ... Tom Weeks {view}
  • One of the issues we are working with the government on, we're begging them, we need more pathways. It's the wireless information highway; we need the asphalt for that highway. ... Tom Wheeler {view}
  • It's really going to take an unusual degree of cooperation between the government and industry. ... Jerome Hinkle {view}
  • We look like we're just crybabies, ... And the world out there is not sympathetic to government scientists who make more money than the vice president of the United States. Let's get real. ... Elias Zerhouni {view}
  • In this country, there's nothing daring about going against the government. ... Tom Wolfe {view}
  • We're urging governments to stop getting these old aircraft. ... Elijah Hingosso {view}
  • So that a database on lobbyists on campaign contributions on government grants and contracts are all accessible through the push of one button. ... Ellen Miller {view}
  • Things are moving toward a positive solution. The government has reacted to the allegations. ... Elin Suleymanov {view}
  • We're here today to demand accountability and an end to government shutdowns. We're here to tell legislators that our public services are not for sale. ... Eliot Seide {view}
  • The public expects and deserves the protection that effective government oversight provides. Until the Bush administration shows it is willing to do the job, however, it appears the public will have to rely on state regulators and lawmakers to protect its interests, ... Eliot Spitzer {view}
  • There is no guarantee there won't be a return to military government ... Howard Pearce {view}
  • The market is calm despite expectations the government may increase the money market 'short' because inflation figures were high and overnight money market rates are low. ... Hugo Morales {view}
  • People wanted unity, apart from voting for Sharon, they wanted a government of national unity, ... People wanted restoration of personal security. I think that, a government of national unity can do. ... Raanan Gissin {view}
  • The composition and structure of the Palestinian government is an internal issue, ... Raanan Gissin {view}
  • What choice do we have when the government has neither the will nor know-how on how to control these people? In Mexico, organized crime is above the law. We have no choice but to take these measures in order to protect the lives of our reporters. It's that simple. ... Ramon Cantu Deandar {view}
  • As far as PLDT is concerned, the case involves the government and competing claims over the block of shares. As a company, PLDT is not involved in this matter. ... Ramon Isberto {view}
  • challenging Indonesians to expose corruption and claim their right to clean government. ... Ramon Magsaysay {view}
  • Atty. Yorac received the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service in 2004 for her unyielding determination to recover $684 million ill-gotten wealth for the government, after 17 years of complex and intense litigation, ... Ramon Magsaysay {view}
  • a genuine model of solid honesty and integrity in government. ... Ramon Magsaysay {view}
  • The Party and the government are affectionate to the people though typhoon and other calamities are merciless, ... We hope you will resume your work and rebuild your homes in a high morale as soon as possible. ... Hui Liangyu {view}
  • The government will hold the second round of talks with us from Feb 7 in New Delhi, though the modalities for the negotiations are yet to be worked out. ... Indira Goswami {view}
  • We hope to discuss all contentious issues with the government across the table since our main aim is to bring the ULFA into negotiating table. ... Indira Goswami {view}
  • The ongoing peace process is a historical step. People of Assam would remain grateful to you and your government. ... Indira Goswami {view}
  • The Government (of Jamaica) has stated that the measure applies to all companies in the industry. ... Ian Hamilton {view}
  • The employees are concerned about government policy not company policy. ... Ian Hamilton {view}
  • The government has to regulate (differently) household customers whose electricity consumption is small. But for household customers of over 10 thousand watt, businesses and industries, the government should negotiate the rates it is planning to raise. ... Industry Minister Fahmi Idris {view}
  • Therefore, the government will launch an operation to enforce the law against the practice. ... Industry Minister Fahmi Idris {view}
  • If you have this money coming in and you don't have a clear and transparent government system, you will have corruption. It means you will have a very unstable social situation. ... Ingilab Ahmadov {view}
  • The government should reconsider the issue, as the current model has made the country's economy dependent on oil prices. ... Ingilab Ahmadov {view}
  • This boarding on the high seas was done on the express permission of the Cambodian government, the flag state of the vessel, ... Ian Macdonald {view}
  • The cross-border train service has not been abandoned altogether but there are still deliberations at government-to-government level. We expect to launch the service soon. ... Fanuel Masikati {view}
  • I wish to assure the French government and people that their taxpayers' funds will be used in a diligent, transparent and accountable manner. ... Finance Minister Ngandu Magande {view}
  • Whatever the government of Pakistan has may have stated in its letter to Interpol must be a perversion of justice [and] must be a manipulation of the legal and judicial process in Pakistan. ... Farhatullah Babar {view}
  • We have always expected that the time was coming very soon when (the federal government) would begin greater enforcement. ... Farrell Quinlan {view}
  • It certainly would help our government. It would also help a lot of other countries that are thinking of joining the international coalition. ... Faruk Logoglu {view}
  • Basically, the situation is not very good. The government has not authorized us to visit since the end of last year. ... Fiona Terry {view}
  • As a first step, the Congolese government must protect street children during the election period. U.N. agencies in Congo should redouble their efforts to prevent abuse. Congolese authorities should use this opportunity to start addressing the abuses committed against children. ... Tony Tate {view}
  • A conservative government tends to have a lower tax, less spending and small government. Financial markets generally approve of these things. So a majority conservative government is beneficial to the Canadian dollar. ... Firas Askari {view}
  • We are coming out now to show to the people that the young officers [who are against the government] are still around, that we cannot be bought. How many we are should not matter as long as we are united in what we are fighting for. ... First Lieutenant Sonny Sarmiento {view}
  • Not in terms of wage restraint. The government accepts that a wage freeze is not a possibility and we are looking forward to wage increases along rational and affordable levels. ... Fitz Jackson {view}
  • The government is the same as that formed after the April 1996 elections, ... The core of our programs has not changed. ... Romano Prodi {view}
  • What we're up against is a government without respect for the rule of law -- (public officials) placing the law in their own hands and making unilateral decisions. ... Romeo Capulong {view}
  • They are now working as agents of the government and their duty is to pose as witnesses for the government detailing a made-up testimony. ... Romeo Capulong {view}
  • Government should lift the state of emergency because it has already served its purpose, which was to protect the country from clear and present danger. ... Romeo Serra {view}
  • I can blame only one person. The government. This Carla Martin. What did we teach her in school? She knows the rules. She didn't play by them. ... Rosemary Dillard {view}
  • I am furious. My government (has) let me down again. (Martin) has made this entire case a laughingstock. ... Rosemary Dillard {view}
  • We earnestly ask that you convey our apologies to Japanese government officials as you seek to reopen this market again. ... Rosemary Mucklow {view}
  • We will apply the full resources of the United States government to follow the facts and determine if there is criminal liability, and if so, we will hold those involved accountable for their conduct, ... Roslynn Mauskopf {view}
  • There is no crisis, ... The ability of the government to survive was never in danger. ... Gerhard Schroeder {view}
  • The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our Government. ... James Polk {view}
  • In Germany, a stable government that you can deal with will form. In the Netherlands, this lasted four months the last time, in Austria a quarter of a year. I promise you we will do it quicker. There is no cause for alarm, ... Gerhard Schroeder {view}
  • It's time for the American government, and I include the attorney general, Mr. Ashcroft, to get out and get some real terrorists. John is not a terrorist, he's a certified, court approved, non-terrorist. ... James Brosnahan {view}
  • The means available to candidates are hugely disproportionate. One cannot compete with the government machine. ... Hisham Kassem {view}
  • We already have a legacy of over-logging, and I think it is imperative that the government should protect the remaining forest cover, which has already gone beyond the ecological balance. ... Von Hernandez {view}
  • I think that is guilty of some latter-day colonialism in the way they approach such governments. ... Charles Clarke {view}
  • The Islamic Republic of Iran holds the American government responsible for the suffering of the Iraqi people and all the crimes and assassinations now being committed in Iraq, ... Ayatollah Ali Khamenei {view}
  • Typically the [federal government] makes a tax change and the states conform. It's a routine event. The fact that states haven't conformed yet doesn't mean they are not going to. ... Alysoun McLaughlin {view}
  • The government is making the case that they're trying to protect the detainees by keeping their names quiet, when it's clear to us that ... the more that is known about them, the better they can be protected. ... James Ross {view}
  • The government depends on us to give them information on how many families are here even if they don't plan to relocate them, ... Judy White {view}
  • We took very seriously our responsibilities with the government. All of us have a very strong belief in the Army and how it operates and what it does for us. We took a lot of pride in supporting the soldier in whatever way we could. When we left the Arsenal, it was very difficult for us. We wanted to let them know we would support them in any way we could. ... Justin Ramsey {view}
  • It's going to take a significant investment on the industrial side, not the government side but the industrial side, in China to begin to approach what it takes to be competitive worldwide. ... Justin Rattner {view}
  • It seems that the Howard Government is getting ready to roll over on some important PBS protections that will leave Australians worse off and make their essential medicines even more costly. ... Julia Gillard {view}
  • Anytime you have a situation like this, you're responsible for the government. If it performs, great, and if it doesn't, people are going to want to know why, and rightfully so. ... David Winston {view}
  • The biggest thing I keep hearing is that the government is telling the tribe that they need to be using this water or else it will end up going to someone else who has a use for it. ... Justin Willey {view}
  • The creative imperative seems to be directed at getting around government regulations. ... Julian Callow {view}
  • I'm going to put it to you, sir, that the 'government' was Mike Harris and Deb Hutton. ... Julian Falconer {view}
  • If Exxon explores more, there are taxes and money for the government, ... Jusuf Kalla {view}
  • A government is not functional unless the economy is running well. Political designs automatically follow the level of (a nation's) prosperity, meaning that if the people are getting poorer, then there will be a greater demand for political change. ... Jusuf Kalla {view}
  • It's not enough to prosecute the people who were following orders. If the U.S. government is serious about stopping this illegal and immoral abuse, then we need to take seriously the prospect of putting the people who were giving the orders on trial Miller... among others. ... Avi Cover {view}
  • The next government must make it a priority to listen to the concerns of all the French who feel worried, who feel forgotten and threatened. ... Lionel Jospin {view}
  • We advised the Thai government to consider architecture and technologies that will lead them to inter-agency systems, instead of being trapped into proprietary technology. The company is committed to continue to invest in Thailand. We have 60 per cent of the market share in Unix servers in Thailand and 40 per cent globally. ... Lionel Lim {view}
  • People did not vote for us so that we would head a government of the Right and the ultra-Orthodox. It is totally illegitimate and also stupid. ... Matan Vilnai {view}
  • We have more than one option to establish a government. That is one of the best things about yesterday's results. It will depend on the price ... and negotiations. ... Lior Horev {view}
  • documents reflect American law and government. ... Mathew Staver {view}
  • What we are seeking is for the federal government to pick up the gap, ... The amount that they offer is not commensurate with the market rate for living in Atlanta. ... Allen Walker {view}
  • If you're not here legally, you shouldn't get government benefits, Americans say overwhelmingly. ... Maurice Carroll {view}
  • The CPC and Chinese government have always affixed prodigious moment to the inveterate friendly relations with Africa, ... Li Changchun {view}
  • There is only one China in the world and the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legitimate government of the whole of China. ... Li Changchun {view}
  • What the Kirchner government has done is destroy the vestiges of trust between Falkland islanders and Argentina. Falkland islanders believe Argentine society would support the Kirchner government's approach to the Falklands issue. For that reason they will not trust any Argentine. ... Mike Summers {view}
  • This is an election year and we're already deep into the silly season. The government has to figure out what it wants to do. ... Bill O'Grady {view}
  • Crude oil is the least of our worries. There is ample supply in storage and the government will tap the SPR, because this is what it is there for. They released supply last year when Hurricane Ivan struck the region. ... Bill O'Grady {view}
  • Every one of those government levels could have done better. The great thing about this country is, we usually learn from these tragedies. There is some accountability. Some heads will roll. ... Bill Owens {view}
  • I strongly believe that government should avoid micromanaging an ever-changing, ever- evolving industry. Given the speed at which new technologies take root, old-fashioned regulation won't work. ... Bill Owens {view}
  • Democrats distrust the market, preach government is the answer to our problems and prefer the bureaucrat they know to the consumer they can't control. ... Bill Bradley {view}
  • How New Mexico Government Works: The Key Players and Key Issues. ... Bill Richardson {view}
  • Here was the government putting this skinny 60-year-old guy into solitary confinement for nearly a year. I have come to realize that it was wrong and I should have spoken out more, although I did try to influence the Justice Department on their incarceration of Lee. ... Bill Richardson {view}
  • Its hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news. ... Senator John Kerry {view}
  • The more government takes in taxes, the less incentive people have to work. What coal miner or assembly-line worker jumps at the offer of overtime when he knows Uncle Sam is going to take 60 percent or more of his extra pay? ... Ronald Reagan {view}
  • A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top ... James Reston {view}
  • Only when a republic's life is in danger should a man uphold his government when it is wrong. There is no other time. ... Mark Twain {view}
  • I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent. ... Dame Edith Sitwell {view}
  • In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt. ... John Reed {view}
  • He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which abides in its place while all other stars bow towards it. ... Proverb {view}
  • The government has interpreted the peacefulness of the movement as a weakness: the people's non-violent policies have been taken as a green light for government violence. Refusal to resort to force has been interpreted by the government as an invitat ... Nelson Mandela {view}
  • The object of government in peace and in war is not the glory of rulers or of races, but the happiness of common man. ... William Beveridge {view}
  • The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not ... Neal Boortz {view}
  • In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to combine geographical situation, and sometimes other considerations, with abilities and fitness of known characters ... George Washington {view}
  • creation and maintenance of a court system that allows citizens to adjudicate disputes is a fundamental responsibility of government. ... James Sensenbrenner {view}
  • This is an issue that the government shouldn't interfere in. We want to observe developments. ... Hiroyuki Hosoda {view}
  • All of this information that's being collected about us, ... increasingly, the government, of course, is seeking access to that information. And the rules just aren't there. ... James Dempsey {view}
  • Regardless of when the vote takes place, the government will continue to make the greatest efforts in getting the bill through, ... Whatever happens, it's only a matter of days. ... Hiroyuki Hosoda {view}
  • It was well known by everyone, including the US government, that the system as constructed invited kickbacks, ... James Dobbins {view}
  • The Japanese government concludes that the nonexistent of facilities would not question the responsibility of our government, and we believe other governments reached the same conclusion, ... Hiroyuki Hosoda {view}
  • The Federal government continues to support the critical work of our nation's firefighters through the Fire Prevention and Safety grants by addressing the issues that can help prevent fires from happening. ... Charlie Dickinson {view}
  • The government and people of Iraq can with their voices seek a timetable for the exit of the occupiers, ... Certainly, in the end the Americans and British will be forced by bitter experience to leave Iraq. ... Ayatollah Ali Khamenei {view}
  • Our government, all government, somehow failed in their duty that day. We need to know why. ... James Thompson {view}
  • They shared the grievance that the government wasn't paying attention to ordinary people, that it was time to respond to the negative byproducts of economic reform. They considered the government to be arrogant, haughty and unresponsive. ... Richard Baum {view}
  • In my three decades in government, I've never seen control of communications to the public so constrained. Communications from government scientists have never been so constrained. ... James Hansen {view}
  • Our government should live up to the commitments we made in NAFTA rather than ignore it. ... Susan Petniunas {view}
  • The tapes and what's being said on them is being taken out of context by the government, ... James Harrington {view}
  • I think partly is because of this online video clip. The government wants all Web site operators to be more vigilant about the things that go onto the Web site. ... Rico Ngai {view}
  • Western companies can't do anything by themselves, because it's too big a problem, and the Chinese government can't do anything because the companies aren't involved. ... James Haynes {view}
  • Katrina made a lot of us in the media realize that we can't undersell a hurricane. News organizations, the government, everybody now realizes you've got to take Mother Nature seriously. ... Rita Cosby {view}
  • This strike is costing the government millions of dollars a day. The state of emergency will be in effect until we reach an agreement with the workers. ... Rigoberto Medina {view}
  • Protests have halted while government officials meet with local leaders to look for a solution. ... Rigoberto Medina {view}
  • Occasionally, it would be more beneficial (for the government) to leave the site online in order to gather intelligence information. ... Rita Katz {view}
  • possible attempt by Belgrade to oust his government. ... Madeleine Albright {view}
  • The Berlin Wall crumbled, Politburos resigned and governments vanished overnight. Half a million Czechs and Slovaks gathered ... in Prague and we sensed that a long, absent angel had returned home to Central Europe, ... Madeleine Albright {view}
  • We believe there's a real chance the government will raise electricity and water tariffs this year. ... Ken Su {view}
  • We live in tough times, and Canadians have some tough questions for government. They want clear answers. They are well beyond the glib, glad-handing of the past. ... Kim Campbell {view}
  • Government cannot and must not replace private initiative. ... Kim Campbell {view}
  • Governments allocate enormous resources for social programs. And it is true that for many years we have had one of the best social service systems in the world. Yet we are still incapable of meeting the needs of tens of thousands of Canadian families. ... Kim Campbell {view}
  • For me, rationalizing skills training is neither a political fetish nor a form of currency used between governments. Above all, it is the logical solution to a very real human problem. By making better use of the resources we devote to training, we will instill hope in Canadian men and women who ask nothing more than to live a life of dignity. ... Kim Campbell {view}
  • For over 20 years, the federal and provincial governments have made enormous efforts employing a variety of approaches in an attempt to stimulate Montreal's economy. ... Kim Campbell {view}
  • The old story in antitrust cases is that the government wins the battle and loses the war. The question is: What do you get in relief? ... Harry First {view}
  • We will not be threatened by the government actions. The arrests and restrictions will not stop our rally; instead it has added fuel to our movement to restore democracy. ... Madhav Nepal {view}
  • There is clearly the potential for a lack of belief in the value of the local government election process: if people do not believe in it, turnout will be low. ... Neil Higgs {view}
  • If the U.K. government does not curb aviation growth, all other sectors of the economy will eventually be forced to become carbon neutral. It will undermine the competitiveness of U.K. industry. ... Kevin Anderson {view}
  • It's a good thing. I think it would be unusual for the government to go after them a third time. ... Nancy Weaver {view}
  • I think what the [lawsuit] is going to do is have people realize that the government is there to protect consumers, not to protect one competitor over another, ... Kevin Arquit {view}
  • We were informed in advance of the test and we told the government we regretted the decision. ... Nanda Chitre {view}
  • The government could then demand these personal files with only a subpoena rather than the search warrant it would need to seize the same things from your home or business, and in many cases you wouldn't even be notified in time to challenge it. ... Kevin Bankston {view}
  • The government is organizing a jolly celebration party, not a memorial service, not a peaceful merit-making. The government does not think of the hearts and minds of the people who lost their beloved ones. ... Nantaya Saphanthong {view}
  • The government is missing out on a golden opportunity to dramatically improve the public health of this country. ... Kevin Barron {view}
  • They are determined to use government to force their religious beliefs on everyone else. ... Keith Smith {view}
  • The initial impressions, obviously, of how the government handled Katrina have not been positive, but I think the book is still out on how this thing is going to be perceived. ... Neil Newhouse {view}
  • The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are / 1. Security to possessors; 2. Facility to acquirers; and, 3. Hope to all. ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge {view}
  • So government acts as a safeguard of our property. ... William Weld {view}
  • I am a firm believer in democratic representative government as the best form for those who have the tolerance and self-restraint that is required to make it workable ... Bertrand Russell {view}
  • We... are not really free if we can't control our own government and its policies. And we will never do that if we remain ignorant. ... Charley Reese {view}
  • My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub. ... Grover Norquist {view}
  • A man ought not to be governed by laws, in the framing of which he had not a voice, either in person or by his representative, and that he ought not to be made to pay any tax to which he should not have consented in the same way. ... Charles Grey 2nd Earl Grey {view}
  • I love my government not least for the extent to which it leaves me alone. ... John Updike {view}
  • If government were as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy. ... Kin Hubbard {view}
  • To rule is easy, to govern difficult. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe {view}
  • For their happiness such a government willingly labors, but it chooses to be the sole agent and the only arbiter of their necessities, facilitates their pleasures, manages their principal concerns, directs their industry, regulates the descent of property, and subdivides their inheritances; what remains, but to spare them all the care of thinking and all the trouble of living? ... Alexis de Tocqueville {view}
  • This is the government making your TV go black and then only paying part of the costs for some of the people to make it work again, and none of the costs for others. ... Gene Kimmelman {view}
  • The government has been deceived before by promises that somehow more concentration would produce more choices and competition, when the result has been just the opposite. It shouldn't be fooled again. ... Gene Kimmelman {view}
  • The United States will continue consultation regarding the immediate financial situation of the interim government. The U.S. intends to stay in very close touch with the Quartet and other international donors regarding their reviews of assistance as a process for forming a new Palestinian government moves ahead. ... Noel Clay {view}
  • We're really disgusted with the reaction of the U.S. government. ... Sarah Reed {view}
  • We lost our 10 top leaders in the blast. The provincial Government failed to provide adequate security cover despite being repeated threats to our leadership. ... Shahid Ghori {view}
  • Our leaders have been receiving threats for the past couple of months and we had informed the government about it, but no security was provided to our leaders. ... Shahid Ghori {view}
  • We have presented our demands to the government, it is up to them to arrest the culprits. ... Shahid Ghori {view}
  • This is very unwise of the government to stop us from demonstrations. ... Shahid Shamsi {view}
  • The protests will continue and we will hold a big demonstration in Islamabad today. If the government tries to stop it then it will be responsible for the consequences. ... Shahid Shamsi {view}
  • Most small business people don't have the time, money or expertise to go through the process the government forces them to. It'll be great looking and lots of fun, too. ... Sarah Sampels {view}
  • We have an immoral government operating illegally. I feel morally compelled to act. ... Dan DeWalt {view}
  • Now, I don't expect our government to guarantee us low natural-gas prices. I do expect that our government will not withhold natural gas supply that they control. ... Dan DiMicco {view}
  • Clean Carolina is an on-going annual project organized by Student Government that aims to reduce litter and beautify our campus. ... Danielle Vegas {view}
  • Given the well-known anti-Americanism of the Cuban and Venezuelan governments, rallies in Havana and Caracas cannot be considered representative of public opinion in the hemisphere. ... Dan Erikson {view}
  • We have so many things that we must do (in school) that are mandated by the federal government. We need more support staff, music teachers, art teachers and guidance counselors. ... Danita Rickard {view}
  • It is clearly improper for a campaign manager to negotiate with a government entity, and to be in touch with state commissioners acting as a go-between. If the special legislative investigation finds that laws have been violated, then the issue has to be referred to the proper investigative authorities for further action, and possibly a grand jury. ... Dannel Malloy {view}
  • What you've done is effectively cut off any discourse or dialogue. If we're only going to govern by anger, then we've lost the game. ... Danny Glover {view}
  • Our ultimate goal is a global market for films and filmed entertainment unimpeded by the artificialities of government policies, instead governed only by the tastes and demands of the audiences and our ability to meet those demands. ... Dan Glickman {view}
  • This proposal is in line with Earthlink's belief in open access, providing broadband connections for businesses, governments, and consumers that are underserved by cable and telephone operators. ... Dan Greenfield {view}
  • This is something we've wanted for a long time. But, for a long time, they said one government agency can't pay for another one. ... Dan Griffin {view}
  • Part of the story on space radar can't be told because it concerns the most sensitive missions of government satellites. ... Loren Thompson {view}
  • They're expecting that the government will publicly disclose its approval of the transaction, with conditions, this month. ... Loren Thompson {view}
  • The Year of Study Abroad is important because it means our government sees (that) studying abroad is integral in students' ability to see past themselves (and) things they are not accustomed to. ... Melanie McCallon {view}
  • To be fair with Schroeder, he tried and by European standards he did do more than other governments in the past few years. But the problems in Germany are more entrenched now. ... Lorenzo Codogno {view}
  • The government was very reluctant to take a position because it's a very delicate situation, but now they are really turning the pressure on. ... Lorenzo Codogno {view}
  • Italy's economy has become a real problem and tackling the issues head-on will require a strong government, not one that may be forced into compromises. ... Lorenzo Codogno {view}
  • It is scandalous that our government is still trying to cover up its breathtakingly inadequate response to the greatest natural disaster in our nation's history. ... Melanie Sloan {view}
  • It will take among other things changes in government to make workers feel secure enough to exercise this right. ... Louis Malizia {view}
  • the Ethiopian government is looking all matters with utmost patience. ... Meles Zenawi {view}
  • Out of 60 CUD control committee members, the government decided to arrest only 25 suspected of being involved in violence, ... Meles Zenawi {view}
  • We will do all that we can, working with the Pakistani government, to see that those responsible for this attack face justice. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • The tax issue is not big enough at this point to drive state and local governments to ruin, but it's big enough that we can see it and, luckily, it's small enough right now that we can solve it. And I feel strongly that we will find a solution. ... Mike Leavitt {view}
  • We are in contact with the government of Nigeria to determine his whereabouts. We have made it clear to the government of Nigeria that it has a special responsibility to make sure that Charles Taylor is brought to justice. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • Nick offered the condolences of the US government to the people of Iran, the government of Iran for the loss of lives and on behalf of the US government, offered our assistance to the families of the victims. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • Lula is going to build a government based on alliances, a government in which businessmen, bankers, trade unions -- the whole of society -- will participate. The trademark of Lula's government will be participation. ... Guido Mantega {view}
  • We share the government (and) people of Egypt's grief at this attack. We are, as ever, ready to work with them to confront the threat that we all face from international terror. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • Syria must immediately end the flow of arms to militias within Lebanon and cooperate with the Lebanese government on border security. ... Adam Ereli {view}
  • The reformers persist in promoting the notion that it is somehow desirable for the federal government to determine how much political discourse we are going to have in our campaigns in this country, ... You hear them say time and time again -- you heard it this morning and we'll hear it next week -- that we're spending too much in American politics. Now remember what the Supreme Court says that means we're saying. They're saying we're speaking to much. ... Mitch McConnell {view}
  • The government has committed itself to leading international negotiations on an arms trade treaty to stop global arms flows to war zones and repressive regimes. Yet in the last twelve months it has licensed weapons exports precisely to these regimes ... The government must stop arming the world's human rights abusers. ... Mike Lewis {view}
  • The two governments keep pressing Sinn Fein for things which we simply cannot deliver, ... Mitchel McLaughlin {view}
  • A vote in the state legislature to allow a local government to impose a higher tax is not opposing tax increases. This isn't higher-level math. ... Grover Norquist {view}
  • If the Palestinians choose the path of peace ... they will find me and my government a sincere and true partner, ... we will demand the Palestinians abandon the way of violence, terrorism and incitement. ... Ariel Sharon {view}
  • This is a government in panic. The matters are too serious to be decided in a meeting in the middle of the night. ... Ariel Sharon {view}
  • [The demographic fear already has concrete policy implications: Sharon's government is encouraging Jewish immigration from the United States, France and the former Soviet Union, while seeking to block the entrance of non-Jews to Israel. The cabinet recently approved a bill that will make it harder for Palestinians to gain Israeli citizenship through marriage. When the cabinet put a temporary halt to such] family reunifications ... We should not hide behind security arguments. There is a need for a Jewish state. ... Ariel Sharon {view}
  • The disengagement has set out its way, ... The government decided today that, by the end of 2005, Israel intends to leave the Gaza Strip and four isolated settlements in Samaria. ... Ariel Sharon {view}
  • The government could merely reduce or remit taxes. Only the NPC has the right to abolish agricultural tax. ... Wu Bangguo {view}
  • These are unique features of the coastal landscape. We've got to do something to govern access. People never thought about developing these islands in the past, but now, it's just a matter of time before people look at them. ... Carolyn Boltin {view}
  • A very populous city can rarely, if ever, be well governed ... Aristotle {view}
  • I have felt that this is a matter that ought to be undertaken with the federal government behind these kinds of prosecutions. It is a signal to the haters in America. ... Arlen Specter {view}
  • The latest change in rhetoric -- especially from the previously reluctant government officials -- increases speculation of a March policy shift. ... Ashraf Laidi {view}
  • This is purely because of pressure from the Australian government. ... Lutfi Hakim {view}
  • Pre-planting prices are a production tool to influence farmers' decisions. But the government has been dithering on this. So farmers have tended to shift to uncontrolled commodities such as horticulture. ... Luxon Zembe {view}
  • The federal government, which is the national voice of our country, is important in teaching civics, but what people back here won't understand is that you do that best through your own actions, not through legislating things, ... Matthew Spalding {view}
  • The government is encouraging quality companies to list domestically to increase the attractiveness of the market. ... Lu Jiehua {view}
  • The government is encouraging quality companies to list domestically to increase the attractiveness of the market. Regulators are working to resume share sales soon, and I expect the ban to be lifted in the second quarter. ... Lu Jiehua {view}
  • We were only authorized to adopt two children by the government. But the three of them were sisters. We didn't want to break them up and people didn't usually want to adopt three children at once. So we went down there crossing our fingers and hoping they would allow us to bring them all back. ... Luz Hoyt {view}
  • Sometimes the government makes mistakes, ... Melvin Watt {view}
  • The question is how do you bring government into these areas, how do you entice those growers into moving toward legitimate activities, how could you provide services and education for their children along with the prospect of losing their income if in fact law enforcement prevails, into a sustainable development that will keep these people out of the drug production area. ... Melvyn Levitsky {view}
  • The government has obviously taken the view that white-collar workers should be no less protected than cleaners and other blue-collar workers. ... Stephen Miller {view}
  • The government needs to allow domestic banks to learn how to invest overseas. ... Zuo Xiaolei {view}
  • The government will go on supporting Hong Kong's economic development by firmly implementing the policies of 'one country, two systems' and 'Hong Kong people governing Hong Kong,' ... Zeng Peiyan {view}
  • The special administrative region government should conduct well its administration and provide more services. Meanwhile, every citizen should support the government and help each other in a joint bid to usher in a more beautiful future for the society, ... Zeng Qinghong {view}
  • It also provides an important guarantee for improving the capability of civil servants in governing, administering and handling their work according to law, ... Zeng Qinghong {view}
  • The federal government stands ready to work with state and local officials to secure New Orleans and the state of Louisiana. The president will not let any form of bureaucracy get in the way of protecting the citizens of Louisiana. ... Dan Bartlett {view}
  • He's going to make sure that we work at every level of government across the country to ensure that we learned the lessons from this experience so we can do everything we can to help make sure it doesn't happen again. ... Dan Bartlett {view}
  • What the public wants is back-to-basics governance and decision-making. This is not a situation in which it changes overnight or that there's a 'Hail Mary' pass that changes the dynamic. . . . There's not a magic bullet. ... Dan Bartlett {view}
  • The chance of the government beating the two injunctions next week are much better and so the likelihood of privatization before the year-end is improving. ... Tomas Taterka {view}
  • It's very highly endangered, in the Coachella Valley especially. The next step, hopefully, is that the government will stop delaying and do the right thing for the lizard. ... Daniel Patterson {view}
  • The burden to show that this is necessary falls on the government. There was no transparency. This is disturbing. ... Daniel Patterson {view}
  • I would like to finish what we began at the head of a new government, ... Gerhard Schr {view}
  • The German government approves of such a merger and will approve the budget necessary to achieve it. ... Gerhard Schr√¢ÀÜ≈°√Ǭ¢√É‚Ç {view}
  • It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high office. ... William Weld {view}
  • Before my tenure, people didn't seem to think that citizens had a right to limit the size of their government. ... William Weld {view}
  • The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians. ... Geronimo {view}
  • The courts are truly the least dangerous of the three branches of our government. ... William Weld {view}
  • Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs. ... William Weld {view}
  • Managing from a distance, from Washington, is not a great role of government for a country this big and this disparate. ... William Weld {view}
  • There's an alliance in the environmental area, and an appropriate one, between the government and the little guy. ... William Weld {view}
  • In health care, education, and to some extent transportation-but less so, I think-government monopolies have proved to be a disaster. ... William Weld {view}
  • Internet governance requires a multi-stakeholder approach. This is why we have suffered such agonies in our discussions on Internet governance. ... Yoshio Utsumi {view}
  • Iran doesn't want peace and quiet here. If the Palestinians want a right-wing government, there will be more terrorism, because terrorism always helps the right. ... Yossi Alpher {view}
  • Transforming government requires a culture change. As the enterprise mindset is inculcated in state employees, hopefully it becomes a nonpartisan carryover from administration to administration. ... Dan McElroy {view}
  • We want to form the widest government possible. ... Yossi Beilin {view}
  • I'm sorry that some of these deadlines have been missed, especially by a government in Israel that has been very much against the peace process for three years between 1996 and 1999, ... Yossi Beilin {view}
  • It would be possible to lead the opposition toward support of the government if it goes this way. ... Yossi Beilin {view}
  • The Israeli government again needs to thank the High Court for existing, because again this time the court saved the government from itself, ... Yossi Beilin {view}
  • This government, that destroyed 1,500 homes and lives, but doesn't want to destroy 40 former synagogues we can only say, 'Can you possible destroy, and then look away? ... Yossi Sarid {view}
  • It is unfortunate that the government itself is not able to draft a reasonable route for the separation fence, and that it needs the High Court of Justice to direct it. The fence is good, the route is bad, and it is good that we have the High Court so we can correct the route. ... Yossi Sarid {view}
  • We don't want to be responsible for the collapse of the government, ... Yossi Sarid {view}
  • Good government is no substitute for self-government ... Mahatma Gandhi {view}
  • A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government. ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • A government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims. ... Ayn Rand {view}
  • It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. ... Voltaire {view}
  • Must a government be too strong for the liberties of its people or too weak to maintain its own existence? ... Abraham Lincoln {view}
  • The only justifiable purpose of political institutions is to ensure the unhindered development of the individual. ... Albert Einstein {view}
  • It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried. ... Winston Churchill {view}
  • Freedom is the recognition that no single person, no single authority or government has a monopoly on the truth, but that every individual life is infinitely precious, that every one of us put in this world has been put there for a reason and has something to offer. ... Ronald Reagan {view}
  • The people of Alabama just have a general distrust of government. They don't want to give (lawmakers) discretion. ... William Stewart {view}
  • It's hitting in the middle of a rather down period in Japan. Business doesn't believe in the government statements that they've been coming out of the recession. ... William Clark {view}
  • If states were closing achievement gaps on their own, the federal government would not have needed to intervene. ... William Taylor {view}
  • It is kind of unique, when the government argues the defendant is telling the truth. ... David Novak {view}
  • Government leaders have to address corruption so that aid is freed up for its intended purpose. ... David Nussbaum {view}
  • Governor Bush said that under our system of government the legislative branch passes the laws, the executive branch administers the law. Unfortunately, he left out one important branch of our government, the judicial branch, which has the responsibility of interpreting our laws and reconciling conflicts between statutes. ... William Daley {view}
  • Very often, government agencies create graphical information rather than just text to explain different services, whether it's how to apply for a permit or how to use the 911 system. But the more graphic it is, the more speed and capacity you need. Up until now, our citizens just haven't had that. So we see lots of possibilities for public education. ... David Olson {view}
  • Nor do I hesitate to accuse the government security forces of responsibility. ... William Walker {view}
  • While the monthly data is often erratic and the government statisticians warn that it takes four months to establish a change in trend, it is pretty clear from the top chart that the explosion in housing from 1997 through early 2000 is ending. ... David Orr {view}
  • We're just making our interest known to the federal government ... William Webster {view}
  • The urgency to form a broad-based government or a government of national unity in view of these challenges is absolutely essential. ... Ashraf Qazi {view}
  • We very, very carefully considered all of the arguments posed by the US government. There are no conclusions that are easily drawn. But we concluded that the situation in several areas violates international law and conventions on human rights and torture. ... Manfred Nowak {view}
  • Haiti is an African country outside of Africa. The AU wants to help create conditions in which a new government can be democratically elected in Haiti. ... Alpha Oumar Konare {view}
  • We understand there are times when government must regulate land use. But government should exercise that power prudently. ... Steve Appel {view}
  • Our initiative would require government to understand the impact that its laws and regulations have on landowners, both financial and personal. Who can argue with that? ... Steve Appel {view}
  • You're in a situation where you're stuck, because no government wants to go out there and say, 'we're in dire fiscal straits, we've got to increase taxes', ... David Watt {view}
  • What I can tell you is that we're still working as usual. I don't what to challenge the government department. ... Hao Fang {view}
  • This is a government which will create an investor and enterprise friendly environment, ... Manmohan Singh {view}
  • The government has got to come up with a way in funding itself. ... Bill O'Grady {view}
  • It was one of the most disgraceful moments for our system and our government that I can recall. It was an hour of shame ... of betrayal of a child. ... Kendall Coffey {view}
  • From the signing of the merger agreement . . . we have known that the government would be called upon to make a decision that takes account of the historical market shares in certain segments of long-distance business on the one hand and the dramatic changes affecting the telecommunications industry on the other. ... James Fischer {view}
  • a lone male who doesn't have any direct connection to any foreign government. ... James Fitzgerald {view}
  • He said, he wanted to cooperate with the US government only under the circumstances that he would testify against himself at his trial. ... James Fitzgerald {view}
  • The Cuban government has not agreed to accept the return of such individuals, ... James Foley {view}
  • Our overall goal is to see the federal government step up to the plate. ... James Frederick {view}
  • The fact that the Chinese government is placing these orders shows how close they are. ... Richard Aboulafia {view}
  • We shall have world government whether or not you like it - by conquest or consent. ... James Warburg {view}
  • It's my intent to grant some relief to the government. ... James Ware {view}
  • They have practiced too little and have no experience at big events, so they need help from the government and sponsors. They must go out to play higher tournaments in the UK or somewhere. ... James Wattana {view}
  • After doing the basics, government should get out of the way and let the city develop in a natural and organic way, ... James Glassman {view}
  • The reality is when you have a disaster of that proportion, you need the federal government, ... Antonio Villaraigosa {view}
  • The response of the federal government is bewildering and deplorable. We know how to deliver quality affordable housing in the United States -- we just need the will and leadership to do it. ... Bruce Katz {view}
  • [It is yet to be determined, for instance, just how much of a role the federal government will play in picking up the tab.] It depends on a threshold question: What are you going to rebuild? What is the federal responsibility for rebuilding a city, a metropolitan area or a region? This is where it gets really confused, ... Federalism is a messy business. ... Bruce Katz {view}
  • Measures taken by the Federal Government in conjunction with the IEA should have a downward pressure on crude prices. Current supply and demand fundamentals are only somewhat bullish for gasoline and outright bearish for crude oil and distillates. ... Antonio Szabo {view}
  • The coalition is divided over everything and must admit it is not longer fit to govern. ... Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio {view}
  • The World Wide Web has really changed the way we research information. We're transforming the way the (U.S. Government Printing Office) operates. ... Bruce James {view}
  • There are only two states in the nation that allow for a government to take private property and turn it over to a private company. That is not 'Public Use.' The procedure has been abused for a long while; and many other states have attempted to do the same things - but, Missouri actually allows it. Missouri is one of the worst places for it. ... Bruce Hillis {view}
  • We are going to go to international organizations and that is what I told the Colombian government. There is nothing left but to go to the necessary international bodies. We have no other alternative. ... Antonio Parra {view}
  • It's clear the jury didn't buy into the soiled government witnesses. The entire foundation of the government's case was straw. ... Bruce Herman {view}
  • We're looking for a moratorium on state and local taxes to allow time so the government and the private sector can make recommendations regarding a future Internet tax policy. ... Bruce Hahn {view}
  • The government should have quarantined the affected farms to prevent further spread. But as I speak this has not been done. There is still movement of humans and birds in and out of these farms. ... Awalu Haruna {view}
  • The inclusion of an extreme right-wing party ... in the government of a European country such as Austria should outrage every citizen of the free world, ... The Jewish nation overall, and the state of Israel at its head, will not allow the world to go on its way in the face of the developments in Austria. ... Ehud Barak {view}
  • In the current climate the government would be very reluctant to step in and protect one company in a much larger industry. They would have to wonder whether they are just helping the inefficient; that's not a good long term strategy. ... Stewart Schwab {view}
  • The notion is we can't work together, [so] our own separate government will serve us, ... It's a very divisive message. ... David Friedman {view}
  • We've already had a decent amount of experience with a Canadian minority government. While the deck chairs may have been pushed around a lot, do the fundamentals really seriously change? ... Stewart Hall {view}
  • This thing was designed by people who believe that government can't do anything right, and they're proving it by making it impossible to administer. ... Stewart Grabel {view}
  • Thanks in large part to you and your active, fruitful efforts, Russia achieved fundamental successes in building a democratic government based on the rule of law and a civilized civil society, as well as in reviving traditional spiritual values. ... Vladimir Putin {view}
  • We remain of the view that the PO inquiry is policyholders' best hope for government compensation, and whatever the outcome, the inquiry should bring independence and some finality to the question of regulatory maladministration. ... Charles Thomson {view}
  • If he has committed fraud, ... that would cast doubt on the things he was saying to the government. ... Henry Klingeman {view}
  • In accordance with article 117 of the Russian constitution, I have decided today that the government is to resign, ... Vladimir Putin {view}
  • The rural folk have already learned how to cope. But the urban people are so dependent on the government for distribution. ... Tim Peters {view}
  • We must instill moral conviction that the people are the government. We have a moral obligation to vote. ... Duke Burge {view}
  • All across the nation, government and the medical health care community are looking at this case. From the open records perspective, the view is, and has been, that the Texas open records law requires disclosure in many cases. ... Tom Kelley {view}
  • Cabinet started with the Prime Minister expressing on behalf of the government his deep appreciation and admiration for the outstanding courage and professionalism for all those involved in the operation, military and civilian. ... Tom Kelly {view}
  • We now have, in effect, reality television. You're in a goldfish bowl, everything you do is being watched. In government these days you come to be much more disciplined in giving what I call a 'running commentary'. ... Tom Kelly {view}
  • That's the side that everybody loves to take, that big government is going after the little guy, ... But that's not the case. This isn't us singling out one person and one entity. ... Tom Kelly {view}
  • The Constitution is very similar to a human skeleton. It is the framework upon which government operates, ... Ever since it was adopted, we have been putting on muscles, skin and limbs. As educators, it's our duty to instill the basic knowledge of American government in our students. ... E. Hicks {view}
  • And in the next federal transportation bill, which is only three years away, to look at the federal government to provide some additional funding. ... Ed Paesel {view}
  • It's more practical to wait and see what the government decides. ... Ed Page {view}
  • The government is not going to default on contracts they have with the public. The bottom line and the word we have to get out is that it doesn't matter the size of this, we will be able to pay the claims. ... Ed Pasterick {view}
  • This is like a dream - the American forces free Iraqi prisoners tortured by the government? ... This is brand new. ... Mohammed Jassim {view}
  • How much time do these Iraqi politicians need to form a government? It's been more than four months since the election. The politicians made us hear all sorts of promises, which are now gone with the wind. ... Mohammed Jassim {view}
  • Without help from our government we'd be out of business. ... Mike Miller {view}
  • Our three branches of government have become like an unstable chair, a three-legged chair. The founders could not have envisioned how much money and special interests would corrupt the political process. Giving us Americans legislative power will put forth the fourth leg of our stool and make it stable. ... Mike Gravel {view}
  • The role the U.S. government is currently playing in port security does not change with the purchase by Dubai Ports World. ... Stephen Flynn {view}
  • It's an emerging issue. There's some feeling this is additional tax revenue that local governments should be getting. It's premature to bring federal lawsuits to solve this issue. ... Mike Gowrylow {view}
  • The others haven't come to work today. It's a government holiday. ... Mohammed Shafi {view}
  • The government is not going to use force. We are trying to negotiate with them. ... Mohammed Yusuf {view}
  • The informal opposition towards President Slobodan Milosevic's government I think is very strong. In terms of organized opposition, we will see. This is the major test that we, the opposition leaders, will have to pass. It is up to us to persuade these people that we can make a difference. ... Milan Protic {view}
  • The roads built by the government break down after the first monsoon. ... Mohandas Pai {view}
  • We've been preaching this for decades, and you know, the government can only do so much. I don't know how we motivate people. ... Max Mayfield {view}
  • Our memories are very, very short. The government absolutely can't do this alone. If we're going to get people to take that individual responsibility, there's got to be a team effort. ... Max Mayfield {view}
  • I do not view the government as a hindrance at all, multinationals have a pretty good voice at various levels of the government, ... Steve Schneider {view}
  • We want a unity government together, we want to go together to gain peace, ... Limor Livnat {view}
  • Some of these people are still in responsible positions in the government. Perhaps they shouldn't be. ... Stephen Push {view}
  • It's about money, permanent and significant damages. It's also about accountability on the part of the government and the media. ... Lin Wood {view}
  • This is the way the government apologizes. I view this letter as the government's apology to Richard Jewell. ... Lin Wood {view}
  • Through the Service to America Medals, we give the best within government their due respect, and honor them for making a very real difference in the lives of people across our country and around the world. There is nothing more critical to government's success than attracting the best and brightest to serve. ... Max Stier {view}
  • We have to defend the rights that were won by our ancestors and which the current government is trying to take away. ... Maxime Ourly {view}
  • A majority government could provide a lot of extra momentum for a currency that's already in favor. We could see a gain of 5 percent fairly quickly. ... Maxime Tessier {view}
  • Our mass movement will shatter this communal, fascist and autocratic center (federal government), ... Laloo Prasad Yadav {view}
  • At a time really before our Supreme Court and government made it clear that we would integrate the races in America, Sam Phillips was down in Memphis mixing it up right and left, ... Lamar Alexander {view}
  • It's driven by the government doing a regulatory taking on a piece of property. ... Lamar Whitmer {view}
  • I could go to the International Court of Justice, but, that would be going against my government. I will wait for the Pakistan Supreme Court judgement before deciding on my future course of action. ... Sonia Raj Sood {view}
  • The response of the British government has been very correct. I am satisfied with it. ... Sonia Raj Sood {view}
  • In China, we're lucky if the government doesn't tell us to go to hell. The Norwegian government, though, they gave us thousands of dollars to tour! ... Sonic Youth {view}
  • my government will create incentives for them to go to school and learn skill to become productive citizens. This is achievable and I am committed to it. ... George Weah {view}
  • My government will be open. Anyone found guilty of corruption will be dealt with in accordance with the law. If you are corrupt you will have to hang your boots. ... George Weah {view}
  • I support her government. All that matters now is to move the country ahead. ... George Weah {view}
  • The next government can of course wiggle out of an agreement, ... but it will find it extremely difficult to do it. ... Shlomo Avineri {view}
  • That is the crux of the matter. The government could conceivably ask for individual names of people who searched for a specific term or phrase. ... Andrew Krcik {view}
  • The government seems to have no control of the army and so even after an assurance from New Delhi about confidence building measures, the soldiers were at ease targeting innocent civilians in the name of insurgency. ... Dilip Patgiri {view}
  • It is time the public sector unions stopped holding the government and the taxpayer to ransom, and got real on pensions. ... Digby Jones {view}
  • I can bring back fiscally responsible government the town has enjoyed. By keeping taxes low is the single most important step to keep the town rural. ... Christopher Morra {view}
  • I have been more constructively critical of this Government than my predecessors. ... Digby Jones {view}
  • During this campaign the chancellor and the prime minister will stand up and say it [the government] hasn't increased taxes, and that's just not true for business. ... Digby Jones {view}
  • Government has to embrace the concept of incentives in driving the market for the cleanest vehicles. Beating car buyers and commercial vehicle customers with tax penalties, while ignoring incentives, is absolutely counter-productive. ... Christopher Macgowan {view}
  • I've been a government contractor for years, so I'm used to bureaucracy, but this is just ridiculous, ... I am finding this the most labyrinthine experience I've ever had with government. ... Barbara Potter {view}
  • We must warn those who intend to overthrow the government not to test the mettle of the authorities, who will move forcefully in the case of a clear and present danger to the republic. ... Ignacio Bunye {view}
  • We are impressed with him, and we feel that he'll work very well with the local government. ... Don Stapley {view}
  • We look forward to strengthening our relations and working with the new government. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • And we've also been in contact with the government of Mexico, and asked for a thorough investigation and response from Mexico. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • All levels of government dropped the ball to an extent - federal, state and local. The president accepts responsibility for the federal response efforts. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • There's a Palestinian constitutional process that is now under way in terms of the formation of a new government. We'll see how that process unfolds and see how that government forms. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • We will hold Syria responsible for such violent demonstrations since they do not take place in that country without government knowledge and support. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • There's no plot. We have the same conversations with the government of Israel that we have with Arab governments and European governments and others. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • The government of Syria's failure to provide protection to diplomatic premises, in the face of warnings that violence was planned, is inexcusable. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • But there are other areas where all levels of government fell short - the federal, the state and the local. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • It highlights our concern about the conduct of the government in Belarus leading up to the election, harassment of civil society and the political opposition, and the failure to seriously investigate the cases of the disappeared. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • There are still too many reports of sectarian-like attacks. I think the Iraqi government understands the importance of not allowing people to really take justice into their own hands or allow armed militias to operate outside of their control. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • The pioneer and harbinger of irreconcilable enmity (with Iran) was the American government and its Zionist appendix in the Middle East. ... Ayatollah Ali Khamenei {view}
  • We just thought it was prudent to pause a bit, see what the market will do and then the government can come in behind and fill in the gaps if there are any. ... Susie Wiles {view}
  • Ongoing protests are affecting investor sentiment negatively. Investors are now concerned whether the crisis will affect government economic policy. ... Sukbir Khanijoh {view}
  • We understand the inconvenience being caused to people because of the strike but there was no other option. The government has been ignoring our demand for so long. ... Umesh Nayak {view}
  • We will be contacting local government and the Red Cross. I really don't know how soon. ... Susie Stonner {view}
  • Katrina makes it clear this government has failed, ... We must find out why immediately to make sure the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina never happens again. ... Harry Reid {view}
  • There is a reason for the rebels to make a move and for the government to try to prevent that. ... Suliman Baldo {view}
  • The Chinese government is more skeptical about American media companies, but I have been going to China for eight years and I don't think it will affect Viacom. In China, it is always two steps forward and one step back. ... Sumner Redstone {view}
  • These disasters continue to happen because this is a decaying state. The corrupt government officials control all sectors and are responsible for all disasters we face. But the government would not hold itself accountable. ... Hesham Kassem {view}
  • We will do all that we can, working with the Pakistani government, to see that those responsible for the attack face justice for what they have done. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • We do understand that he will be released, that the Afghan government has found that there were substantial evidentiary problems with the case and that the case ... has been referred back to the Ministry of Justice and that he will be released. We're pleased by that. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • We call on all governments in the region currently detaining Uzbek asylum seekers to refrain from forcibly returning them to Uzbekistan, and to recognize the right of such individuals to seek protection from persecution. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • What we would do, first of all, is encourage the North Korean government to return to the six-party talks to engage in serious discussions. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • This is clearly an Afghan decision to take. They are a sovereign government. It's a sovereign country. But as I pointed out, we believe that it is important that as the issue is resolved, that those fundamental principles of freedom of religion, freedom of expression are affirmed in the resolution of this case. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • It is our responsibility on the part of the United States government to issue these types of warnings based on the facts. There's no political overtones to this warning in any manner. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • It is incumbent upon the Nigerian government now to see that he is conveyed to the international court. Obviously, we have talked to President (Olusegun) Obasanjo about this. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • The Security Council is in the process of finding the right language to convey to the Iranian government that they must come into compliance with their Non-proliferation Treaty obligations. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • The arrests and harassment of pro-democracy activists violate their fundamental civil rights. The United States calls on the Government of Nepal to release these and other detained activists who have been held for voicing their opposition to autocratic rule in Nepal. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • This is not just some random act where a group of people got together. This was organized. The government was aware of it. So, certainly, there was some government involvement in this. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • We must annex those people. We can afflict them with our wise and beneficent government. We can introduce the novelty of thieves, all the way up from street-car pickpockets to municipal robbers and Government defaulters, and show them how amusing it is to arrest them and try them and then turn them loose -- some for cash and some for ''political influence.'' We can make them ashamed of their simple and primitive justice. We can make that little bunch of sleepy islands the hottest corner on earth, and array it in the moral splendor of our high and holy civilization. Annexation is what the poor islanders need. ''Shall we to men benighted, the lamp of life deny?'' ... Mark Twain {view}
  • Governments should not possess instruments of coercion and violence denied to their citizens. ... Edgar A. Suter {view}
  • Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking. ... Clement Attlee {view}
  • A group of Cuban Americans denounced the Castro government as a fascist regime that monitors and scrutinized its citizens' everyday existence. And then they excused themselves to go watch "Big Brother". ... Bill Maher {view}
  • The natural tendency of every government is to grow steadily worse - that is, to grow more satisfactory to those who constitute it and less satisfactory to those who support it ... Henry Louis Mencken {view}
  • The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense." ... Bill Clinton {view}
  • Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government. ... James Madison {view}
  • Governments don't control things. A government can't control the economy without controlling people. ... Ronald Reagan {view}
  • Whenever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship. ... Harry S Truman {view}
  • One other problem we faced in India is that the regional governments are very strong politically. So even if your company has national license to operate anywhere in the country, you'll still need to get approved for a regional license on top of the national license. ... Albrecht Von Truchsess {view}
  • [The agency has already begun awarding hundreds of millions of dollars in no-bid Katrina contracts under loosened government rules designed to get relief and rebuilding efforts underway quickly. As the money begins to flow, some fear the agency could become overwhelmed.] They've never spent anything even remotely on this scale. So the real question is going to be what kind of controls are in place, ... There are going to be fraudsters coming out of the woodwork. ... Bill Jenkins {view}
  • Let us take the government walls down that are creating this digital divide, ... Billy Tauzin {view}
  • We are adding requirements the FDA and the government would have trouble with because of First Amendment rights. ... Billy Tauzin {view}
  • The only thing that has changed is new government regulations. ... Billy Powell {view}
  • We are very pleased to support these important programs for our government. The lines of business initiatives are an important step in advancing the President's Management Agenda. ... Angela Drummond {view}
  • A lot has to do with the trust level between the public and government. We are very lucky in the United States in that the public does believe what the government says. ... Alex Thiermann {view}
  • Sharp declines in the government?s external debt indicators and structural improvements that, over time, should help Pakistan?s export capacity motivated the change in outlook for the foreign currency rating. ... Agost Benard {view}
  • We want to stress the importance of pension and child-care issues ... The Koizumi government cannot achieve these reforms. We need a change in government, ... Katsuya Okada {view}
  • This country will not change without a change of government, ... I don't believe that the people are nave enough to accept the prime minister's assertion that foreign affairs and other issues will be resolved if the postal services are privatized. ... Katsuya Okada {view}
  • True reform can only happen with a change in government. ... Katsuya Okada {view}
  • Please change the government and give us a chance. ... Katsuya Okada {view}
  • Unless we change the government now, it may be too late. ... Katsuya Okada {view}
  • The only thing that can change Japan is a change in government. ... Katsuya Okada {view}
  • [The general investor fervor, some hope, will lift the discussion of black Internet businesses beyond the gloomy government data.] Whenever you talk about black people on the Net, the digital divide is the story, ... It's going to change. As the next wave of sites go live, it will shift from the digital divide to the digital opportunity. ... Omar Wasow {view}
  • We've been steadily making efforts for this day. Now we have finally came to this opportunity to change the government. ... Katsuya Okada {view}
  • If the government is going to continue to carry out populist policies [such as tax relief], that is a bad signal for the market. ... Ozgur Altug {view}
  • The reform of Japan starts today. There is no tomorrow for the Koizumi LDP government, which spends all its time in internal power struggles. ... Katsuya Okada {view}
  • We did well considering the winds were against us. It's still possible to run a stable government. ... Shinzo Abe {view}
  • The government and the BOJ will work as one to defeat deflation, and we hope the BOJ will keep taking effective monetary policy and earn the markets' trust. ... Shinzo Abe {view}
  • Integrated television is the way to go and unless the government gets its head around that, a quick conversion is not going to happen. ... Martin Cook {view}
  • Any government mandates, and certainly for any one of those options (suggested by Martin), in our view is very clearly under Supreme Court precedent a violation of the First Amendment. ... Kyle McSlarrow {view}
  • The Iranian government intends to use the nuclear program for peaceful purposes, but must convince international public opinion of that. ... Shirin Ebadi {view}
  • The government is taking SOA seriously. We have been for two years. There seems to be a serious convergence of ideas and commercial momentum. ... George Thomas {view}
  • It is critical for all providers of video services to be treated on a level playing field. The government should not pick winners and losers in the broadband industry by establishing a different set of rules that favor one provider over another. ... Kyle McSlarrow {view}
  • Whether any state or local government is ready to respond to that, an event that comes without the warning we had with Katrina, I think that's the kind of thing that can keep you up at night. ... Kyle Olson {view}
  • You have these people who don't like the government they're supposed to be running, ... Mario Cuomo {view}
  • It feels hopeful, and it feels different. Credit is due the government scientists who are finally saying the right thing and the politicians who are allowing them to say it. ... Kristen Boyles {view}
  • The government has a really difficult time getting people who are both in the radical Islamic community and reliable. Usually people like this don't come to the government voluntarily, and usually they don't come totally clean. It takes a thief to know a thief. ... Kendall Coffey {view}
  • This is going to add fuel to the fire in terms of states' frustration with the federal government. ... Sharon Treat {view}
  • Our government is ... committed to unconditional dialogue with anyone and everyone in the state who abjures violence, ... Manmohan Singh {view}
  • There is a chance for a breakthrough and I certainly am urging the Macedonian Government to seize that opportunity, ... George Robertson {view}
  • If nothing is done, more people would turn to illegal bookmakers and the racing betting tax received by the government might fall to around 6 billion dollars, from 12.3 billion dollars as recently as 1997. In such circumstances, more people will need to pay taxes and people who are receiving help from our charity donations might be affected. ... Kim Mak {view}
  • We are delighted to partner with the UAE government in this initiative. We believe by screening out those persons with fraudulent documentation we will increase the quality of the workforce in the UAE and will enable employers to have the confidence of knowing that they are hiring the genuine article. ... Scott Graham {view}
  • The federal government has torn apart my personal life with the intrusive and overbearing investigation. ... George Ryan {view}
  • The ever-demanding needs of central government and the NHS are leading to a new tax collection approach being adopted. Chancellor Brown is, and always has been, under political pressure to increase the tax take without increasing headline rates of tax. ... Scott Hallesy {view}
  • In a world where private-sector benefit cutbacks and cost reductions occur on a daily basis, state government in Harrisburg has not responded in similar fashion. In fact, instead of reducing the potential for financial disaster, actions in recent years have served to accelerate the coming crisis in Pennsylvania. ... Rick Dreyfuss {view}
  • I'm not sure that I've seen a program about how (Lula's) going to support producers -- the outgoing government tried to support them with puts. It helped prices go up to get them closer to the puts. ... Jack Scoville {view}
  • The U.K. government will take action against those who use the U.K. as a base from which to foment violent disorder or terrorism in other countries. ... Jack Straw {view}
  • This government resolution infringes upon our rights. People bought cars, paid high customs duties, are paying taxes, and in an hour they have become outlawed. ... Vyacheslav Lysakov {view}
  • It would be disastrous for business confidence if the government reconsidered this legislation again. ... Jakob Edberg {view}
  • It is possible to imagine new regulatory restrictions and government involvement in stock swaps, even if it is part of a friendly domestic takeover and even though they are used everywhere else in the world. ... Jakob Edberg {view}
  • The government cannot devise and enforce it's own ratings systems. For a variety of First Amendment reasons it just can't be done, ... Indeed, the FTC report clearly states there are serious First Amendment problems. ... Jack Valenti {view}
  • The same percentage also report they do not want government to step in and fix this problem. From these facts about the public's revealed opinion, we present a common sense plan that will convey to American parents that they have, right now, all the weaponry they need to control all the TV programming that enters their home. ... Jack Valenti {view}
  • If we don't find new cases by the end of this month, the government will declare all zones poultry-disease free. ... Jakrapob Penkair {view}
  • The first thing we are thinking of doing after forming a national unity government is to build stability and security and to terminate terrorism. ... Jalal Talabani {view}
  • It's a fundamentally undemocratic way to run the government. ... Eric Olson {view}
  • I was told in a hushed tone that the government doesn't want me to see this place because old people are dying. ... Tony Hall {view}
  • We often times go into situations where the government is difficult. This is one of them. I have not seen anything like this. ... Tony Hall {view}
  • I believe I can speak for the U.S. government when it comes to Mugabe. They feel he has abused his country, he has abused his people. ... Tony Hall {view}
  • Japan has not made clear what amount it can provide since there has not been any guarantee from the government. ... Ernovian G. Ismy {view}
  • The government should also be constantly reviewing and reforming the tax system to improve Australia's ability to compete. ... Trevor Hughes {view}
  • Business services have experienced strong global growth in recent years. The [BPO] industry is a priority for government given its considerable job creation potential. ... Trevor Manuel {view}
  • The government must set us on the path to a clean, safe and sustainable future and turn its back for once and for all on the failed, and dangerous and expensive experiment of nuclear power. ... Tony Juniper {view}
  • He would be a justice who's going to allow much more religious presence in government and much more government involvement in religion. ... Erwin Chemerinsky {view}
  • It is solely for the reason that this government has legalized the murder of children that I have no allegiance to nor do I recognize the legitimacy of this particular government in Washington. ... Eric Rudolph {view}
  • The blame game is a derogatory term for accountability and we've had failures on the part of government and our leaders at the local level, at the state level and at the presidential level. ... Eleanor Clift {view}
  • There's blame to go around but in the end, the federal government is our last defense and it's the failure of the federal government that has people in this country worried. ... Eleanor Clift {view}
  • It's obvious that the local and state authorities were overwhelmed... and that the federal government needed to step in and my goodness, if we're going to ever deal with a terrorist attack which we've apparently been readying ourselves for, for the last four years and we can't even get hurricane relief right, it doesn't add confidence... ... Eleanor Clift {view}
  • Briarcliff citizens need to pay more attention to the caucus. It's specially attuned to the needs of small-town government and it has worked well with some minor interruptions for more than a century. ... Tom Vincent {view}
  • I think it's a humanitarian gesture on the part of the Canadian government and we now hope our government will continue the process of prisoner releases. Right now, 110 people have been released, which means that the number of political prisoners in Cuba is diminishing. ... Elizardo Sanchez {view}
  • We want change with or without the embargo. In general, the Cuban government treats (dissidents) like people who do not exist. ... Elizardo Sanchez {view}
  • They committed no crime in holding this meeting ... the Cuban government is violating civil rights here. ... Elizardo Sanchez {view}
  • Any legislation that makes it through is going to be watered down. The federal government is also going to rein in any state that tries to do too much in this area, especially if they're reaching beyond their borders. ... Todd Davis {view}
  • The unintended consequence to disaster is more vulnerability, created by a culture of expectation that government will always be there to make us whole. ... Jim Geringer {view}
  • Motorola is one of the leading government networking providers, and given that some of their competitors like Cisco and Nortel have already combined government and enterprise operations, this is a smart step to align things tighter internally to deal with that and market new products to existing customers. ... Ellen Daley {view}
  • the Iraqi government is committed to protecting the judges, the witnesses, lawyers, and all those who are involved in the trial of Saddam Hussein, and will not be deterred from pursuing the trial. ... Laith Kubba {view}
  • But the government strongly wants this trial to continue in Iraq, ... Laith Kubba {view}
  • The Iraqi government is taking care of these families directly by supplying them with their needs. All the roads are open and the city is safe now as the Iraqi Red Crescent is working there. ... Laith Kubba {view}
  • The government is in a decisive war and we will continue regardless to how long it's going to take. We think that they will increase their criminal acts more than what they are doing now and we will never change our policy against them or against those who give them the shelter. ... Laith Kubba {view}
  • Nowadays, we all want clean sport, ... And fortunately, an organization called WADA has come along and has really governed the world of anti-doping. They have set about a protocol and a code that everybody has to live by. And [the lab] violated the code several times. ... Lance Armstrong {view}
  • He also calls on the Government of Lebanon to extend its authority over all of its territory in accordance with Security Council resolutions. ... Stephane Dujarric {view}
  • She's restoring the public trust in government leadership. ... Laura Bush {view}
  • This is the week for people to hear what teachers need -- what they need, what they want from their government, what they need and want from their communities (and) parents. From everybody that should work and support teachers. ... Laura Bush {view}
  • All levels of the government are doing the best they can, ... So long as any life is in danger, we've got work to do. Where it's not going right, we're going to make it right. ... Laura Bush {view}
  • But did the Founding Fathers ever intend for the federal government to involve itself in education, health care or retirement benefits? The answer, quite clearly, is no. The Constitution, in Article I, Section 8 - which contains the "general welfare clause" - seeks to restrain federal government, not expand it. ... Larry Elder {view}
  • Last year, American government provided 35 percent of worldwide relief aid. In private contributions, American individuals, estates, foundations and corporations gave over $240 billion to charitable causes in 2003, according to Giving USA Foundation. Privately, Americans give at least $34 billion overseas. ... Larry Elder {view}
  • If the economy is strained, then Social Security, like the rest of the government, will be, too. ... Mark Dayton {view}
  • We never intended to have the government play the market in US Airways stock, ... Mark Dayton {view}
  • It is a really interesting period in American art history. The government provided financial support for artists and they began to produce wonderful art that showed this unique period of time. The paintings are very rich and very beautiful. ... Catherine Gleason {view}
  • Voinovich is a good-government guy. He is an ally with us on a number of issues. ... Mary Boyle {view}
  • This is a group that supports very basic government services like education and health care, and they see him as someone who was talking about cutting them back. ... Mark DiCamillo {view}
  • Local government doesn't exist to drive that kind of policy. This is something that needs to be dealt with on a federal level. ... Mark Distaso {view}
  • At the most essential levels of government, we need official statistics for a detailed assessment of progress of the situation of women and girls across geographic regions and socioeconomic groups. ... Mary Chamie {view}
  • You have a direct role in that. Governing is not just the government making policy. ... Mary Cheh {view}
  • I have never encountered the pressure and interference from the newspaper's owners and the government as we are now facing in my entire 22 years as a journalist at the Bangkok Post . ... Sermsuk Kasitipradit {view}
  • The government did not challenge the manner in which we disposed of hazardous-waste material once it arrived in the return center, but rather the transport of the material to the return center. ... Sarah Clark {view}
  • The government does not challenge the manner in which we disposed of hazardous waste material ... but rather the transportation of it from stores. ... Sarah Clark {view}
  • They are finding weak countries that have dictatorial governments, with rich material resources and no infrastructure. They go in. They prop up the dictatorial governments. And they get a big cut of the timber and energy. ... Sarah Davis {view}
  • We have people who, right now, are meeting with people in the government and union officials to try to get a better understanding of how long this thing might last. ... Kevin Lowery {view}
  • This is not just a debate about the federal government resourcing, it's a question of what Canada has to do to be competitive in the future, ... Gary Doer {view}
  • There is no threat of bird flu in Delhi and people should not get panicky. The government is taking all necessary steps and the citizens must show patience at this point of time. ... NK Yadav {view}
  • Airlines ought to compete with each other and not have the government say one airline is treated differently than another, ... That is the problem I have with this bill. It looks like it would help Northwest but doesn't help a carrier like Continental. ... Gene Green {view}
  • If I waited for government to help I'd still be living in a hotel in Oklahoma. ... Ken Bernstein {view}
  • The prices are soaring. With the end of final government oversight of cable rates, the prices will continue to soar, because most consumers do not have a choice. There's only one cable company in their community. ... Gene Kimmelman {view}
  • Contrary to what you hear in Maine, Colorado government and Colorado people have not suffered under TABOR. They have thrived under TABOR. ... John Andrews {view}
  • I give the students all the flexibility they need. For example, we have had several student government presidents on our teams in the past. ... John Papa {view}
  • But what they did not know - and what the Canadian government did not boast about - was that Canada had fallen to 35th place in the world in the number of troops it had committed to peacekeeping missions. ... Paul Cellucci {view}
  • Jails are a critical issue in county government. ... Paul Patton {view}
  • A number of members of our local government, administration and local clergy will all go in and be guest readers. ... John Armato {view}
  • [Defense and government networks are hardening their security, but for regular users, the best strategy against high-tech crime can be simple.] Our best defenses against these kind of attacks are often of a low tech variety -- that is, keep paper records of your transactions, ... Even though much of what we have exists only as a series of ones and zeroes somewhere in the information sphere, we do get paper copies and we should hang on to those. The movie 'The Net,' I think, makes a very intriguing point, about this very computer literate protagonist who has few human connections, and this is precisely the reason she's vulnerable to the kind of attack she suffers. It seems to me that if we keep that in mind we'll be well served. ... John Arquilla {view}
  • Clues are often very fleeting in nature. The question has become, 'How much can and should the government be doing, and what is the legality?' I'd be comfortable relinquishing some privacy for security. The question is, where is the equilibrium point? ... John Arquilla {view}
  • convey a positive image of disaster operations to government officials, community organizations and the general public. ... Paul Clark {view}
  • There has been a climate in the past couple of years of [the Government] talking universities down a bit and trying to talk up the VET [vocational education and training] sector. ... Paul Clark {view}
  • This is our last weapon. It has been 21 years. The government hasn't done anything. ... Champa Devi Shukla {view}
  • I think when you are interior minister and number two in the government, you should master your own language, ... Francois Hollande {view}
  • From now on, the response cannot be found in a government reshuffle, whatever its scope, but in a major change in the direction of the government. ... Francois Hollande {view}
  • After what happened yesterday -- notably at the Sorbonne -- with these images of brutality, I ask the government to end its obstinacy and stubbornness and open talks toward withdrawing this law. ... Francois Hollande {view}
  • It makes sense to go through the government and have things set up, ... Frank Russo {view}
  • for humanitarian reasons and not for the American government. ... Saddam Hussein {view}
  • Our enemy is not the American people. Our enemy is the American government which is destroying Iraq. ... Saddam Hussein {view}
  • I don't recognize this court nor the party which appointed it (Americans and new Iraqi government). ... Saddam Hussein {view}
  • the government will pay for the prize to the citizen. ... Saddam Hussein {view}
  • The government is unable to control the situation, ... Saddam Hussein {view}
  • What is very strange is that the Iraqi government has not investigated the increasing violence against the Sunni Arabs, ... We believe that elements from the government's security forces are involved in this, cooperating with the killers. ... Saddam Hussein {view}
  • The Secret Service has worked in conjunction with not only government agencies but with industry partners in coming up with preventive measures for this type of equipment to make it more difficult to use illegally to produce counterfeit currency. ... Eric Zahren {view}
  • Government can be so dry to teach. Once we got into it, the kids really enjoyed this. ... Toni Miller {view}
  • The private sector is motivated by profit and efficiency and the US government often is not. ... Eric Anderson {view}
  • As long as the person is trained, does it really matter whether the government pays the bill or whether they pay the bill themselves? Not really, ... Eric Anderson {view}
  • For the public sector, funding will come from the government, while for the commercial sector, funding will come from investors. ... Transportation Minister Hatta Radjasa {view}
  • The day-long strike caused financial losses to the government, most industries exporting their products and those importing a part of their raw materials, and it could affect the country's international credibility. ... Transportation Minister Hatta Radjasa {view}
  • Seaports, airports and turnpikes will remain under the management of the central government. The Jakarta administration and legislators should respect the prevailing laws. ... Transportation Minister Hatta Radjasa {view}
  • This is a government which takes national security seriously and that's not just national security against terrorism, it is national security against all forms of threat, including biological threat, ... Tony Abbott {view}
  • There's no way. You're going to have to create an entire new bureaucratic arm of state government to do that. ... Trav Robertson {view}
  • They (IMF) will be very concerned with the upsurge of inflation. The other problem will be that the government still maintains 18 products under price controls. ... Eric Bloch {view}
  • The federal government has a responsibility to make sure that these companies continue to innovate instead of just profiting from the status quo. ... Chuck Schumer {view}
  • Every head of government has national interests they want to battle for and there must be trade-offs for an agreement to be reached, ... Chris Patten {view}
  • I believe that it is my right and responsibility as an American to question our government when our government is wrong. I'm not one of the immature patriots who say my country right or wrong because my country is wrong now, and my country-the policies of my country are responsible for killing tens of thousands of innocent people, and I won't stand by and let that happen anymore. ... Cindy Sheehan {view}
  • We are here ... to show our government, to show our media, to show America that we mean business, and we're not going home until every last one of our troops is home. ... Cindy Sheehan {view}
  • Our position is that we take our lead from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, the Pakistani government and the Pakistan Cricket Board, ... At the moment unless we hear something or unless we are advised otherwise, the tour goes ahead as scheduled. ... Colin Gibson {view}
  • There is a disenchantment with the institutions of elected government. In too many countries, people are losing faith in their political systems and leaders, ... Colin Powell {view}
  • It is up to the Israeli government to determine who they want to negotiate with or not negotiate with, or who they want to sit across the table with or not sit across the table with, ... Meet the Press. ... Colin Powell {view}
  • I want to assure you that you will continue to enjoy the full support of the American government and the American people as you move forward to undertake the efforts that the Ukrainian people are expecting, ... Colin Powell {view}
  • We have told the Israeli government that we would take their comments into consideration and address them fully and seriously as we [go] forward in the implementation of the road map, but this does not require us to change the road map, ... Colin Powell {view}
  • In the case of Louisiana, it was left to the federal government to fill a void, and the consequences are there for the rest of the world to see, ... Jeb Bush {view}
  • The British government has learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from Africa, ... Jeb Bush {view}
  • She was an invaluable asset to my entire administration as she brought her perspectives on local government and economic development. ... Jeb Bush {view}
  • We are stronger because we recognize that government isn't the sole answer to the most important questions, and we welcome community and faith based organizations as partners to serve the needs of Florida families. ... Jeb Bush {view}
  • Many elected officials serve for so long they become spokesmen for government, rather than those who elect them. ... Greg Walker {view}
  • We want to make sure every dollar is being spent in the best possible way, ... The government wants to work with them but $19 million is a lot of money for a facility that is not so efficient. ... Jennifer Granholm {view}
  • We do have a unique environment here and I hope it survives eight years of bad government. Urge all of your friends to vote democratic. ... Jim Clark {view}
  • If the federal government in Washington has concluded that there are not shortages of gasoline, then it clearly is an example of big oil companies' price gouging. The Bush Administration and the FTC should immediately identify the companies that are profiting off of this disaster, ... Jim Doyle {view}
  • The communication and coordination between the private and public terminals and local, state and federal government shared common goals to protect the port, ... Jim Edmonds {view}
  • The government is not doing things to keep them alive. It is really conducting tactics to deprive them of the ability to be on hunger strike because the hunger strike is an embarrassment to them. ... Thomas Wilner {view}
  • I was informed by the government on Friday that Mel Weiss will not be included in any indictment that the government may seek to bring at this time. ... Benjamin Brafman {view}
  • Maybe the losing government is doing some kind of engineering. ... Amien Rais {view}
  • It's not just an environmental or planning issue. A whole of government approach is required because it impacts on almost every area you can imagine. ... Alan Stokes {view}
  • We do it mainly to stop a government that betrays people, that steals from its people under the guise of democracy. ... Abhisit Vejjajiva {view}
  • This proves that opposition's demand for reforms of the caretaker government system and the Election Commission is authentic. ... Abdul Jalil {view}
  • No one except for the Boy Scouts can get this extraordinary aid. The government has declared a winner without holding a race. ... Adam Schwartz {view}
  • We respect the result of the election, and we respect the people and the government, but this doesn't mean we have to starve to death. The government is talking about alternatives to secure money for salaries, but until now they have showed us nothing. ... Abu Hassan {view}
  • The state of emergency was simply a political gesture which showed the government prefers a law-and-order response to the problem. ... Dominique Sopo {view}
  • Our issue is local control, local government by local elected people. ... John Wall {view}
  • Postal reform is something that will decide Japan's future: whether Japan moves forward to smaller government, leaving what we can to the private sector, or whether it goes toward bigger government. ... Heizo Takenaka {view}
  • It's good that we will soon have a new government. What we now need are concrete steps to tackle our problems. ... Heinrich von Pierer {view}
  • Netscape, the object of protection in this case, had in market share what the government would call a monopoly until the Great Satan of Microsoft came along. Luckily for the consuming public those theories are just that - theories. ... John Warden {view}
  • The government has tried to develop and present what I would call a second case -- that is a vague series of allegations that Microsoft is trying to gain a chokehold on the Internet, ... John Warden {view}
  • [Institute President Wayne] Clough is an example of exactly what we mean, because he is really active in government. For several years he's been on [committees] looking at innovation. ... John Endicott {view}
  • Georgia is doing a great job of opening up its economy and its government and its future to integrating with Europe and more intense democratic standards. We want to see Armenia tied as closely as it can be to Georgia for purposes of trade, for purposes of transport, and others. ... John Waters {view}
  • Everyone I've talked to involved in any form of state, county or local government is opposed because they know this would put a straitjacket on government. ... Pete Crossland {view}
  • Unless the federal government is going to be able to come together -- which I don't think is going to happen -- you're going to see states (reforming healthcare). ... Tommy Thompson {view}
  • If this government takes a casual approach on this one, you will be answerable for abuse of office. ... Enoch Kavindele {view}
  • Maybe [the Cuban government will] let me work in something unimportant, but we will never have the opportunity to be in our league again, at least not in Cuba. That's why we wanted to go to another country. ... Enrique Chinea {view}
  • this is something that can be resolved. We live in a government of checks and balances and there are natural and not unhealthy tensions that have to be addressed ... I don't think it creates a fundamental dilemma that cannot be addressed. ... We think we can resolve it with reasonable people sitting down to clarify these things whether it be the order or the ordinance we're not in any confrontational way with the city. ... Enrique Moreno {view}
  • The government wants the Indians to halt protests so we can start a dialogue. ... Enrique Proano {view}
  • Swart made contact with the Danish government in 1999 and they did research about its potential markets in Europe, America and Asia. The results showed that the product would be bought by three million people in the first year. ... Enver Buys {view}
  • the ultimate combination of protectionism, corporate welfare and government waste. ... Jim Ramstad {view}
  • The federal government started giving money to states to enhance their public health infrastructure, so the public health ability to plan for it really became more feasible after 2001. ... Tracy Murphy {view}
  • He is standing beside the government. ... Eric Woerth {view}
  • Kansas.gov provides a user-friendly gateway for citizens to efficiently interact with government. The site's fresh new look also demonstrates the beauty and progressiveness of Kansas. ... Tracy Smith {view}
  • This government was elected to advance the peace process and achieve real peace, peace with reciprocity, ... Benjamin Netanyahu {view}
  • As a U.S.-based company that deals primarily in information, we have urged the United States government to treat censorship as a barrier to trade. There's an important role for the United States government to address, in the context of its bilateral government-to-government relationships, the larger issues of free expression, and open communication. ... Andrew McLaughlin {view}
  • With our help, I believe the Iraqi people will succeed in establishing an elected government that will no longer tolerate terrorist activities. ... Alan Uke {view}
  • Such a government would face no scrutiny in Parliament and there's no guarantee political reform would take place. ... Abhisit Vejjajiva {view}
  • Call Ottawa. We want them to recognize the Iroquois government instead of the Indian Act. ... Clyde Powless {view}
  • We are encouraged with the progress in the talks with the Lithuanian government, but we can't comments on the details at this time. ... Claire Davidson {view}
  • The Lebanese government certainly has the military capability to deploy in the south and to take the necessary steps, ... Benjamin Netanyahu {view}
  • The government wants the international community to condemn Sudan and ... the refugees can be used as a negotiating chip. ... Claire Bourgeois {view}
  • The most important force in Iraq for breaking up the country and preventing a strong central government isn't the insurgency, it's the Kurds, and the second most important force is the Shiites. ... James Dobbins {view}
  • We call on the Lebanese government to enter negotiations ... this could take some time. ... Benjamin Netanyahu {view}
  • Because these people are working for the government, they should be able to be identified. (The contract provision) turns the state employees into a nameless entity. ... Peter Fox {view}
  • Foreign investors will consider this as a step from the government to level the field for foreign competition and free capital for more efficient use. But it is a tricky situation now. The currency will move to a spot lower if the news is considered a negative for growth. ... Peter Frank {view}
  • There appears to have been a number of discussions held between Telstra and the Government which really should have been made public, ... John Curry {view}
  • That is not their job at all. Their job is to keep all shareholders fully informed and the Government is just one shareholder out of 1.6 million and no shareholder should get any information before any other shareholder. ... John Curry {view}
  • There appears to have been a number of discussions held between Telstra and the Government which really should have been made public. So there is a clear breach in my view of the disclosure provisions and that is the fault of the Telstra board, and I suspect probably the fault of the Government. ... John Curry {view}
  • It is symptomatic of the fact the government does have a smaller majority so it is more vulnerable. ... John Curtice {view}
  • Captaining the government of a nation is a bit more exacting than captain of a football team. I know for I've done both. ... John Curtin {view}
  • I went to the government to seek help from our counterterrorism experts, ... The counterterrorism officials then in the White House refused to give us any help. ... Peter Goldmark {view}
  • The sooner the government gets moving on this, the more lives will be saved. It's time now for action. ... Peter Goodhand {view}
  • The fact that we are in discussion with the government is a good sign. ... Astrid van Genderen Stort {view}
  • As state, federal and local government, we can make these opportunities available, but unless landowners step forward, understand the programs and subscribe in the program, we're not going anywhere. ... Tabor Hoek {view}
  • I think it's ironic that the way the Chinese government prepares to host the United Nations Commission on Human Rights is by placing dissidents under house arrest. ... Hu Jia {view}
  • That is a great victory for us. Because it was clear that the government and they showed in their closing argument they really wanted to equate us with violent change. And it is clear that the jury understood our message of non-violence. ... Teresa Grady {view}
  • Frank was somewhat frustrated with the perceived lack of instant reaction by the federal government. We're from Canada. You are our greatest neighbor. You are a neighbor in need. We happen to have assets. We can very easily look after 400 people. ... Dennis Mills {view}
  • All these indexes reflect the basic obligations of the government in managing society and offering services to the public under the market economy. ... Hu Angang {view}
  • It's pretty soon going to be legislated to death, and pretty soon we won't need to think because the government will think for us, ... Charlie Trotter {view}
  • We have been given more time. The government has not yet specified how long. ... Astrid van Genderen Stort {view}
  • The government has managed to turn something that feels pretty populist into an issue that elicits a great deal of discomfort. There's a perception that there's a population that is out of control and doesn't respect anything. The licensing rules are playing badly. ... Andrew Cooper {view}
  • I can only pray that they won't meet at Government House. ... Ajiravid Subarnbhesaj {view}
  • I think people are ready for change. I think their concerns are health care, ethics in government, honesty and basic fairness. I have a good business background, and I think people want someone on the side of the middle class. ... Jamie Wall {view}
  • I think the defense strategy has fallen a bit short of the mark. They've allowed the government to put on a simple, straight forward case. ... Jamie Wareham {view}
  • By pushing through the policy change, the Bank of Japan risks being blamed by the government if something happens to the economy and things deteriorate. ... Hiroaki Muto {view}
  • Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government. ... George Bush {view}
  • We had once thought Mr. Koizumi's government could meet our expectations, but it now seems we may have overestimated their ability. ... Hiroaki Muto {view}
  • Both foreign and domestic investors are disillusioned that the government appears no closer to announcing effective anti-deflation measures. ... Hiroaki Kuramochi {view}
  • I congratulate the government and the parliamentarians for their vision and courage in voting for this law. ... George Robertson {view}
  • Public-sector companies cannot be treated as government departments. Companies are expected to make profits, departments are not. ... Subir Raha {view}
  • I don't want a lot of bureaucracy, ... I want to run state government the same way we run a campaign - efficient, effective and victorious. ... Charlie Crist {view}
  • When we all agreed that the ballot box will be the decisive factor for Iraqis to pick the next government, then we should respect it. It's like me saying, 'If the Islamists win, I'll declare war.' How can this help? ... Ayad Allawi {view}
  • I'm happy only because I know it's something that keeps the government in the circle, ... Jim Phillips {view}
  • Homeland Integrated Security Systems has a very innovative product line that will be well received by our government and military sales channels. ... Jim Plant {view}
  • Every part of the world I've been to so far, I've found U.S. government [ID] tags. ... Jim Puckett {view}
  • This was not unexpected. Madison is a government town. ... Jim Pugh {view}
  • Such a large gathering of people and emotions can turn into something else, if the government doesn't show maturity. You cannot act against the masses. ... Vladimir Krsljanin {view}
  • Yes, and you should question your government. ... Jessica Lange {view}
  • What I said I'd do is bring a common-sense approach to government, I'd have no hidden agendas and I'd use my business leadership skills. ... Jim Ronecker {view}
  • Our members accompany family members looking for missing relatives to talk to American military forces and Iraqi government officials. ... Jessica Phillips {view}
  • Chip's considerable experience working with leaders of government and business throughout Asia and the Pacific Rim will be especially valuable as we prepare for the Beijing Games. ... Jim Scherr {view}
  • I want to commend a truly committed statewide coalition of California government, health, HIV/AIDS, consumer and community organizations who have worked closely together throughout the fall to keep this issue alive. I also want to acknowledge the support of the Legislature's Gay and Lesbian Caucus on the this important bill. ... Jessie Gruttadauria {view}
  • When state government legislates benefits, they will make workers more expensive. If that happens, businesses will not hire many people. That's just a fact of economic life. ... Philip Powell {view}
  • Inflammatory statements such as those attributed to President Chavez are not helpful in advancing the dialogue between the government of Venezuela and the opposition. ... Philip Reeker {view}
  • The lack of accreditation and the government of Zimbabwe's limitation on observer access will detract from the credibility of the elections. ... Philip Reeker {view}
  • His familiarity with Australian business and government protocols, as well as the American business environment, will enhance our relationships and presence in Australia. ... Phil Condit {view}
  • I have interviewed Sudanese government soldiers, who were told to attack villages and when they got there they only found civilians. ... Phil Cox {view}
  • I certainly respect privacy and privacy rights. But on the other hand, the first function of government is to guarantee the security of all the people. ... Phil Crane {view}
  • The United States government has now advised that it does not intend to bring charges against Mr. Habib, ... Philip Ruddock {view}
  • It hasn't been influenced by me, my colleagues, or foreign government influence, ... Philip Ruddock {view}
  • In return we will be sharing with Microsoft information about how the Australian government uses its products. ... Philip Ruddock {view}
  • It wasn't sizzling in the ratings before. Now, with all the government pressure about broadcast indecency, it's certainly not worth the heat for either side. ... John Higgins {view}
  • The tragedy is that New Zealanders are paying with their jobs because this government has squandered the golden years. ... John Key {view}
  • What is the point of the army without weapons? ... Korean government should concentrate on arming itself for national defense rather than collecting young men. ... John Kim {view}
  • We're disappointed in the lack of action on the part of the federal government. Nothing's happening. I don't know how I can put it any other way. The federal government has been sitting there and watching the world go by. ... John Kirkwood {view}
  • It's not news that there's at least a faction of the Chinese government that is concerned about this. Whether that faction is representative of the government is a matter of intense speculation, and I don't think anyone outside of China really knows. ... John Klensin {view}
  • SOA essentially lets other people do your e-government for you. It's freer -- that is, it frees government data, exposing it as a Web service so anyone can build an application. It's extending the open source concept to data. ... Phillip Windley {view}
  • This isn't something any one of us can solve. We need more student input ... that's how student government will become more legitimate, when it becomes about you. ... Jonah Brown {view}
  • Just in the image of Student Government it's important to have a smooth election process. ... Jonah Brown {view}
  • We don't have a real government, and we don't have a real authority to apply law. In the power vacuum, people retreat to their religions. ... Hassan Bazzaz {view}
  • The federal government will be ready for the Year 2000. ... John Koskinen {view}
  • From the signals we're getting from the government, this is finally a problem they're getting around to addressing. For a president who is an oil man telling us to conserve, I think that's significant. ... Phil Reed {view}
  • These attacks have given the Israeli government the pretext -- and they use it to invade our land and kill and injure and wound tens of thousands of our people, and to destroy what the people and the Palestinian Authority have built over the last eight years and to destroy our institutions, our cities, our refugee camps and our villages. ... Yasser Arafat {view}
  • Don't forget that we had signed agreements with the Israeli government and the Israeli leadership, ... We have to continue with the Israeli leadership which will be elected by the Israeli people. ... Yasser Arafat {view}
  • We will judge him according to policies he takes as prime minister and with whom he will form a government. We have to wait and see. ... Yasser Arafat {view}
  • There is no proof that the Palestinians fired mortar shells, ... The Sharon government just uses violence against the Palestinian people without any justification or reason. This is Sharon's politics that has been exposed. ... Yasser Arafat {view}
  • ready to deal with any elected Israeli government. ... Yasser Arafat {view}
  • What has been declared recently by the Israeli government has made very difficult circumstances for the peace process, ... Yasser Arafat {view}
  • The Secretary-General condemns any attempt to change the government of any country unconstitutionally, and stresses that political disagreements should be settled peacefully through the democratic process. ... Stephane Dujarric {view}
  • We are not considering increasing the benchmark deposit rate, because the government aims to increase domestic consumption to sustain growth and wants to keep inflation stable. ... Zhou Xiaochuan {view}
  • The functions of government need to be transformed to reduce administrative oversight and approval, ... Zhu Rongji {view}
  • basically completed the reform of its government structure. ... Zhu Rongji {view}
  • We in ODM are ready for dialogue with the Government over the review process, but if it insists to have its own way, we will have no alternative but to come with a parallel panel. ... William Ruto {view}
  • As I understand what the bill says is that the federal government has the right to regulate controlled substances. And to the extent that controlled substances relieve pain, that's fine. But to the extent that controlled substances take a person's life, it's not fine and I would sign that bill. ... George W Bush {view}
  • Fairness has gone out of the window. The government has quite rightly agreed to give protection of their promised retirement age to every other public sector worker. But they are leaving members of the Local Government Pension Scheme out in the cold. ... Dave Prentis {view}
  • Strike action is the only option left to local government workers. They want to demonstrate the burning resentment and anger they feel over the government and employers taking away their pension rights when those same rights have been given to every other public-sector pension scheme. ... Dave Prentis {view}
  • I believe local government workers have been singled out for second class treatment because they are mostly women. ... Dave Prentis {view}
  • Any attempt to keep [public sector] wages down would be counterproductive, and would risk undermining government targets and ongoing improvements to public services. Proper pay is the key to providing decent public services. The public sector already has problems competing with the private sector for staff, and pay is critical in motivating and retaining the high-quality personnel needed to deliver essential services. ... Dave Prentis {view}
  • Whoever the kid had been, whoever had had the grand attitude, has finally heeded the admonishment of parents, teachers, governments, religions, and the law: "You just change your attitude now please, young man." ... William Saroyan {view}
  • Very clearly, it is wrong to use government property, government assets for political purposes, ... You can't use the taxpayers' funds to help you raise money for your political campaigns. Those are two different functions. ... David McIntosh {view}
  • Amnesty International calls today on foreign governments to uphold their obligations under international law by investigating all senior U.S. officials involved in the torture scandal. ... William Schulz {view}
  • The scale of China's human rights violations is staggering. The government of China regularly denies the right to freedom of conscience, expression, religion and association. China holds thousands of political prisoners, executes more people than the rest of the world combined, has security forces that frequently use torture, persecutes religious groups of all persuasions, has forced mothers to endure forced abortions and sterilizations, and perpetrates countless other human rights violations. ... William Schulz {view}
  • It is almost unavoidable not to be deeply disappointed by knowing that maximum efforts by four Indonesian governments since 1997 did not bear fruit as we had expected, ... Hassan Wirayuda {view}
  • It's not, 'We have a city to bid, now let's go check in with the federal government,' ... Peter Ueberroth {view}
  • The federal government has to understand the game has changed and we'll have to change to be competitive. We don't want to enter and not win, or not have a good chance to win. We don't want cities to be spending an awful lot of money and not get a full chance to be victorious. ... Peter Ueberroth {view}
  • Let's just say the government is telling the truth and I'm the boss, ... Let's just say the government is telling the truth and this guy is the boss. ... I would have to tell this guy that I made my son. ... This is the government feeding this -- -- punk . ... John Gotti {view}
  • The government must investigate the allegations of corruption and eliminate the scourge in Chinese soccer. If they don't then it will kill football in China and all the efforts we are making ... will go to naught. ... Peter Velappan {view}
  • Development is a continuous process and 'Vision Oman' is a national project and I hope the government supports it completely. ... Peter Velappan {view}
  • When a government has to cut back on spending, where does it cut back? Inevitably on health care and education. ... Peter Walker {view}
  • We still have a lot of uncertainty with Brazil, and with what the government will do or not do. ... Peter Canelo {view}
  • The protesters were shouting yesterday that this was a Chinese government because the president of the party that Snyder Rini belongs to is a naturalized Chinese ... so they were saying this is a Chinese-backed government. ... Johnson Honimae {view}
  • They're holding so much personal information. No company can stand up to government policy alone. ... Xiao Qiang {view}
  • We believe that the actions and rhetoric of the Mexican government constitute an attempt to infringe on the sovereignty of the United States, and we urge an immediate and strong response from the Bush administration. ... Dan Stein {view}
  • Every member of Congress who supports this program of massive government mandated population growth should have an obligation to explain to the American people why he or she believes that this country will be better off with a population of a billion people within the lifetimes of today's children. We should not be surprised that the same people who are burdening the next generation with $9 trillion in debt from irresponsible government spending think nothing of mortgaging the natural resources and the environment of future generations in order to satisfy the demands of a handful of special interests today. Overpopulation in America is not an inevitability. If it happens it will be a conscious choice of irresponsible leadership that is willing to sacrifice the long-term interests of the nation for political expedience. ... Dan Stein {view}
  • It is irresponsible and unconscionable that a federal government agency charged with providing relief to individuals in dire need would deny assistance based on an arbitrary bureaucratic determination. ... Wasserman Schultz {view}
  • It doesn't mean that Arnold Schwarzenegger's political career is over. But he had a mandate to reform state government, and he no longer has that mandate. It's tragic. ... Darry Sragow {view}
  • No one in state government, no one in city government, no politician, the director of health, the deputy director or my supervisor told me to post the signs now, or you need to take the signs off right now. We go by the numbers and we stand by the numbers. ... Watson Okubo {view}
  • This reflects the determination of the Israeli government to continue its policy of dictation rather than negotiation. I believe it will only add to the complexities of the larger problems. ... Saeb Erekat {view}
  • The Government has failed to fund KBC operations as a public service broadcaster to the extent that KBC is the only public broadcaster in the world that is not government-funded, yet all I get from ministers is complaints about coverage. ... Wachira Waruru {view}
  • In 1935, when the Social Security system was created, the Government did not need to prepare for the possibility of a depleted system. ... Wayne Allard {view}
  • I think it's a matter of supply and demand. We know that government price controls don't work, ... We tried that back in the 1970s and that created gas lines, the misery index and all of that mess. ... Wayne Allard {view}
  • I think the whole movement, both in the black community and in the federal government and in big business, is sort of floundering. ... Andrew Young {view}
  • After 9/11, the president and the government were looking for a way to help organize spontaneous volunteers. Twenty-five thousand people showed up to help in New York, and they didn't know what to do with them; it just created another event. So they got to looking at this and they developed the Citizen Corps Council. ... Dale Simpson {view}
  • We are not opposing the government. We are only asking the government to leave us alone. ... Zhang Erping {view}
  • There are over two dozen government agencies we have to deal with and they are appeased only with bribes, a hidden price, which adds up to the cost of manufacturing here. ... Bilal Mullah {view}
  • All government programs should comply with state law. Michigan law expressly prohibits marriage substitutes. There are other ways these individuals can get benefits and still comply with state law, without basing them on a marriage-like status. ... Dale Schowengerdt {view}
  • The Singaporean government has shown great political wisdom and insight in expanding economic cooperation with China, especially in encouraging its businessmen to seek opportunities in China's northeast and northwest regions. ... Zhai Kun {view}
  • The Shanghai government works faster than other cities, and we expect the whole country will have unified regulations in the future. ... Bian Lieqiang {view}
  • It is very possible that the Japanese government ... decided to either leak this story or gave the Japanese press permission to publish it to emphasize the threat. ... Andrew Yang {view}
  • to assist the federal government in any way, shape or form to inappropriately repatriate Elian Gonzalez to Cuba. ... Alex Penelas {view}
  • We need to get some leverage from the federal government. There's a lot that can be done, and I believe our congressman should do something about it. ... Al Weed {view}
  • It's important that governments, no matter what political stances you might take, should have the capacity to talk to each other in confidence. And that legislation was given in confidence, ... Mr Howard {view}
  • If any Australian feels the Government let them down I regret that. ... Mr Howard {view}
  • Over the past six months to a year, more government systems being used by city, county and state agencies are going on. It's caused an increasing amount of interference and degraded our service. ... Michael Ford {view}
  • The concept is to move local councils more toward becoming local governments, rather than local administration. We want to empower decentralization. ... Muhammad Kamal {view}
  • According to the current constitution, the local governments have no power and depend fully on the central government. ... Muhammad Kamal {view}
  • The message that we would like to convey is that the Hong Kong government should be more engaged in asylum issues. ... Monique Sokhan {view}
  • More involvement would also mean that the government would be able to better manage migration movements and that the burden on the UNHCR would be less. ... Monique Sokhan {view}
  • We urge the government to show leadership regarding junk food advertising in children's television time. ... Mukesh Haikerwal {view}
  • Unless the French government comes up with something more concrete, saying that the $8.50 will be collected and distributed in such a way so that all the stakeholders welcome this new distribution medium, this won't go through. ... Mukul Krishna {view}
  • The public respects a government that has its act together before it comes down and stands in front of a microphone. ... Monte Solberg {view}
  • The government has legitimate concerns about some of the victims. ... Michael McGuire {view}
  • It is more than apparent that the government somehow blames and refuses to properly endorse Mr. Fortier due to the government's lack of success across the board in the second bombing trial against Terry Nichols. ... Michael McGuire {view}
  • This would be a policy change for tribal government. We could take commercial-size timber from the buffer zone as part of a fire management project. ... Stephen McDonald {view}
  • The Australian government keeps saying there's no substance to (the abuse claims), I don't agree with that, ... I haven't seen the investigation so I can't say ... I don't know. ... Michael Mori {view}
  • Making contacts direct ? church to church, individual to individual ? is producing the delivery of services much more quickly than government agencies can do it, ... We're really meeting some needs that are urgent. ... Merrill Oster {view}
  • This is not supposed to be there. The government is supposed to stay out of the religion business. ... Michael Newdow {view}
  • I believe in the Constitution. The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld. ... Michael Newdow {view}
  • The Chinese are getting very focused on corporate governance. If you're looking around the region, greater transparency is one theme that's developing in other markets. ... Michael Nock Draws {view}
  • The public and the media have to be eternally vigilant to make sure that the good open meetings and government laws continue in Utah, which means continuing to watch the Legislature. We have taken big steps this session, but the watchdogs need to stay there. We can't leave our post. ... Michael O'Brien {view}
  • Ultimately, the government might have been disposed to ignore the popular protests, but what they definitely could not ignore was international pressure and the threat of sanctions. That was key. ... Fernando Rospigliosi {view}
  • If you are creating jobs, often local or state governments have what are called 'linked deposits.' The government will subsidize the bank, which in turn will offer you a below-market interest rate. In some cases, the rate may be less than half of what you would normally pay. ... Tony Smith {view}
  • It's unfounded. That's an expense that has to be covered by each government. ... Fernando Sanchez {view}
  • We are appealing to the United States as a world leader in human rights ... to urge the Chinese government from using force against its people, ... Falun Gong {view}
  • receiving a high level of attention from the Chinese government. ... Falun Gong {view}
  • This is the first time that the festival is sponsored completely by local corporations, not the government. ... Fan Xiaofeng {view}
  • We can learn from the event that relevant institutions and government agencies are paying more attention to fighting against academic misconduct, but it is far from enough. ... Fang Zhouzi {view}
  • The decision taken by the Bolivian government will not have an impact on the physical security of supplies to the EU. ... Ferran Tarradellas Espuny {view}
  • This is a manifestation that democracy in our country is very much alive, and protected by both government and people, ... Fidel Ramos {view}
  • As you are aware, since this project also involves the governments of Zimbabwe and Botswana, there are also deliberations at that level. We expect all the loose ends to be tied up soon. ... Fanuel Masikati {view}
  • While the government deprives workers of wage hikes, it condones the weekly oil price hikes imposed by the Big Three and new oil players. How can the government expect workers to cope with the high cost of petroleum and its domino effect on prices of other basic goods and services? ... Elmer Labog {view}
  • I think the business community would very much like to see government undertake initiatives to help the market work better. But unfortunately when something happens in this state, it almost always is an expansion of government-provided health care and we have great difficulty supporting that. ... Todd Maisch {view}
  • [What Space X ultimately contributes to space travel might please the government in other ways.] One of the significant innovations of Falcon V is that because it's got five engines on the main stage, it can actually lose an engine and reach orbit safely, ... If the space shuttle were to lose one of its solid rocket boosters the people on the shuttle would be doomed. ... Elon Musk {view}
  • These three issues alone eat up the monthly cash flow coming into this government under the current economic condition. There's not enough money, if any, to do other things, and that's a very precarious situation. ... Eloy Inos {view}
  • A weaker dollar, continued geopolitical concerns, weak government data, and higher oil prices have all been factors that have pushed gold higher in the last several days. ... Emanuel Balarie {view}
  • Most people stash away or toss aside pennies instead of reusing them thereby forcing the federal government to produce billions more every year, ... Jim Kolbe {view}
  • That's clearly an important thing for us. The Chinese government is a major customer of software. We have had a problem in the past with government ministries using illicit copies and the Chinese have made a commitment to stop that. ... Emery Simon {view}
  • I want a secular government, I want separation of state and religion, I think logic will prevail and we will have a secular government for the first time in Israel's history. ... Tommy Lapid {view}
  • We do hope that there can shortly be a government of national unity and that the installation of the government can contribute to greater stability in the country. ... Emma Udwin {view}
  • The government has refused to grant him permission to leave the country. ... Emmanuel Mwamba {view}
  • I think people's faith in government is somewhat wishful thinking. ... Phil Trounstine {view}
  • By imposing this tax upon citizens without the consent of their elected representatives, the government is violating a fundamental right of all Americans proclaimed by our nation's founders in the Declaration of Independence and guaranteed in the Constitution. Wouldn't it be great to halt collection of this tax by the Fourth of July? ... Jonathan Cuneo {view}
  • In which democratic country does the government, on the eve of an election, rewrite the rules? ... Piero Fassino {view}
  • There are conditions to create a government and to govern, even if the country is divided in two. ... Piero Fassino {view}
  • Conditions are in place to form a government, even though the country is split in two. ... Piero Fassino {view}
  • If the government is prepared to top up your income even if you opt out of the state scheme then you may as well take up this lump sum. It will not cost you anything to do so. ... John Lawson {view}
  • We really urge the government ... they must immediately stop army action because it will have far-reaching repercussions. ... Asma Jahangir {view}
  • is committed to principles of freedom of expression and media, as we are sure is the Czech Government. ... Jonathan Faull {view}
  • The federal government [and] in most cases state and local governments -- will never, ever be able to cover all of the response and recovery initiatives without the support of the private sector. ... Steve Cooper {view}
  • Its a hung council with either a coalition or a minority government with the ID holding the balance. We can expect some deal making in the next week. ... Jonathan Faull {view}
  • Except we have to first obtain travel documents. It's a whole process of getting through to the Chinese government. It's a very slow process. ... Leigh Winchell {view}
  • Someone who could buy a house four years ago without any government assistance all of a sudden needed $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 of help from somewhere to buy a house. ... Mark Hendrickson {view}
  • The Government has yet to make a convincing case for this and we will be studying that proposal carefully. ... David Davis {view}
  • This is entirely in the lap of the government at this point. It's up to the government to decide whether they want to prosecute Dr. Al-Arian on the basis of evidence rejected by this jury or if they want to deport Al-Arian, or if they'll allow him to live in the country in peace. ... Linda Moreno {view}
  • Our game plan is to continue to work with the government and our coalition members to further clarify what needs and how we can work together to best make those things happen. ... Mark Holmes {view}
  • Our children are being shamefully treated because the state wants to streamline the government to run like a well-oiled machine. Our kids are in the way of that machine. ... Mark Howell {view}
  • We know that improving our health-care system isn't just the responsibility of government or our care providers. The employers and businesses have to play their part as well. ... Linda Rebrovick {view}
  • No one tells Ron Carey what's going on and the government doesn't suggest they do. Even though he had nothing to hide, he somehow lied. Figure that out. ... Mark Hulkower {view}
  • You have to have some trust in city government, but we don't. ... Linda Royal {view}
  • I have a problem with voting on this right now; I don't think it is good government to rush into anything. ... Mary Sperr {view}
  • So I don't think the government or the authorities could be faulted if these warrants of arrest will be served, ... Eduardo Ermita {view}
  • The Peruvian government ... will bring a suit against Yale University before the American courts. ... Eduardo Ferrero {view}
  • While your government is doing everything it can to prevent an attack, citizens also should know what to do, ... Because in the end, being prepared, knowing what to do, can and will save lives. ... Tom Ridge {view}
  • The next government will have the greatest legitimacy of any administration since the return to democracy in 1982. ... Eduardo Gamarra {view}
  • The bottom line is that homeland security is not about one department, one level of government or one organization, ... It is a national call to action, a philosophy of shared responsibility, shared accountability, and shared leadership. ... Tom Ridge {view}
  • if the Brazilian government thinks it's in their interests (to fingerprint and photograph Americans), so be it. ... Tom Ridge {view}
  • variety of checks normally done with government employment. ... Tom Ridge {view}
  • Public works projects such as highway construction and government buildings will also increase in 2006, contributing greatly to the increase in cement consumption. ... Edward Sullivan {view}
  • Today the United States government raised the national threat level. ... Tom Ridge {view}
  • This [budget cuts] is part of a reoccurring problem under the Lula government. ... Eduardo Roche {view}
  • We need to work together (with the U.S. government) to make trade agreements with China right for both of us, ... Craig Barrett {view}
  • There's a recurring pattern of inability to produce reliable financial information. We should be entitled to know what the government is doing. ... People will feel better informed and know things are functioning as they should be. ... Bernie Thomas {view}
  • The local governments are responsible to their taxpayers. They're responsible to industry. ... Cynthia Covell {view}
  • The federal government has assured me that whether April, May or June, he's going to go down for the count. ... Curtis Sliwa {view}
  • We don't have to sue our own government. They should listen to us. I'm being paid by the taxpayers. They're being paid by the taxpayers. We work for the people and it is very clear that the people don't want it. ... Bernie Smith {view}
  • Virginia enjoys an equal-to status with the federal government when it comes to meat inspection. Right now, Virginia runs the meat-inspection program because of that agreement. But if we were to allow the sale of products that weren't inspected or slaughtered in an approved facility, we would be less than equal in status with the federal government, so the federal government would take over our inspection program, and the inspectors on that level would be much more stringent. ... Andrew Smith {view}
  • The fact that the community as a whole may lose their trust in government is a factor. ... Tim McAfee {view}
  • There's nothing wrong with being open. I do not consider this more government. I consider it good government. ... Councilwoman Shari Mackin {view}
  • Largely because there was not an overreaction by government, other companies moved in to write the business being shed by the companies that decided to reduce their coastal exposure. ... Bernie Bourdeau {view}
  • Who keeps track of all that is a concern of mine, having worked in government before. It's taxpayer money and taxpayers always want to know where every dime is going. ... Councilor Dennis Eaniri {view}
  • The government needs to show both perpetrators and victims that violence against minorities will not be tolerated. Condemning ethnically motivated attacks for what they are, and bringing those responsible to justice are crucial. ... Holly Cartner {view}
  • This is an ultimatum. The government and the president have 48 hours to decide. ... Rene Valadon {view}
  • In the last two years, the government has painstakingly climbed ladders, gotten different people along the way to plead guilty in order to go after someone at the higher rung. We're now at the top of the ladder. ... Jacob Frenkel {view}
  • These cases are not a slam dunk. The biggest challenge for the government, if it wins, is to make the win stick. ... Jacob Frenkel {view}
  • What it really means is a shorter, more focused trial, which is better for the government. It probably takes out of the equation some of the more complex accounting issues. The defense was likely hoping to make this case seem like a complex civil financial fraud case, and without Causey, that will be more difficult. ... Jacob Frenkel {view}
  • Less rope is needed for two necks, as the government's noose tightens. The government always benefits from the addition of high-level insiders who would have been party to conversations with most senior executives. ... Jacob Frenkel {view}
  • We want elections, but first we need good food. Even with a new government, will they do anything to help us? ... Richard Vuadi {view}
  • What the state government said, unless it falls into some other category, if someone breaks into a neighbor's barn and steals a $4,000 ATV, he's going to go to county jail unless he has a prior felony or is on probation when it happened, ... If someone, however, breaks into 18 churches, this may be considered a pattern, this is not just, 'oops, I made a mistake.' ... Richard Walton {view}
  • What do they do afterward? ... Do they go out and beg with a tin can? Only the federal government can do this work. ... Jack Ellis {view}
  • Frankly, that's where we are today. In the last five years, this government has spent $1 billion to renovate schools. And yet you saw witness after witness come before us today saying the bathrooms at Hardy aren't undone. How could that be? ... Jack Evans {view}
  • I completely deny it, ... This is another of the slanders and lies of the government which has spied on the bank accounts and businesses of private individuals. ... Vicente Fox {view}
  • Investors are buying bonds as they realize a policy shift is not so easy when the government opposes it. Expectations for a change were too excessive. ... Jun Fukashiro {view}
  • In the late 1950s, in line with the space race and the Cold War, the government put a tremendous emphasis on funding engineers and computer people, ... The country had a massive focus on subsidizing students, supporting government labs, and supporting colleges and universities. So there was a huge growth spurt in the talent pool in the 1960s as colleges and universities pumped out large numbers of technically trained people. ... Harris Miller {view}
  • It is because the US government has had the lightest possible touch on the internet...that we support the idea that we do not need another international body, ... Harris Miller {view}
  • This is government, ... There is no entertainment. ... Judy Davis {view}
  • If there were a new conservative government, they would be more careful to support it. But there is a kind of vacuum, so they don't care what people think. They feel a bit more free. ... J√¢ÀÃň {view}
  • The need for open proceedings is particularly compelling where an agency of the executive branch of government seeks to persuade the judicial branch of government to withdraw life support. Decisions of this gravity, made with this concentration of government involvement, should be made in public. ... Justice Francis Spina {view}
  • I believed that the government would protect the children being abused. I believed they would act quickly. I was wrong. ... Justin Berry {view}
  • This isn't what codes are set up for in government. ... Judy Nadler {view}
  • The Cuban government is taking charge of the situation. We are standing down. ... Judy Orihuela {view}
  • One can assume the lifestyle of the Palestinians will change even though this is not the aim of the government. ... Tzipi Livni {view}
  • We are now sensitizing the government and international organizations on the need to provide more resources to us to counter any possible outbreak. ... S.K.R. Amarasekara {view}
  • What we would like to do, ... is go through Congress or the Government Accountability Office and make them set forth some kinds of benchmarks so this isn't open to the Army just writing a perfunctory letter saying we meet all the conditions. ... Frank Pallone {view}
  • Citizens have a right to know. We have a right to know how government spends our money. More importantly, we have a right to know how government arrives at decisions that affect all of us. ... Darrell Opfer {view}
  • Hopefully this will be information that will be fed into the budget process not only for governments, but also for charities. ... Dan Ray {view}
  • It's positive news the government didn't come directly into the market to sell its stake. ... Yoji Takeda {view}
  • It is important for central and local government to hold discussions for the good of the country, taking into account the interests of local residents. ... Yomiuri Shimbun {view}
  • I can't forgive the Japanese government. The Japanese Prime Minister must come to me and ask for forgiveness. ... Yong Soo Lee {view}
  • We are optimistic about establishing a national unity government that can represent a national attitude. ... Mahmoud Zahar {view}
  • Any Israeli government must cooperate with us and must not ignore the Palestinian side. ... Mahmud Abbas {view}
  • We call on the Israeli government to stop these measures which are only intended to isolate the Palestinian Authority. ... Mahmud Abbas {view}
  • We say to the Israeli government that we are a peaceful nation but we want our rights. ... Mahmud Abbas {view}
  • The constitution gives me explicit and definite authority to remove a government from power, but I don't want to use this authority. But everyone should know that by law I have this power in my hands. ... Mahmud Abbas {view}
  • I have not asked anybody so far to form the government but we are leading towards contacts and consultations with all the blocs in parliament. ... Mahmud Abbas {view}
  • I have not asked anybody so far to form the government but we are leading towards contacts and consultations with all the blocs in parliament. Of course, I am going to ask the majority party to form the government. ... Mahmud Abbas {view}
  • There is a broad range of people in government examining the military option. ... Kenneth Katzman {view}
  • We're still a long way from agreeing on a government. ... Mahmud Othman {view}
  • Today we enter the fifth month since the holding of the elections and we still do not have a government. In fact we have not even started the process of forming the government by at least having a prime minister. ... Mahmud Othman {view}
  • This government is either missing in action or moving in the wrong direction. ... John McCallum {view}
  • The federal government is swimming in cash and there is absolutely no reason to increase income taxes on hard-working Canadians. ... John McCallum {view}
  • It will be a huge task, with major implications on jobs and users of government programs. ... John McCallum {view}
  • The government has done a great job stimulating travel to the region. ... Jonathan Wober {view}
  • The government has always made it clear that we do not condone torture in any way, nor would we carry out this completely unacceptable behavior, or encourage others to do so. ... Charles Clarke {view}
  • This removal effort is the result of the partnership between the EPA and the American Samoa government resulting in the clean up of dangerous explosives. Working together, we eliminated a serious safety hazard to people living in the area. ... John McCarroll {view}
  • I don't see any excuse for the federal government to wait, because the provincial government is certainly treating this document as a precursor to legislation. ... Harvey Voogd {view}
  • There has been a misconception -- and a helpful one -- among many government bureaucrats that the Internet is a non-geographic phenomenon. But it can be reworked to correspond to national jurisdictions and boundaries. ... Jonathan Zittrain {view}
  • We categorically disagree with all those people advising the government that nuclear is necessary. ... Jonathon Porritt {view}
  • The government is going to have to stop looking for an easy fix to our climate change and energy crises. There simply isn't one. ... Jonathon Porritt {view}
  • It's probably one of the worst taxes government ever passed. ... Carol Dover {view}
  • We think it's just not good corporate governance to have a system where a person who owns less than 3 percent of the company controls about one-third of the [share votes]. ... Candice Johnson {view}
  • The market is ready for these types of products. The system administrators, the companies, the government agencies, etc., are either going to be legislated or embarrassed into protecting that data because they don't need this showing up in a press release. ... Brian Muir {view}
  • We have the impression the government has decided to respond to the student movement with truncheons and repression. ... Bruno Julliard {view}
  • The government has done a good job in reporting, controlling and disinfecting the outbreaks. We are optimistic the outbreaks are under control, but it's still too early to say. We have to be on high alert. ... Aphaluck Bhatiasevi {view}
  • The government appreciates that Kenyans seek employment in these ships for their livelihood and that many ships sail up and down the Somalia coastline without any incident. However, it advises Kenyans to avoid sailing towards the coastline of Somalia due to the kidnappings and hijackings which we are witnessing, ... Alfred Mutua {view}
  • We started to supply the tankers with oil products after the government promised to secure them along the highways. ... Ahmed Ibrahim Hamadi {view}
  • If the government wants to continue using force, then we are heading towards a serious conflict. ... Bruno Julliard {view}
  • Everyone would know that it would also be a rejection of the government, so it could be a way out of the crisis. ... Bruno Julliard {view}
  • These conflicts are a direct result of the abandonment of these communities by their government. If their government took care of them they wouldn't be fighting over these little scraps and rewards from the oil companies. ... Anyakwee Nsirimovu {view}
  • I definitely think that faith is a positive influence in every area of life, ... And in government, I definitely think we should not be ashamed of our faith. ... Michael Lewis {view}
  • pay for the cost of Katrina by reducing the size and scope of government. ... Mike Pence {view}
  • We simply didn't come here to increase entitlements and to create bigger government. We came here to make government smaller. ... Mike Pence {view}
  • Without the promise of confidentiality, many important conduits of information about government activity would be shut down, ... Nothing less than the public's right to know is at stake. ... Mike Pence {view}
  • Tonight the Congress will renew our commitment to the principles of fiscal discipline and limited government that minted this majority. ... Mike Pence {view}
  • Her rise to the one of the highest positions in state government is a clear testament to her strong, positive work ethic and ability to work with people of many different opinions and positions. ... Mike Davis {view}
  • This is not a cookie-cutter benefit plan. The government feels each person has some personal responsibility in choosing the plan that best fits them. ... Mike Davis {view}
  • The government in Tbilisi must know that lying on its shoulders is the full brunt of responsibility for the provocation and its aftermath. ... Mikhail Kamynin {view}
  • We understand the reasons why the Egyptian government would like to modernize its defense forces in order to take care of its security interests, ... Moshe Arens {view}
  • Any action taken by the Swiss government in the direction of dealing with these issues in order to try and correct injustices of the past is certainly welcome. ... Moshe Fogel {view}
  • The government is deepening its crackdown in Ethiopia's rural areas, far from the eyes and ears of international observers. ... Peter Takirambudde {view}
  • You've heard New Orleans is poor, ... Well, it's poor because the government lets it be that way. The minimum wage is $5.25 an hour. You can't live on that. ... Francisco Lopez {view}
  • The government has accompanied the planned sale. Of course there has been communication in the run-up. ... Sabine Maass {view}
  • To appease the Greek government and its international lobby, some members of the international community, including Australia, have refused to recognize Macedonia under its proper name, and refer to it by the absurd name 'Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'. When Macedonian Australians declare their country of origin as Macedonia, Australian government departments record their country of origin as 'Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia'. ... Peter Breen {view}
  • It causes problems not just for him and his party, but for all of government. What are kids going to think? ... John Gordon {view}
  • which has worked hard to reach this goal, feels even more the moral duty to support the brave Iraqi government in its efforts for democracy, security and for the social and economic reconstruction of the country. ... Franco Frattini {view}
  • Nobody will look good, the AU, the government or the (rebel) movements, but the real victims will be the people on the ground. ... Sam Ibok {view}
  • I have taken note of (Marty's) serious, interim conclusion that it is highly unlikely that European governments, or at least their intelligence services, were unaware of rendition. It is now for the member states of the Council of Europe to clarify their position. ... Franco Frattini {view}
  • What we are witnessing is a political meltdown. This is a serious blow for the government, and it's not clear it can get though this unscathed. ... Franco Pavoncello {view}
  • The UDC said fundamentally that Berlusconi isn't the man to lead, and that will cause a government meltdown. The government will have to call early elections. ... Franco Pavoncello {view}
  • This is a sign that the people at the highest level of government are worried about this storm. We must prepare for the worst but hope for the best, ... Kathleen Blanco {view}
  • Neither he nor the United States government supports a coup -- the overthrow of a democratically elected government. What he was speaking to was what appears to be an encouraging prospect, that what has happened appears to have brought stability and resulted in an easing of tensions between Pakistan and India. ... Karen Hughes {view}
  • It's something that our U.S. government has said a number of times in the past. It's information that was used very widely after his attack on the Kurds. I believe it was close to 300,000, ... That's something I said every day in the course of the campaign. That's information that we talked about a great deal in America. ... Karen Hughes {view}
  • I would hope that is not the case. I hope the people of the United Arab Emirates and the government will understand that in a democracy, there is a process of debate. ... Karen Hughes {view}
  • What's good for the goose is good for the gander, ... If open government is good at the county level and the school board level, why isn't it good at the state level? ... Karen Peterson {view}
  • The secrecy is awful. We've created a system where we choose how government spends money based on the strength of your politician and not the need of your district. ... Keith Ashdown {view}
  • By using Social Security trust fund dollars to pay for tax cuts and other government spending, the administration significantly understates the true fiscal imbalance of the country. ... Kent Conrad {view}
  • It's my father's legacy. The government has always, and continues to this day, to abuse the secrecy stamp. My father's view was that the public is the employer of these government employees and has the right to know what they're up to. ... Kevin Anderson {view}
  • I heartily applaud what they were trying to do, except that it was tied in with government policy and I always try and separate politics and music. I mean, Bob's a nice bloke and all that, but ultimately he's the one who comes off best, isn't he? ... Keith Richards {view}
  • All levels of government are focused on homeland security as a priority and the research implications. And this is a fairly modest state investment for a very significant and prestigious piece of NIH research that could be just the start for George Mason. ... Kevin Hall {view}
  • If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a "peace conference," you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes. ... Joseph Stalin {view}
  • Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. ... John Adams {view}
  • The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it comes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism - ownership of government by an individual, by a group, ... Franklin D. Roosevelt {view}
  • Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. ... James Russell Lowell {view}
  • Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government; that whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, they may be relied on to set them to rights. ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us. ... P. J. O'Rourke {view}
  • It is not by consolidation, or concentration of powers, but by their distribution, that good government is effected ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • It means the government will check through the entire case: his past, services to the US Army, his life in Venezuela, his future residence and sponsor. ... Eduardo Soto {view}
  • I was appalled that our own state government could so ruthlessly target teenage gamblers and view them as the gambling population of the future. ... Jennifer McCausland {view}
  • This is a tremendously suspicious deal. Once again the influence of minority groups, of the Catalan government, is behind it. ... Eduardo Zaplana {view}
  • Eliminating poliomyelitis is a solemn promise made by the Chinese government to the international society. ... Qi Xiaoqiu {view}
  • This shows how seriously the central government is treating rural problems. But still we have to see what happens -- I think a rebound in farmers? burdens in some form will be difficult to avoid. ... Qin Hui {view}
  • The government considers transportation workers a high priority. ... Jennifer Morcone {view}
  • In this environment, you get what the government calls a confession. ... Edward Wilford {view}
  • I do not have influence on the government of Dubai. ... Edward Bilkey {view}
  • The summit will provide a once in a lifetime opportunity for local business and government executives to listen to some of the world's leading minds on various topics, including branding, social economics, land transformation, political and business leadership and more. ... Tina Schneidermann {view}
  • The sentiment now is to work with our developers as well as government agencies. ... Tom Savage {view}
  • The (Khartoum) government is taking a very strong position against the transition (to the UN) and that is new. There is fear in Khartoum that the transition will be a conspiracy, which will bring Sudan into the same situation as Iraq. ... Jan Pronk {view}
  • The government is taking a very strong position against a transition to the UN, and that is new. Sudan has sent delegations to many countries in the world in order to plead its case: let the AU stay and let the UN not come. ... Jan Pronk {view}
  • The government is taking a very strong position against a transition to the U.N., and that is new. Sudan has sent delegations to many countries in the world in order to plead its case. ... Jan Pronk {view}
  • We need peace between the government and the SLA and we need tribal reconciliation. There is no need to wait for a result in Abuja. You can start here. At some point you have to stop the killing and reconcile among the tribes. ... Jan Pronk {view}
  • The government has taken less and less of a role in food assistance. Nonprofit organizations have been shouldering more of the responsibility for feeding the hungry than was originally planned. Nonprofit organizations were meant to complement the federal assistance programs already in existence, not to be the sole supporter. ... Jan Pruitt {view}
  • We expect a meaningful participation of Platform in the government and we expect far-reaching concessions. This is the logic of the situation. ... Jan Rokita {view}
  • There's no gasoline, the government hasn't provided any security, people are afraid. The houses -- there is so much destruction, there may be plenty of dead people there, we just don't know. ... Robert Mayers {view}
  • The government has to come clean as to what discussions have taken place ... so that there can be a full-scale public debate as to what further role, if any, we should play in Iraq. ... Robert McClelland {view}
  • Mankind's problems can no longer be solved by national governments. What is needed is world government. ... Jan Tinbergen {view}
  • We continue to see undeniable evidence that abuse and torture has been widespread and systematic, yet high level government officials have not been held accountable for creating the policies that led to these atrocities. ... Anthony D. Romero {view}
  • Any community that fails to prepare -- with the expectation that the federal government can or will offer a lifeline -- will be tragically wrong. ... Alex Azar {view}
  • If it passes, it's almost a resurrection for the governor. It shows he can govern again. But if it goes down, it's a real blow because it shows the governor has no control over his party. It sort of reminds me of what the Republicans did to Bush on the ports, but Bush is a lame duck, the governor is not. He's their best hope in the state for this year. ... Bob Stern {view}
  • This isn't campaign money it's government access money, and that's what we should call it. If you have strong convictions, you're not going to give to both sides. ... Bob Stern {view}
  • The Yemeni central government has done what it can, but it is very weak. It is not a matter of the government not trying. But there are limits to it can do. ... Anthony Cordesman {view}
  • Measure 37 was not a vote on land use. Measure 37 was a clear message that government needs to treat people fairly. It is too bad that the means offered was Measure 37. At some point Oregonians will look at this and decide whether this law is the kind of fairness they asked for. ... Bob Stacey {view}
  • When you also have a lobbying practice, you don't take people from government without running it past superiors. ... Bob Sommer {view}
  • Whatever happens, both the campaign and the new government that will take over have to address the issue of federalism, have to address money, have to address national versus provincial versus local power which is different from provincialism and federalism. They have to address the role of religion in politics, the constitution forces the new government to do that. So what we're talking about is a period, which to put it mildly, is already troubled which will last through mid-December when the election occurs and then almost certainly is going to last another three months while a government takes over. And this is the reality whether people would like to spin this into a symbol of democracy or not. ... Anthony Cordesman {view}
  • The government has already marginalized political parties, created a waxwork of parliament and is finishing a waxwork of independent media. The only thing left is the NGO community. ... Alexander Petrov {view}
  • We don't expect a religious government. They assured people they will not do that. ... Ahmad Hussein {view}
  • The government is satisfied that it is lawful for the Prince of Wales and Mrs. Parker Bowles, like anyone else, to marry by a civil ceremony in accordance with Part III of the Marriage Act 1949. ... Lord Falconer {view}
  • This is an issue which affects all political parties and I hope that the government, political parties and the Electoral Commission will be able to work together to find a solution which allows for transparency and fairness. ... Lord Falconer {view}
  • We're asking Americans to tighten their belts; by golly, the federal government should, too. ... Louie Gohmert {view}
  • I think Ken is capable of landing punches on this government in a way I don't see anyone else being able to do. ... Lord Heseltine {view}
  • From time to time, the irresponsible acts of the Cuban government remind us that this is far more than about the freedom of one country, but it really is about the stability and security of the region and the national security interests of the United States. ... Mel Martinez {view}
  • It is proper that the federal government help alleviate short-term disruptions and price spikes such as those brought about by Hurricane Katrina. ... Mel Martinez {view}
  • The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts. ... Lord Melbourne {view}
  • Our belief is that you cannot and should not wait for the government to solve this problem. ... Louis Burns {view}
  • The government now faces the difficult challenge of deciding how far and how fast it can move towards the reform of the state pension system we proposed, in the light of other claims on public expenditure. ... Lord Turner {view}
  • The government now faces the difficult decision of how far and how fast it can move to reform of the state pension. ... Lord Turner {view}
  • [When the government has a high budget deficit, it needs to borrow money at a greater rate, which it does by issuing bonds.] What you see is the government competing with corporations in the bond market, which means something has to give, ... crowding out effect. ... David Lereah {view}
  • We will likely hold an international forum for representatives of business circles, civil society and government bodies in Moscow in September. It is our opinion that it is impossible to counter this evil effectively without the assistance of civil society. And we need the support of the business community to cut off international financial aid to terrorist organizations. ... Vladimir Ivanov {view}
  • The board cannot be expected to surrender its authority to another branch of government; there is a fundamental issue of separation of powers here. ... John Olson {view}
  • We must hold the Sudanese government accountable for the attacks they have supported on their own citizens. ... John Olver {view}
  • I'm happy the queen will be here when the government may fall. It's a great civics lesson. ... John Aimers {view}
  • The bottom-line mentality for government, unless something forces the issue, is to do things as cheaply as possible, ... Paul O'Brien {view}
  • The idea that a citizen's property can be taken by the government solely for private use is extremely misguided, in fact it's just plain wrong. ... John Allison {view}
  • As a result of their actions, the administration is not prepared to support repeal of the [government-sponsored enterprises'] exemption from the Securities Act of 1933, and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight is not pursuing a securities registration regime for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, ... Paul O'Neill {view}
  • John and the Optus Business team have continued to win key corporate and government customers despite fierce competition, ... Paul O'Sullivan {view}
  • There is no question that the Chinese government is far and away the most adept of any state at blocking access to sensitive political content online, ... John Palfrey {view}
  • I am trusting of the prime minister, the premier of the province and the government of the United States to stick to a commitment that's been made. ... Jim Shepherd {view}
  • I thought city government was bad. It doesn't have anything on FEMA. ... Jim Sheridan {view}
  • The dance with foreign donors, including the U.S., will be difficult but essential [for the new government], with Bolivia dependent on foreign aid for a huge portion of its annual budget. ... Jim Shultz {view}
  • This is a very fluid time in the province, and I think it's incumbent on the government to find a solution and move forward, and it's not over yet. ... Jim Sinclair {view}
  • We are giving the government a very strong reason to sit down with the teachers and solve this dispute. ... Jim Sinclair {view}
  • I'm very worried about the feelings we're getting right now from this government. I worry the government has not learned its lesson. ... Jim Sinclair {view}
  • If the government moves to neutralize the other armed groups as they have agreed in Switzerland, then there will be very serious implications for security of this country. We will not sit idly by. ... Champaka Ranawaka {view}
  • Job-related crimes have been rampant in some industries and government sections over the past years, but the amount of money has risen, crimes are committed more cunningly and more officials are absconding with large sums of public fund. ... Jia Chunwang {view}
  • The Chinese government attaches importance to the long-lasting and neighborly partnership with Nepal. ... Jia Qinglin {view}
  • We have a good relationship with Russia, ... President Yeltsin was not pleased he was not consulted, but the Russian government -- the foreign ministry -- said that they supported the effort. ... Bill Richardson {view}
  • This is good government at its best -- no loopholes, no misunderstandings and no exceptions. ... Bill Richardson {view}
  • We see a continuity in the energy policies of this new Venezuelan government, ... I was particularly pleased that the opening for energy investment would continue, and existing contracts would be respected. ... Bill Richardson {view}
  • Development of this private industry in New Mexico will allow NASA and other international government space agencies to focus their efforts on exploring the further reaches of space, including manned travel to Mars and beyond. ... Bill Richardson {view}
  • The resolution makes clear how the junta can end these sanctions -- by restoring the legitimate government of Sierra Leone, ... Bill Richardson {view}
  • The federal government has failed those at the border and we have to have a solution. ... Bill Richardson {view}
  • We must never forget that it is the private sector - not government - that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses, flourish and can provide good jobs when government acts as a productive partner. ... Bill Richardson {view}
  • This is an opportunity to use these tools to create a more high-performance, streamlined government at the local level. ... Bill Brown {view}
  • It's been determined that among the papers there are a number of classified U.S. government documents. Under the law, no private person may possess classified documents that were illegally provided to them. These documents remain the property of the government. ... Bill Carter {view}
  • The government tends to see evil where there is good, corrupt intent where there's none. ... Bill Clark {view}
  • The federal government is aware of the additional cost to states like Arkansas and Missouri, ... Matt Blunt {view}
  • The government is delivering a message that anyone who hurts the interests of small investors will be punished. With regulatory controls now enhanced, minority stockholders are expected to get more protection. ... Li Zhi {view}
  • Optimism abounds on the market. Retail investors expect an influx of funds from institutions and the government to lure overseas-listed blue chips back to mainland markets. ... Li Zhi {view}
  • It's simply not sensible ... for the government to say there is no link whatsoever between what is happening in Iraq and what is happening in terms of recruiting extremists. ... Liam Fox {view}
  • It's simply not sensible for the government to say there's no link. What I think is surprising is that the government denies there's any link - but the government's handling of this has been rather inept politically from start to finish. ... Liam Fox {view}
  • Instead of reaching inside ourselves we need to remind the country we are the natural party of government. ... Liam Fox {view}
  • The Opposition should be concentrating on opposing the government rather than involving themselves in endless speculation ... Liam Fox {view}
  • This issue is particularly suited for the political branches of government. This is an issue of tremendous international political importance. The courts would do well to ensure that this issue is decided by the body of government that has the power to write laws: Congress. Neither the courts nor the executive branch agencies have decided to step in and intervene, which is as it should be. ... Lisa Jaeger {view}
  • We want the government to expel the US ambassador in Islamabad and call back our ambassador in Washington. ... Liaqat Baluch {view}
  • It is the most inclusive institution in the government and the one that enjoys the greatest legitimacy. ... Matt Bryden {view}
  • Consumers want to know that the information they see on a government-sanctioned label reasonably reflects what they will experience on the road. ... Robert Darbelnet {view}
  • It is clear that this bridge will never be built, but the government wants to begin the work as soon as possible so they can tell everybody what a good job they are doing. ... Roberto Della Seta {view}
  • Governments shouldn't mess with those things. ... Roberto Hernandez {view}
  • Roe is based on an extreme intrusion by the government ? literally to force a woman to continue a pregnancy she doesn't want. There's nothing equivalent for men. They have the same ability as women to use contraception, to get sterilized. ... Jennifer Brown {view}
  • We're focused on working with that ASTB and doing what is necessary to get the government loan guarantees. A big part of that is getting all employees to participate in the recovery plan. ... Jeff Green {view}
  • Mexico today requires proven ability, an experienced government, a competent team. ... Roberto Madrazo {view}
  • Berlusconi can take our word for it: the Left won so it should govern. ... Roberto Maroni {view}
  • If the government is going to mandate levels and punish schools for failing, they should send that money to the school system. ... Robert Duncan {view}
  • If the government goes ahead with this pipeline (from Venezuela) it will have no money to for any other type of investment. ... Roberto Smeraldi {view}
  • If I can paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, [the new government should be] of the Iraqis, by the Iraqis, for the Iraqis -- not to make them a colonial administration or a U.N. administration or run in any way by foreigners, ... Paul Wolfowitz {view}
  • The Secretary is not promoting any individual or group to be the future government of Iraq. ... Paul Wolfowitz {view}
  • The point to remember is that what the Government gives it must first take away ... John Caldwell {view}
  • It's hard to see where the future of Telstra's business lies. Its ongoing battle with the government isn't inspiring shareholders either. ... Paul Xiradis {view}
  • The government, whoever it is going to be, doesn't have a clear mandate. They will have to be doing compromises in policies to minority parties and you have in the minority parties some rather extreme views. ... Paul Young {view}
  • When you are told all the time by the media and the government that you are the freest people in the world, you will believe it even though you are sitting in a cage, ... Paul Jacob {view}
  • Communication was a common theme for everybody. That was inter-county-office communication, communication among different government groups, and communication between the county government and the public. And that communication needs to be two ways, too. ... John Schneider {view}
  • Nobody wants government paper, here or abroad. The basic reason for that is the 'Lula is coming!' panic, which brings other consequences such as speculation and liquidity problems. ... John Carioba {view}
  • We sharply limited the number we would consider, based on good government reform. The fewer coming in, the better you can scrub the ones coming in. ... John Scofield {view}
  • We're going to demonstrate until the government understands that we are serious and they stop playing with us like they played with us until today. If it takes force, we'll use force because doing it nicely hasn't worked. ... Yoram Musavi {view}
  • NYRA is a paradigm of bad government. There are still major problems at the tracks, but this report shows that there has been progress. ... Darren Dopp {view}
  • The two governments will do everything to go to a solution with mutual benefit and respecting each other's sovereignty, ... Xanana Gusmao {view}
  • Government support for such a big event is very important. ... Xiao Wunan {view}
  • We're hopeful that the deadline will be met. The Governing Council has given us every indication that it will. ... Dan Senor {view}
  • Courts have often been taken as branches of the government and judges viewed as civil servants who have to follow orders from superiors. ... Xiao Yang {view}
  • This also means introducing corporate governance in line with international practice. ... Xiao Yaqing {view}
  • The government should take measures to lower house prices. ... Xiao Zhuoji {view}
  • Foreign government-owned companies should not operate ports. ... Dan Shapiro {view}
  • The Chinese government has a very full, clear understanding on the importance of containing the pandemic and the general public here have not shown an unnecessary sign of panic. ... Xavier Bertrand {view}
  • He has paid in full the taxes and civil penalties. He is whole with the government. ... Lawrence Horn {view}
  • They are both trying to atone for their conduct by cooperating with the government. I have every reason to believe they will continue to cooperate. ... Lawrence LaVecchio {view}
  • When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place, ... Lawrence Lessig {view}
  • My claim is that we should focus on the values of liberty... If there is not government to insist on those values, then who? ... The single unifying force should be that we govern ourselves. ... Lawrence Lessig {view}
  • The labor market is crying for help. The government could write a check from Treasury to every man, woman and child right now for $400. All this bickering about the shape of a dividend tax cut is a distraction from how to get consumers spending right now. ... Lawrence Mishel {view}
  • The government is making it easier for property development in general and for the companies in the industry. This is positive news for the sector. ... Lawrence Peterman {view}
  • The government has done its part, now it's time that people do their part, ... We have never, in our country, had a moment of economic expansion as strong as the present. So right now it is critical to plan for future. ... Lawrence Summers {view}
  • The ongoing task of debt management for the federal government will clearly be very different in the years ahead than it has been in the past, when debt was rapidly increasing, ... With $3.6 trillion in debt outstanding, even a 3 basis point (0.03 percentage point) reduction in federal borrowing costs will ultimately produce savings of more than $1 billion per year. ... Lawrence Summers {view}
  • The IMF needs to focus on the fact that it and all of us in government are alongside what are now vast private markets, ... Our role needs to be (to) support rather than supplant those private markets and to try to create a framework in which the flow of private capital will be stable. ... Lawrence Summers {view}
  • We have a high level of comfort that the combination of insurance dollars and federal government dollars will cover us. ... Larry Roedel {view}
  • I have come here with a message of goodwill and friendship from the government and people of India for the government and people of Pakistan, ... Natwar Singh {view}
  • The government of India has offered assistance of US$25 million for relief and the rehabilitation of earthquake victims. ... Navtej Sarna {view}
  • These actions by the government in Nepal are counter-productive. ... Navtej Sarna {view}
  • India welcomes his intention to transfer all executive power of the state to a government constituted by the alliance of the seven political parties, which has been in the forefront of the movement by the people of Nepal for the restoration of multi-party democracy and their democratic freedoms. ... Navtej Sarna {view}
  • The government of Pakistan would be welcome to use this contribution for rebuilding homes and rehabilitating people, reconstructing the infrastructure and restoring essential services. ... Navtej Sarna {view}
  • The government has decided to set up composite relief and rehabilitation points at three places to provide facilities for medical assistance and relief for people from across the Line of Control, ... Navtej Sarna {view}
  • India, as always, wishes the people and the Bhutan government continued peace and stability and fulfillment of their aspirations as they embark on a new constitutional system. ... Navtej Sarna {view}
  • The sanctions imposed by the US government on the two Indian firms relate to transfer of some chemicals to Iran. Our preliminary assessment is that the transfer of such chemicals is not in violation of our regulations or our international obligations. ... Navtej Sarna {view}
  • The government of India's commitment to prevent onward proliferation is second to none. We have instituted a rigorous system of export controls and our track record in this regard is well known. ... Navtej Sarna {view}
  • Since the imposition of sanctions in September 2004, the government maintained that this had no justification. Accordingly, we had urged the U.S. government to review the issue and withdraw the sanctions. ... Navtej Sarna {view}
  • The United States congratulates the people of Haiti, the Haiti 's Provisional Electoral Council, and the Interim Government for the conclusion of successful parliamentary elections. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • Certainly, we would like to see president Mubarak and his government follow through on that pledge. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • I think that they have shown a seriousness of purpose in working very closely with the Israeli government in seeing that the withdrawal is a success. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • This is not the policy of the United States government. We do not share his views. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • Any accusations or any idea that we are planning to take hostile action against Venezuela or the Venezuelan government -- any ideas in that regard are totally without fact and baseless. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • As we have said before, any allegations that we are planning to take hostile action against the Venezuelan government are completely baseless and without fact. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • This is something that we encourage around the world, and we urge the Egyptian government to agree to let in election observers. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • I understand that the Iraqi government is on the scene with an immediate response in terms of security and medical support. All reports are that they're doing a great job, and we certainly have every confidence that they'll be able to handle the situation. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • has talked about the need for reform in Uzbekistan. Very basically, the Uzbekistan government needs to trust its people. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • The winning bidder will provide the lowest execution risk to the Singapore government. ... Sean Monaghan {view}
  • When a regime is being pushed for change and it knows it lacks popular support, it does what the government did this week. ... Prof Anyang' Nyong'o {view}
  • The government of Sierra Leone is waiting to see how the whole process would unfold. ... Kanji Daramy {view}
  • There is no local government infrastructure, no law enforcement or judicial authorities in Somalia, ... Pottengal Mukundan {view}
  • It is advisable for the government of Ethiopia to make fully available all transportation capacity for the internal distribution of food rather than making it available for other purposes. ... Poul Nielson {view}
  • Direct food aid is urgently needed. ... However, the government also has a responsibility to help ensure that aid gets to those that need it. ... Poul Nielson {view}
  • Governments have to take tobacco seriously. The key message is that it is possible to avoid up to three million deaths a year. ... Prabhat Jha {view}
  • We think that if the government does not clarify all the issues, it would add to the panic that has already been caused by the demolition drive. ... Kapil Sibal {view}
  • The government had promised in 2001 to build 1.6 million houses for the rehabilitation of people displaced during the (then planned) demolition but only half-a-million houses have been built so far. ... Kapil Sibal {view}
  • The government should conduct a fresh survey of the colonies to find out about illegal constructions and then decide on demolition and sealing. ... Kapil Sibal {view}
  • I know that government doesn't have the all solutions that real solutions do not come from the top down. Instead, the ways to end poverty come from all of us. We are part of the solution. ... Kathleen Blanco {view}
  • Might is still right. ... Muhammed Haider {view}
  • In the New Year, instead of trying to liberate other countries, America should try to liberate itself from the clutches of the Federal Reserve System. ... Muhammed Haider {view}
  • With the internet, overnight shipping, and being called snail mail; I can't believe the United States Postal service didn't see it coming. ... Sam James {view}
  • Government is taxing the country dry ... Joseph Muscat {view}
  • A Labour government would ensure that it was the well off who carried the heaviest burdens and now those with a small income. The people would understand the need for sacrifices when they could see that taxes were raised fairly and spent wisely. ... Joseph Muscat {view}
  • A Labour government would be a governemnt which would put the countrys not the partys interest first. ... Joseph Muscat {view}
  • A Labour government would be honest with the people. The people would accept sacrifices when the countrys real situation was explained to them rather than being told one thing before the election, and something different afterwards. ... Joseph Muscat {view}
  • A Labour government would build on what was good and would not bring in changes for the sake of change but would instead focus on the countrys real needs. ... Joseph Muscat {view}
  • A future Labour government would base itself on meritocracy not mediocrity, as at present. This would be a government based on a movement which went beyond the limits of a traditional political party ... Joseph Muscat {view}
  • Religion, the dominion of the human mind; Property, the dominion of human needs; and Government, the dominion of human conduct, represent the stronghold of man's enslavement and all the horrors it entails. ... Emma Goldman {view}
  • A republican government is slow to move, yet when once in motion, its momentum becomes irresistible ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • Any linkage between the British government and these terrorist outrages is completely without foundation. ... Jack the Ripper {view}
  • Johnny's in the basement, mixin' up the medicine...I'm on the pavement, thinkin' about the government. ... Bob Dylan {view}
  • It is just as important that business keep out of government as that government keep out of business ... Herbert Hoover {view}
  • Democracy is a form of government in which it is permitted to wonder aloud what the country could do under first-class management ... Doug Larson {view}
  • Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government. ... Alexander Hamilton {view}
  • The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people ... Andrew Johnson {view}
  • Television is the first truly democratic culture - the first culture available to everybody and entirely governed by what the people want. The most terrifying thing is what people do want. ... Clive Barnes {view}
  • Bali is the worst terrorist attack since 9/11... and until Bali occurred there were many government denials that there was a significant terrorist network operating in Southeast Asia, ... Rohan Gunaratna {view}
  • The terrorists' aim is to embarrass and humiliate the government of Indonesia. ... Rohan Gunaratna {view}
  • Our prediction is Thailand will become like Mindanao in the next five years unless the Thai government takes decisive steps to control and contain the local insurgency. ... Rohan Gunaratna {view}
  • This is what the federal government ought to be doing, ... This is what government is about. ... Rosa DeLauro {view}
  • With 28 million children eating lunch at school every day in the United States, I believe government has an obligation to ensure parents have some peace of mind when they send their children off to school in the morning, ... Rosa DeLauro {view}
  • With 28 million children eating lunch at school every day in the United States, I believe government has an obligation to ensure parents have some peace of mind when they send their children off to school in the morning, ... Since children are particularly vulnerable to foodborne illness, schools must be vigilant in their efforts to ensure that cafeterias are not putting children at risk. These changes in law will support parents who want to work with school principals and food-service directors to ensure a safe environment. ... Rosa DeLauro {view}
  • We're excited about banks. This is very much a consolidation story. The government has told Lloyds TSB it cannot increase market share in the UK through consolidation. It now needs to look to Europe. ... Henk Potts {view}
  • Who will now check the excesses and abuses of the government? ... Roilo Golez {view}
  • [No group has claimed responsibility for the blast, but one government official ascribed it to terrorists.] This is definitely an act of terrorism, hitting a civilian bus and killing civilians in the process, ... The president is very concerned about this. ... Roilo Golez {view}
  • The government will continue to observe maximum tolerance, ... Roilo Golez {view}
  • The arrival of these new buses would not be possible without the financial support from all three levels of government. ... Howard Moscoe {view}
  • Government is the tool of the moneyed powers. That concentration of power is happening because Congress is bought off. The system is rigged. And anyone who because of some schoolbook imagery thinks we have some sort of a democratically elected government is not reading the signs of the times. ... Jerry Brown {view}
  • I think the government ought to stay out of other people's business. ... Jim Murphy {view}
  • We go as independent religious leaders, as private citizens, not with the support of our government. But I'm sure they hope we are successful in our appeal. ... Jesse Jackson {view}
  • The government is determined to continue with the disengagement plan, at the same time will continue to fight terrorism as they do on a daily basis, ... Ra'anan Gissin {view}
  • Handling well the issue of the people's livelihood is the fundamental task of the party and government. ... Jiang Zemin {view}
  • It is an imperialist government, one that says it fights against terrorism but protects it. The U.S. throws stones to Latin America, ... Hugo Chavez {view}
  • I think the government ought to stay out of the religious business ... Jimmy Carter {view}
  • Anyone who participates in this government must renounce terrorism, must abandon the path of terrorism, must abandon incitement and the culture of hatred (and) must disarm the terrorist groups. ... Raanan Gissin {view}
  • One of these days the people of Louisiana are going to get good government - and they aren't going to like it. ... Huey Long {view}
  • Democrats (I think to myself) are liberals who believe the people are basically good, but that they need government help to organize their lives. They believe in freedom so fervently that they think it should be compulsory. They believe that the poor and ignorant are victims of an unfair system and that their circumstances can be improved if we give them help. Republicans (I think to myself) are conservatives who think it would be best if we faced the fact that people are no damned good. They think that if we admit that we have selfish, acquisitive natures and then ... Andy Rooney {view}
  • The government will fall that raises the price of beer. ... Czech Proverb {view}
  • Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more. ... William Henry Harrison {view}
  • When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned. ... Herbert Hoover {view}
  • Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm ... Henry Louis Mencken {view}
  • No other people have a government more worthy of their respect and love or a land so magnificent in extent, so pleasant to look upon, and so full of generous suggestion to enterprise and labor. ... Benjamin Harrison {view}
  • Government is not the generator of economic growth; working people are. ... Phil Gramm {view}
  • The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid ... Will Rogers {view}
  • It's very much to the floor at the moment. The government are very much behind it. ... Leo Mohan {view}
  • Airlines are not asking Congress to assist with economic or competitive challenges, but we do request that the government relieve the industry of government-imposed security costs stemming from the nation's war on terrorism. ... Leo Mullin {view}
  • We're calling on the visiting Japanese ministers to pressure their government into stopping whaling in the Southern Ocean. ... Steve Shallhorn {view}
  • The blue bands have raised money to highlight awareness of bullying. This generation wants a government that helps their neighbour. ... David Davis {view}
  • Ontario has heard them and we have acted. Now it's time to focus on the federal government (and) make it very clear that there needs to be a multi-year partnership with the provinces. ... Leona Dombrowsky {view}
  • This government needs to understand it can't protect the homeland on the cheap, ... Mary Landrieu {view}
  • Only the federal government can adequately address the basic needs of our fellow Americans suffering from this disaster and they deserve a better response from their government. ... Mary Landrieu {view}
  • Substantive future investments from our federal government must be rooted in the principles of accountability and a clear strategy for building a New South: a New South that is stronger, better, and full of economic opportunities for all citizens. ... Mary Landrieu {view}
  • You're entitled to better than you're getting from the federal government, ... Mary Landrieu {view}
  • The government too narrowly focuses the investigation on the incident without looking at the big picture. ... Joe Main {view}
  • The people of West Virginia have made it clear that they will no longer tolerate a government that is out of step with the economy of this state. ... Joe Manchin {view}
  • You can not have a situation where government does not know what is going on... you can't plan and develop if you don't know what the situation is with land ownership. ... Joe Matthews {view}
  • The percentage of US cattle selected for testing is very limited at less than 1 percent. How can the government ensure that the imported beef products did not come from cows that might not have yet shown symptoms of the disease? ... Joanna Lei {view}
  • People more familiar with state government have questioned how we can guarantee that our state appropriations will be adequate to guarantee tuition. ... Joe Moore {view}
  • I would like to ask the state legislature and local government and the Boise school district to stop hitting the average property owner in Boise over the head with continued bond issues. ... Joe Moran {view}
  • I am dismayed the governor decided to veto a voter-oriented, good government piece of legislation, ... However, I understand this bill would have adversely affected his govern-by-initiative approach by forcing paid signature gatherers to reveal their true identity to voters. ... Joe Nation {view}
  • If the government sends you a bill for $200 and you have to pay it, it's a tax. ... Joe Negron {view}
  • Achieving greater competition in this space is a very important policy matter for the U.S. government. The government has to focus on getting a lower cost infrastructure for broadband so that less wealthy Americans who obviously desire broadband can afford it. ... Joe Nordgaard {view}
  • There are not very many options available. If the idea of funding the relocation of a government agency from the budget is rejected, there will be another option left, that of drawing investors' money. ... Vladimir Kozhin {view}
  • [Republicans said it is their responsibility to scrutinize their GOP-run government.] In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, we saw government, at all levels, fail her citizens, ... It is the duty and responsibility of Congress to investigate what went wrong. ... Bill Frist {view}
  • The United States Congress will not be giving money to a government that supports terrorism, that refuses to disarm its militias, that has as its goal in its Charter the destruction of Israel. ... Bill Frist {view}
  • Their ideological argument that government shouldn't do anything the private sector does makes about as much sense as saying there should be no public transportation because we have taxis. It's a community decision. ... Adina Levin {view}
  • The American people expect and deserve a government that works and leaders who work together. ... Bill Frist {view}
  • Part of India's great success in the IT sector comes from the fantastic investment that the government has made over decades in institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology. India only has six or seven million seats at its universities, and it will need 20 to 25 million, so I think this is a great opportunity to rethink the idea of a university. ... Bill Gates {view}
  • This is clearly the most massive attempt at government regulation of the technology industry ever. ... Bill Gates {view}
  • If government is pulling back on this stuff, then the AIDS epidemic absolutely will not be stopped and the whole view of the rich world and how they've behaved to the world at large I think will be sort of irredeemable, ... Bill Gates {view}
  • He's truly been a leader in protecting the safety of children online and convincing government, law enforcement and the private sector that we all need to work together to tackle this important problem. ... Bill Gates {view}
  • That license is concrete proof of government commitment to strengthen the awareness and the activities around intellectual property. ... Bill Gates {view}
  • The government is going to file a lawsuit. Microsoft is innocent of any of these charges and we're certainly going to defend ourselves vigorously, ... Bill Gates {view}
  • My family, we've been working here for 15 years. We never asked for any government money. We can't, because we're working with illegal documents. The only thing we can do is just work. ... Maria Rodriguez {view}
  • This is not at all acceptable. He should quit. He still remains a member of government and this is a wrong message. ... Kuldip Nayar {view}
  • The government wants the parties to fall into its trap and also to show the international community that it is serious about elections. ... Kunda Dixit {view}
  • The Maoists are striking at the government with impunity now, ... Kunda Dixit {view}
  • The government needs to support child-rearing families by distributing public funds fairly and equally. ... Kuniko Inoguchi {view}
  • We express our appreciation to the French Government and the four toll road companies for the grant. ... Kuntoro Mangkusubroto {view}
  • It's the fiscal balance of all levels of government combined that are really important. ... David Dodge {view}
  • Politically I am disappointed that (the coalition government) has not been allowed to continue, ... Kjell Magne Bondevik {view}
  • Our ambition is to come up with a better taxation system than that of the outgoing government. ... Kjell Magne Bondevik {view}
  • I will present my request to resign for the coalition government, ... Kjell Magne Bondevik {view}
  • The minimum wage vote was an important victory for the government, which animated the market. The wage level rose, which is good for Brazil, but budget will not suffer. ... Marcelo Porto {view}
  • A Palestinian government that encourages or tolerates terrorism against men, women and children not only increases the level of violence against Israelis, but can as well only do great harm to the interest of the Palestinian people and ensure its own further isolation. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • We reiterate that the United States will have no contact with such a government and we call upon all states to demand that it abandon its support for terror. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • We continue to urge the Iraqi leaders to come together and get a unity government in place as quickly as possible. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • The formation of a unity government is a real blow to their ambitions to foment sectarian strife or civil war. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • It's unfortunate those Democrats refuse to recognize that a new unity government has just recently been formed, which really lays the foundation for more progress moving forward. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • The president is making very clear that we have some concerns and that we also want to see the government continue to work with the rebel groups and others to get a peace agreement. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • This would really be a road map. It will cover both the government and non-government actions that are being taken to plan and prepare for any potential pandemic. ... Scott McClellan {view}
  • We do understand that he will be released, that the Afghan government has found that there were substantial evidentiary problems with the case and that the case would -- and has been referred back to the ministry of justice and that he will be released. We're pleased by that. ... Scott McCormack {view}
  • The Japanese government is very worried about weakness in the bond market because it has a huge outstanding debt. Bonds have been weak recently and if they put a lot of this allocation into the market it will make a difference. ... Scott McGlashan {view}
  • It is through this economic development that they can deal with these imbalances. The central government knows that unless they improve the livelihood of their people year-on-year, it really sort of challenges their existence. ... Peter Woo {view}
  • The government now is completely in the driving seat. ... Peter Clateman {view}
  • Once released to another government entity, it's theirs for whatever use is deemed appropriate. ... John Hageman {view}
  • You may have misappropriation of government dollars or theft by deception or something of that nature. But the way the contracts were, the way the monies were provided to the day cares, it didn't place limitations on the dollars per se. Therefore, we can't charge a crime. ... John Hagerty {view}
  • There will be combo issues going on. But this is still a total abrogation of coverage by the government and privatization of our health-care system even more. ... Peter Wyckoff {view}
  • The Victorian Government Solicitor's advice to us was that (a prosecution) wasn't going to succeed. ... Peter Cohen {view}
  • Private sector users have the same security and critical operations issues as government workers. Shutting down the RIM network for anyone seems like an extreme measure. ... John Halamka {view}
  • We understand (the Federal Government) intends to have a look at the tax treatment given to major international sporting events with a view to understanding Australia's competitiveness in bidding for them. ... Peter Young {view}
  • We believe these workshops are timely and necessary to inform government agencies, businesses, landowners, home-owners and community associations on the latest approaches to protecting our precious coastal resources. ... Peter Young {view}
  • A government employee's actions in dealing with classified information is simply not the same as a private person, whether that person is a reporter or a lobbyist. ... Abbe Lowell {view}
  • We really wanted to bring this toll to the attention of governments, international health organizations, and the public and to provide a road map to move forward. ... Christopher Howson {view}
  • No man is good enough to govern another man without that other man's consent. ... Abraham Lincoln {view}
  • Modern democracy: Government of the irresponsible, by the irresponsible, for the irresponsible. ... Muhammed Haider {view}
  • Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance. ... Kofi Annan {view}
  • We are holding a sit-in to protest the neglect shown to us by the government. ... Irshad Ahmed {view}
  • There is little scope for significant price reductions, but we will be seeking to work with the government to ensure that U.K. customers continue to buy with confidence from U.K. dealers. ... Christopher Macgowan {view}
  • He was a witness the government thought it needed. Could it have gotten a conviction without him? Maybe. ... But it was a deal made in the early stages of the investigation. Prosecutors didn't know if two were involved or 100 were involved. ... Irven Box {view}
  • We sent her to be certified government-trained, but she was on her own manipulating documents. We've cooperated fully with the government's investigation, all of which led to the arrest. ... Richard McKay {view}
  • The oil ministry is working with the government in order to speed up the payment process. There is no problem. It is just a matter of time and the money will be paid. ... Asim Jihad {view}
  • The payroll survey is one of the oldest government data series and it was state-of-the-art when it was developed. ... Katharine Abraham {view}
  • I think serving your government is the greatest thing in the world. ... Alphonso Jackson {view}
  • That will prop up the corrupted regime. We are rewarding and we are encouraging the government for what they did over the past 20 years. ... Harry Wu {view}
  • It's ironic that Hillary's press secretary would call for more government intrusion into our lives while bashing my book. Who needs parents when you've got bureaucrats in the Department of Education taking care of our kids? Evidently Hillary thinks it takes a village to teach a child to read! ... Katharine DeBrecht {view}
  • Government-owned facilities like naval facilities and shipyards are going with their existing relationships. But many of the decisions about reconstruction are happening at the state level, so those outcomes are still up in the air. ... Poe Fratt {view}
  • As you all know, the NTN has a long history from before and upon independence of government support for the institution, which carries out a national mandate of presenting, promoting and developing performing arts in the country. ... Pohamba Shifeta {view}
  • My position is clearly that we will join a coalition government...FUNCINPEC will participate in a coalition government. ... Prince Norodom Ranariddh {view}
  • We foresaw this reaction from the government and we will suspend publication as soon as we are ordered to. ... Polit Hamzah {view}
  • Every government has lost its virginity in this area (and) I am sure that it will come up in conversation between the leaders, ... George Troup {view}
  • If the President does not withdraw this idea for a Joint Mechanism, we will leave the government on June 16. ... Somawansa Amerasinghe {view}
  • Every project doesn't need a front person, ... We are fully engaged on this in city government. We're serious about this effort, and we are going to get it done. ... Shirley Franklin {view}
  • There could be all kinds of vote rigging in those constituencies, from buying votes to getting government officials to fabricate the results. ... Somchai Srisuthiyakorn {view}
  • Of course, we know this British government has adopted a so-called ethical foreign policy, ... Martin Lee {view}
  • We are fighting against a traitor who sells the country to the Singaporean government. ... Sondhi Limthongkul {view}
  • He is very arrogant, insulting other people and running the government as a one-man show. He is worse than a tyrant. ... Sondhi Limthongkul {view}
  • We have no fear. If the government declare state of emergency, they can arrest us. However we are ready to be arrested. ... Sondhi Limthongkul {view}
  • We want to see the British government recognizing the rights of all the people in this island, Catholic and Protestant, unionist and nationalist, to self-determination. ... It is quite clear the British government and leaders of unionist parties are afraid to negotiate that. ... Martin McGuinness {view}
  • If he does not step down by the end of the month, and continues to dominate the next government through proxies, the People's Alliance for Democracy would regroup and resume a major protest. ... Sondhi Limthongkul {view}
  • The government is willing to be guided by the principle that it won't achieve IT security through regulation. Congress and the federal agencies should be discouraged from trying to craft IT regulation into law. ... Richard Clarke {view}
  • You may not be aware but in government departments, no one does any work on Friday and most offices are deserted by 2.30pm. Consequently, the OBO team can rest assured they are not throwing sand in the over-oiled mechanism of the civil service. ... Richard Clarke {view}
  • We demand that the Karnataka Governor should sack the Congress-led government in Karnataka as it has failed to prove its majority in the given time. ... Ravishankar Prasad {view}
  • I don't think a ruling in our favor means that suddenly every government form is going to have to be printed in every foreign language. That will not happen because in most every context, people can get the government forms translated. People can hand it to their friends or relatives and say, 'Read this for me,' ... Richard Cohen {view}
  • The government is allowing these [airlines], through their money and their power, to get together and form cartels. ... Richard Copland {view}
  • We are very involved in taking these initial breakthroughs - partnering with companies, laboratories and government - all the way to commercialization. ... Ray Baughman {view}
  • If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self ... Benjamin Franklin {view}
  • You had time to write letters to the City Council, to the state of North Dakota, to the government of Canada (seeking support) but you didn't have time to walk across campus to the biology department? That's unforgivable, unacceptable. ... Richard Crawford {view}
  • If you would be revenged of your enemy, govern yourself. ... Benjamin Franklin {view}
  • They've got offshore oil, (a) tremendous amount, a billion barrels in a leasing situation with the government. So they're going to be able to capitalize on it very soon. ... Ray Dirks {view}
  • Although the government has more money than anyone else, it's one of the toughest defendants to sue in the United States of America today. In fact, the United States is the toughest defendant to sue in the United States. ... Victor Schwartz {view}
  • The government is quite rationally focusing on the issues that will deliver the most domestic bang for its yuan...That puts the US Congress and its demand for yuan reforms in the back seat. ... Carl Weinberg {view}
  • Many times the major impediment to delivery of services is that the disparate arms of government are not aware of what each other does. ... Aubyn Hill {view}
  • When you have a set of rules, and then government says they don't apply to you -- they only apply when we want them to -- that's a concern. ... Allen Lichtenstein {view}
  • Students interested in government or law have a grand opportunity to engage in panel conversation with the justices, ... Alan Gould {view}
  • We firmly believe in open government and a citizen's right to access government records, so they can hold the government accountable. ... Adina Rosenbaum {view}
  • There's nothing here for us anymore, so we won't come back. We'll settle anywhere else in Pakistan that the government can arrange. ... Abdul Hamid {view}
  • This is not just the end of a tired, directionless scandal-clad government. It's the start of a bright new future for our country, ... Stephen Harper {view}
  • If you want your taxes to go down, you have to vote for it. If you want a government that actually does something about crime, you have to vote for it. If you want to fix health care, you have to vote for it. If you want choice in child care, you have to vote for it. And the only way to get that is to vote for a new Conservative government. ... Stephen Harper {view}
  • The government was very supportive of this project. Maybe it doesn't have immediate benefits, like housing or feeding people or giving them jobs. But turning kids onto science is really crucial. ... David Buckley {view}
  • A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • No government can continue good but under the control of the people ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • If you didn't work for the government or yourself, you worked for the railroad. ... Donna Harlin {view}
  • Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question. ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • Most bad government has grown out of too much government. ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • The levels of piracy within China as a whole are extremely high, but our sense is that the government record is much better than that. ... Robert Holleyman {view}
  • It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power [the judiciary] is independent of the nation. ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • By providing a direct line of communication for government biologists and scientists to access the specialists at Defenders, we hope to work more closely with federal government employees to address the challenges they face in ensuring the use of the best available science in wildlife management decisions. ... Jamie Rappaport Clark {view}
  • While the testimony will likely garner headlines, we don't believe it will significantly increase the risk that the government will require cable operators to offer a la carte programming. ... Blair Levin {view}
  • The company is bleeding into so many new sectors and businesses that there are any number of government policies the company should be involved in. ... Blair Levin {view}
  • He's going to have to move around the state and it's harder to do that if county government is in an uproar over this partisan struggle. ... Blair Horner {view}
  • The law is clear. Individuals and government entities that object to statutes may work to change them through the legislative or initiative process, ... Bill Lockyer {view}
  • The government of Canada continues to be ready to deploy both human resources and other kinds of services as requested, ... Anne McLellan {view}
  • opening my eyes to animal rights. Look at the way [Hurricane] Katrina was handled the way the government treats people and their animals is a tragedy. ... Alec Baldwin {view}
  • In light of the bank's public policy role and the track record of strong support from the Indian government, Standard & Poor's equalizes its ratings on India EXIM with those on the sovereign. ... Agost Benard {view}
  • He is not mad. The government is playing games. The people will not be fooled. This is humiliating for Islam. ... Cut off his head. ... Abdul Raoulf {view}
  • Microsoft typically does not comment on specific government inquiries. That said, as you may have heard from the DOJ, they did contact us in this case. We take the privacy of our customers very seriously. We did comply with their request for data in this case in a way that ensured we also protected the privacy of our customers. ... Adam Sohn {view}
  • For us that has to mean the Government has to return to the Good Friday Agreement as the baseline document in any negotiations we have. ... Mark Durkan {view}
  • It's puzzling that any government would fight it rather than make an agreement. ... Mark Emery {view}
  • We have every reason to expect there is sufficient competence (in Myanmar) to make the diagnosis. If the government says they've got it, then they've got it. ... Laurence Gleeson {view}
  • Morality is the biggest misconception. People also think we're the big spenders and for big government. We're the party for the people and for helping people, and we're for government that works. ... Larry Harris {view}
  • As strange as it may seem, government at all levels does business with vendors who are delinquent on their taxes. ... Mark Everson {view}
  • Government bonds many investors like because they are the 100 percent safe investment. You never call an investment guaranteed, but if the U.S. government doesn't pay off its bonds, that's gonna be the least of our worries. ... Mary Farrell {view}
  • Of course, every government agency failed. What is her job as national security adviser? My sense is it is her responsibility to get information from all these agencies that aren't communicating, ... Mary Fetchet {view}
  • I really urge the government to withdraw this bad project before there is a serious accident. ... Laurent Fabius {view}
  • What Mills doesn't want to happen is to have the government speed his death along with an execution. ... Mark Fleming {view}
  • This is, after all, a country that still sees the Taliban as the legitimate government of Afghanistan and still fails to recognize Israel as a sovereign state. ... Mark Foley {view}
  • I want the assurance from the government that my community will be safeguarded and they will be safe. ... Ameer Ali {view}
  • I hope they (the solutions) are forthcoming and that the government of the Russian Federation will not conclude that the only answer to terrorism is to increase the power of the Kremlin, ... Chris Patten {view}
  • What happens to these securities it's up to the investors, not any government agency. ... Donald Straszheim {view}
  • We have our own system, ... and journalists in our system are not put in prison for embarrassing the government by revealing things the government might not wish to have revealed. The important thing is that our system, under which journalists can write without fear or favor, should continue. ... Chris Patten {view}
  • We really view ourselves as being governed by the same rules and procedures that any other board would. ... Chuck Shultz {view}
  • I have been in the minority... So many times on open government. ... Chuck Reed {view}
  • I think it's very unfortunate for Pakistan that yet another government, a democratically-elected government elected by the people has been dismissed. I think it says something about the fact that our democratic institutions haven't worked. ... Benazir Bhutto {view}
  • The anti-terrorism laws are going to create a legal nightmare for the Government. ... Ameer Ali {view}
  • What we're looking at now is international tribunals which would have some authority over state government, and that's something that hasn't been thoroughly thought through, and that's concerning to governors and legislators. ... Alan Stearns {view}
  • The opposition proposal did not receive a positive response from the government. This means the government is not sincere about political reforms. ... Abhisit Vejjajiva {view}
  • has made clear its will to lead this country in government. ... Gerhard Schroeder {view}
  • This requires a government that makes this its priority and I am very sure that such a government will emerge in the form of a grand coalition. ... Gerhard Schroeder {view}
  • The federal government is basically saying that the price of gas could go up slightly through Labor Day weekend. It could be another couple of cents between now and next weekend. Maybe as much as four or five cents. ... Gregg Laskoski {view}
  • take charge of the political process, and if indeed possible, to establish an Iraqi government responsible for functioning of the country. ... Gerhard Schroeder {view}
  • It's purely up to the federal government to regulate standards for automotive safety. ... Michael Gross {view}
  • Those who tried to bring about a change in government have failed grandly, ... Gerhard Schroeder {view}
  • Many of these questions are extremely controversial, from abortion to gay rights, to the authority of the federal government over the states, and so on and so forth. ... Michael Greve {view}
  • I hope that you and your government will manage to pursue and complete the peace process on the foundation of what has already been achieved, ... Gerhard Schroeder {view}
  • The Cole corruption inquiry has damaged the Howard government. Morally and politically. ... Steve Lewis {view}
  • I will not be a part of the next government -- definitely not be part of it, ... Gerhard Schroeder {view}
  • This is part of an ongoing series of consultations we have had with the Russian government and we have a very broad and deep and important agenda, ... I am sure the topic of Bosnia will come up. Russia and the United States are working closely together to try to bring peace to the area. But we have a lot of other things to talk about. ... Strobe Talbott {view}
  • The government is closely studying and examining this question, ... This is part of a complex of difficult and unclear problems. A decision will be taken when this work is finished. ... Vladimir Putin {view}
  • If a county adopts a sewage ordinance, then it is governed by the county and the state doesn't send inspectors in, ... That's why the state doesn't inspect our systems here. ...What our ordinance states is that we adopted the Missouri State Sewage Law. ... Charla Baker {view}
  • I wish the government and the Minister of Justice would address these legal and constitutional arguments, but they refuse to. They want Canadians to go blindly into their brave new world, but it is not wise for a society to move blindly in any direction. ... Stockwell Day {view}
  • The same undisciplined government spending and social engineering that has undermined our economy over the past 30 years has also been tearing at the social fabric of this land. ... Stockwell Day {view}
  • The New Democrats have called for that under the previous government, and will call for that again under this government. ... Dawn Black {view}
  • Individuals have little opportunity to get elected to Parliament under the label of the government party... unless they are in good standing with the Prime Minister and pledged to be cooperative. ... Stockwell Day {view}
  • We are a government that does not deal with niceties of language and packaging, it deals with action, ... I have no doubt that ... we will continue on this path and, in the end, the feeling will change as well. ... Ehud Barak {view}
  • I believe it's absolutely crucial for us to maintain a strong voice in the national government. ... Dennis Anderson {view}
  • Right now, the state [government in Trenton] has done more than the federal government on chemical-plant security, and we've got to make sure the federal government doesn't preempt the state. ... Charles Walston {view}
  • We have never yet had a labor Government that knew what taking power really means; they always act like second-class citizens. ... Dora Russell {view}
  • Therefore, the Indian government could propose that the 45 percent import duty applies only to non-GMO soy oil and all the rest would pay the same import duty as crude palm oil. ... Dorab Mistry {view}
  • U.S. trade officials are working to make Hong Kong a success. The U.S. government is totally committed to Hong Kong. ... Rob Portman {view}
  • This is the first test of the new Palestinian government, and so far it is an utter failure. ... Dore Gold {view}
  • There will be no direct evidence introduced by the government that Martha Stewart conspired to obstruct anything. No witness will appear in this courtroom during the trial to say 'Martha told me to do something unlawful'. ... Robert Morvillo {view}
  • It is not up to any industry or the government to set standards for what kids can see or do; that is the role of parents. Everyone involved with this misguided law has known from the start that it is an unconstitutional infringement on the First Amendment freedoms of those who create and sell video games. ... Douglas Lowenstein {view}
  • In some ways, this is a critical election. A different paradigm of governing is emerging. We may be moving into this post-racial, post-ideological politics. I think it's much more a competency-based, performance-based politics. ... Douglas Muzzio {view}
  • He came in as a liberal Democrat and has governed as a moderate-to-liberal Democrat, and that's why liberal Democrats are mostly satisfied. That's what he is. ... Douglas Muzzio {view}
  • The proposed system would be contrary to at least the spirit of federal information policy adopted by the E-Government Act of 2002, ... Tim Berners-Lee {view}
  • It is likely (the law) will undermine the development of civil society and democracy in Iraq. The government needs to slow down, consult with local civil society and other stakeholders and then proceed with a more reasonable initiative. ... Douglas Rutzen {view}
  • The future looks like an unstable government. For now, I don't think this is a government that promises to last very long. ... Franco Pavoncello {view}
  • The federal government is saying we'll provide some leadership and facilitate the building of it, but we expect the private industry to build it. ... Sam Karp {view}
  • If you find a government and a district medical officer and police officials who are all serious about the law, then you can make a difference. But that is very rare. ... Sabu George {view}
  • We're going to have to show this is a viable organization before we go after government grants again. ... Frank Rawa {view}
  • I want a city government that doesn't embarrass us. ... Sam Katz {view}
  • They should not be taxed again, and governments should not try to count them as development aid. ... Francois Bourguignon {view}
  • It is obvious that the government is on the retreat so we have to keep pushing to the end. Today is already a great success because the turn-out is as big as last week's. ... Francois Chereque {view}
  • They have opened a Pandora's box. The decision of the government is an extremely dangerous one. ... Fran√¢ÀÃâ {view}
  • There are many more alive inside, but we can't take them all out because we don't have government efforts here. ... Sadan Khattak {view}
  • When a government starts losing the trust of the people in the heat of a crisis, anything can go wrong. And this is what happened in Madrid. ... Francois Heisbourg {view}
  • What remains is the raw, shocking, humiliating truth at the bottom: After all these years, our government still treats Native American Indians as if they were somehow less than deserving of the respect that should be afforded to everyone in a society where all people are supposed to be equal, ... Royce Lamberth {view}
  • The federal government has done what was in its power to investigate and find the facts, identify those responsible and open the way for the application of justice. ... Ruben Aguilar {view}
  • The Mexican government is demanding an investigation of the facts. ... Ruben Aguilar {view}
  • The government is not scared by this pressure from organized crime and we will have to continue fighting directly, every day, as we have been doing throughout this administration. ... Ruben Aguilar {view}
  • I'm hopeful we can get a government that will provide Cape Town with a good administration. ... Ryan Coetzee {view}
  • This is the biggest achievement of this government. ... Ruchir Sharma {view}
  • The Forest Service access decision is a slap in the face to the public, who trusts its government to make decisions objectively and transparently. ... Ryan Demmy Bidwell {view}
  • We want to work with other parts of the U.S. government, being able to (use) members of their organizations. We want to work formally ... with them and do everything we can to make them successful. ... Ryan Henry {view}
  • I think the cost should be borne mainly by the government and if teachers are to bear any cost of it (upgrading), the government should provide them with loans. ... Ruel Reid {view}
  • The final end of government is not to exert restraint but to do good. ... Rufus Choate {view}
  • Though technology has significantly advanced, the government is still using technology the same way it was doing in the past. If technology is used in the same way as before instead of being more efficient it becomes very risky. ... Richard Harris {view}
  • We had obviously hoped the judge would accept our agreement with the government. Dr. Fisk is disappointed the judge didn't adopt that recommendation. On the other hand, he appreciates the fact that the court said a sentence within the guideline range was inappropriate. ... Richard Hartley {view}
  • What is certain is that I will not allow privatization for the sake of privatization, simply to have private companies instead of the government ... Joseph Muscat {view}
  • It is time the government and others who pay for health care to aggressively promote health information technology. ... Richard Hillestad {view}
  • The government of Pakistan had informed us about this and we are looking into it. ... Richard Hoagland {view}
  • The British Ambassador is coming this morning with us to Pristina for talks, representing his own government and, by extension, the whole Contact Group. ... Richard Holbrooke {view}
  • there is no change in (the American) position in the sense there is a clear disagreement between the Russian government and NATO. But that does not mean we cannot still continue close contacts. ... Richard Holbrooke {view}
  • He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be, shall never want attentive and favourable hearers. ... Richard Hooker {view}
  • The offspring of riches: Pride, vanity, ostentation, arrogance, tyranny ... Mark Twain {view}
  • The government still is claiming that the economy is okay. And if the economy's okay, then there's no reason to change it's fiscal stance. The mere fact that the market has gone down 10 percent doesn't really matter in economic terms. ... Richard Jerram {view}
  • The question would be how much leeway does the government official have to do that kind of snooping without proper judicial review? That to me is the issue. ... Robert Atkinson {view}
  • [Arkansas's approach may prove one of the most popular business models for funding and operating government portals today, but it is not a sustainable option, says Robert Atkinson, director of the technology and new economy project at the Progressive Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based organization with the mission of advancing the government's agenda for the information economy.] Governments that aren't willing to pay any money into [electronic services] can get up and running and put some applications online, ... Most jurisdictions in this country don't have the expertise to do this [in-house]. The risk of the outsourcing model is that they're getting the revenue from the users. Ultimately, I don't think the consumer is going to be paying for this. You don't pay now when you go to look at a deed. ... Robert Atkinson {view}
  • The Alliance calls for a rapid restoration of (control of) security matters to the Iraqi government. ... Jawad al-Maliki {view}
  • The government needs to act quickly to take control of the security issues and keep it all under the Iraq's control. ... Jawad al-Maliki {view}
  • The Iraqi government now commands 50,000 armed and combat ready Iraqis. By January, it will be some 145,000. And by the end of next year, some 250,000 Iraqis, ... Ayad Allawi {view}
  • Arms should be in the hands of the government. There is a law that calls for the merging of militias with the armed forces. ... Jawad al-Maliki {view}
  • Weapons should be only the hands of the government. ... Jawad al-Maliki {view}
  • We are working for the sake of a national unity government. All the different groups that are in government must have the right to participate in making decisions. ... Jawad al-Maliki {view}
  • When the government is able to exercise its control and provide security, then we will be able to work out the mechanism of how we can dissolve these militias. The presence of these militias will add to the tension and to the danger of the civil war in Iraq. ... Jawad al-Maliki {view}
  • I believe that in the next 15 days we can have a new government and present it to parliament. ... Jawad al-Maliki {view}
  • yet another example of terrorists' cynical and callous disregard for human life. On behalf of the British government, I would like to offer the people of India my support and deepest sympathy. ... Jack Straw {view}
  • putting the government of Syria on notice that our patience has limits. ... Jack Straw {view}
  • pledged every assistance from the Iraqi government. ... Jack Straw {view}
  • He has pledged every assistance from the Iraqi government, ... Jack Straw {view}
  • The fact that the Government is supporting pilgrims on the Hajj highlights the extent to which we in Britain live in a truly multi-cultural multi-religious society. No other Western country provides this kind of delegation. ... Jack Straw {view}
  • We cannot wait for years and years of terrorist activity because we haven't enough government forces. ... Jalal Talabani {view}
  • All Iraqis will have the right to participate in the government and to ask for their own demands, and this will help to reshape Iraq on a base of national unity. ... Jalal Talabani {view}
  • In my opinion, Iraqi forces, the popular forces and government forces, are now ready to end the insurgency and this terrorism. ... Jalal Talabani {view}
  • the government should take measures for an honest investigation to determine how failures doubled the casualties. ... Jalal Talabani {view}
  • selected by Iraq's Transitional National Assembly to lead the nation's democratically elected government in over 50 years. ... Jalal Talabani {view}
  • Our government would like to see the passage of the Russian subsoil law, which will clarify the rules and the laws for investment in the energy area, ... Sam Bodman {view}
  • [Of the roughly $400 million in research sponsored annually at UT by the federal government and other sources,] a significant piece of that takes place at Pickle, ... I don't have exact figures, but I would say close to a third, so in excess of $100 million a year. ... Juan Sanchez {view}
  • Such (impeachment) hearings will surely take a heavy toll on the function of our government, on the trust invested in our civic institutions and on the American people themselves, ... Sam Brownback {view}
  • The Chinese people and government are learning from the U.S., ... Fu Chengyu {view}
  • There's a real need for a political effort here to bring this to the attention of government. ... Fred Shaw {view}
  • It's as if the Italian government forced Eni to take over Fiat to defend it from a takeover bid by Renault. ... Fulvio Conti {view}
  • I think that the government is scared of what might happen in the country, if real information is given to the people. ... Julien Pain {view}
  • This is a real shame. When a search engine collaborates with the government like this, it makes it much easier for the Chinese government to control what is being said on the Internet. ... Julien Pain {view}
  • If National leads the government after Saturday, I can promise the first thing on my agenda will be to get to the bottom of this. ... Judith Collins {view}
  • Bank of Uganda is enjoying a high degree of autonomy. Government borrowing has reduced tremendously. ... Juma Walusimbi {view}
  • We followed the rules and regulations of the federal government. The process that has been followed in the last year was as open and as transparent as the law and the regulations permit. ... Ric Williamson {view}
  • It is apparent to the Texas Transportation Commission that neither the federal government nor the state government has the resources to pay for I-69. ... Ric Williamson {view}
  • What the U.S. government should do is grant them freedom immediately, ... If they want to accuse them of something else, then accuse them, present evidence, and search for an impartial tribunal. ... Ricardo Alarcon {view}
  • Exhortations to obstruct the operations of Government in detail, should; Exhortations to resist all. ... James Mill {view}
  • If we had waited for the government to get us out of there, we would have died. It took the citizens there to get us help. ... James Mitchell {view}
  • For the first time there are strong grounds to believe that corruption is worse now than in the last government. ... Ricardo Guedes {view}
  • The government isn't officially on the campaign trail, but it is beginning to showcase what it has done in the media. ... Ricardo Guedes {view}
  • There is no reason to have problems between country and country, between government and government, when there is a separation of powers, ... Ricardo Lagos {view}
  • It will be a difficult task, but your capabilities will enable us to have a great government and a great woman. ... Ricardo Lagos {view}
  • Both the energy industry and the government need to ensure that customers on low incomes can counter the recent increases. ... Kate Green {view}
  • We call upon the government of Chad to uphold its responsibilities, as outlined by the U.N. and international obligations, to provide protection for these refugees. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • We'd seek a little clarity from the government of Qatar as to exactly what their intentions are, to whom they actually intend to give this money and under what circumstances. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • A Palestinian government that encourages or tolerates terrorism against innocent men, women and children not only increases violence against the Israelis, but does great harm to the interests of the Palestinian people, ensuring their further isolation. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • Our goal here is not to interpose ourselves between the government of Chad and international financial institutions like the World Bank. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • We have made very clear to the government of Sudan that that kind of future behavior is just unacceptable. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • He's not here for meetings with US government officials to my knowledge; certainly not with members of the State Department. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • This is a broad and deep relationship that extends not only to our governments, but between the Italian and the American people. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • We expect the king to live up to his words and allow the parties to form a government. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • The people of Nepal deserve a democratic government that can return stability and peace to their country. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • Iraq will continue dialogue with any Arab government who wants dialogue, within the context of Arab integration, unity and independence, ... Taha Yassin Ramadan {view}
  • The changes have been made to strengthen the party and for the smooth working of the government, ... Atal Behari Vajpayee {view}
  • This is an abysmal failure of city, state and federal government, ... Andrew Cuomo {view}
  • This [mining sector reform] must be executed in a manner that is beneficial to mining companies as well as government, particularly at this delicate stage where we want to be perceived as willing to be part and parcel of the global community. ... Dennis Nikisi {view}
  • Cisco has never and will never work with a foreign government of any type for the purpose of restricting political speech. ... Charles Giancarlo {view}
  • We believe in a free market. But if there is government intervention, we believe that the intervention should be available for all players, not just one. ... Tad Hutcheson {view}
  • We still have a city manager form of government, ... While we can certainly suggest things to the manager, it is for the city manager to suggest things to commissioners. ... Dennis Murray {view}
  • The same technology to stop malicious hosts can also be used to block a server. The Chinese government uses that capability to block servers. ... Charles Giancarlo {view}
  • So they [the Government] go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful for impotence. ... Winston Churchill {view}
  • That government is best which governs the least, because its people discipline themselves. ... Henry David Thoreau {view}
  • A democratic government is the only one in which those who vote for a tax can escape the obligation to pay it. ... Alexis de Tocqueville {view}
  • We would be a lot safer if the Government would take its money out of science and put it into astrology and the reading of palms. Only in superstition is there hope. If you want to become a friend of civilization, then become an enemy of the truth and a fanatic for harmless balderdash. ... Kurt Vonnegut Jr. {view}
  • I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse, and in a Republican Government a greater curse than any other ... James Madison {view}
  • Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse. ... Ronald Reagan {view}
  • Love, work, and knowledge are the wellsprings of our lives, they should also govern it. ... Wilhelm Reich {view}
  • It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude. ... Winston Churchill {view}
  • Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people ... Abraham Lincoln {view}
  • Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments. ... Benjamin Franklin {view}
  • I wish you would ask the government what the reason was. ... Ashraf Nubani {view}
  • There has been a complete lack of political will, a total lack of commitment on the part of the government to uproot graft in this country. The people who were implicated in major corruption scandals are still key personalities in high-level civil service. Nothing is new. These people are still in office. They have not been touched. ... Maina Kiai {view}
  • The Head of the Civil Service should stop the use of private plates because ministers and other Government officials use the privilege to cover up abuse. ... Maina Kiai {view}
  • I appreciate the response by many local governments to the initiative. ... Mao Qun'an {view}
  • Our government only moves forward when it feels there is a strong consensus. Right now, the consensus is eroding and there is a debate over ideology, which we haven't seen for some time. ... Mao Shoulong {view}
  • Either the new Iraqi government with U.S. backing starts to fix Iraq's problems or continued failures will propel Iraqis in to the arms of the militias, likely generating a full-blown civil war. ... Kenneth Pollack {view}
  • We want a red light or a green light from the government ... We shouldn't be relying on private companies and the airlines to authenticate background checks. ... Kenneth Quinn {view}
  • This is an important symbolic visit. The real test is to see if the government is ready to implement the recommendations and show it's serious about eradicating torture. ... Kenneth Roth {view}
  • There is an enormous problem that when a government as influential as the United States flouts basic human rights standards, it undermines the standards and gives green light to other governments to do the same. ... Kenneth Roth {view}
  • We will work with our coalition partners in Iraq and the Spanish government, and we expect they will implement their decision in a coordinated, responsible and orderly manner. ... Ken Lisaius {view}
  • Our government came as a natural result from the ballots collected from election posts in Palestinian areas. It was a fair and democratic process that the entire world took notice of. The US administration should respect the free will of the Palestinian people. ... Khaled Meshaal {view}
  • The government has the right to form units to protect the homeland. We do not accept your decision. ... Khaled Meshaal {view}
  • This is a shameless, shameful moment ... as the government bulldozes through the sale of Telstra legislation And it's a sad moment for the Australian people who are overwhelmingly opposed to the sale We witnessed both in this chamber and over in the other chamber an almost obscene dancing by our political opponents when this legislation passed through, ... Kim Beazley {view}
  • To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions. ... Kim Campbell {view}
  • We have made it pretty clear to the government leadership we are now at a point where we would like to be taken out, and we think most of our partners do. ... Kenneth Lay {view}
  • The Mexican government needs to ensure that rape victims do not have to endure dangerous back-alley abortions or imposed pregnancies. A public official who fails to inform rape victims of how they can obtain a voluntary legal abortion is contributing to a human rights violation and should be disciplined. ... Kenneth Roth {view}
  • On pain of imprisonment, Libyans are not allowed to criticize the government, its political system, or its leader. ... Kenneth Roth {view}
  • It's childish for the U.S. government not to cooperate with the new Human Rights Council when it cooperated for decades with the vastly inferior old Commission on Human Rights. ... Kenneth Roth {view}
  • The Secretary-General wishes to assure the newly-elected government of the continued support of the United Nations, as Liberia lays the foundations for lasting political stability and sustainable economic development. ... Stephane Dujarric {view}
  • Accept Guilty when you know that your Guilty, because you can Never Win Government. ... Francis Mathew {view}
  • No one more sincerely wishes the spread of information among mankind than I do, and none has greater confidence in its effect towards supporting free and good government. ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master. ... Thomas Jefferson {view}
  • The government should prepare if-then scenarios, or protocols to confront the possibility of emergence of alien race in front of the world in order to have predictable public responses. It will be far more better to have them well-prepared and disseminated before, than facing the potential chaos and panic when the time come. ... Toba Beta {view}
  • For the sake of popularity, vote, and reelection, most governments remain secretive to the public about the truth of alien contact with mankind. For them, it is better like that than being thrown from the throne. ... Toba Beta {view}
  • Let us think for a moment about alien, regarding possibility of the existence of other civilization beyond our dear planet earth. We probably conclude that it's all just hoax, or some rumors issued by ruling government for some purpose. Now, we can contemplate a bit about it by asking this simple rhetorical question, 'How could possibly people be able to think about something unknown, which have never been popped out in human minds at all?' ... Toba Beta {view}
  • I want to congratulate librarians,...who, all over this country, have staunchly resisted anti-democratic bullies who have tried to remove certain books from their shelves, and have refused to reveal to thought police the names of persons who have checked out those titles.So the America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries. ... Kurt Vonnegut {view}
  • The federal government now requires every person who wants to come here to go to an interview with the U.S. consulate. ... Rebecca Brown {view}
  • The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them. ... Patrick Henry {view}
  • I think it's safe to say that the French business community was not thrilled with the way their government handled the country's position on Iraq. If we do see any slowdown in business activity with the French, it will be because of economic factors rather than for any other reasons. ... Willard Workman {view}
  • We're committed to support the Royal Thai government and the Royal Thai police right to the end of this process. ... William Paterson {view}
  • Governments need to fully implement the measures that they have agreed to ensure that the exploitation of sturgeon stocks is commercially and environmentally sustainable over the long term. ... Willem Wijnstekers {view}
  • Government might want to consider how it can wriggle more cleverly to balance the 25 per cent increase against its commitment to lift economic growth, ... David Lowe {view}
  • Now we have decided to go back to bargain people's demands as we don't want to give the government and ruling Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) a chance to ignore them any more. ... Sheikh Hasina {view}
  • The reforms proposal of the 14-party opposition alliance has turned into people's demand. Hopefully we will force the government to meet the demands. ... Sheikh Hasina {view}
  • This is yet another indication that the ANC government refuses to act firmly against corruption and seems determined to keep the former deputy president at the forefront of its badly tainted public image. ... Sheila Camerer {view}
  • This bill is only coming about this year because of the financial pressure from the federal government. ... Sheila Kuehl {view}
  • One of my biggest concerns is that people think I am a tool of the Iraqi government, ... Scott Ritter {view}
  • Our state government and the bureaucratic agenda is swallowing up the entrepreneurial energy that we need in this state to thrive. ... Dave Nabity {view}
  • We're always concerned when the government is maintaining databases of private information and personal information that's really none of the government's business. When a private entity does it, it's a different matter, but it always raises concerns about our privacy because today they may not be sharing it, tomorrow they may be sharing it with other businesses, with people who may be engaged in using it for illicit purposes. ... Donna Lieberman {view}
  • That will reduce government costs, industry costs and you will be able to move much more quickly from contract to the implementation of IT, which is really what this is all about. ... Rob Durie {view}
  • This government can't figure out the difference between legal First Amendment rights to criticize the government and terrorism. So we have cause for concern. ... Donna Lieberman {view}
  • Things, however, have improved because of the intensified crackdown on government-backed over-charging. ... Tian Shulan {view}
  • In 2005, investors began to pay attention to gradual improvement in the Japanese economy aided by some long overdue government-driven reforms. ... Don Cassidy {view}
  • The problems are very nuanced and complex, ... We are in dire need of leadership from our government if we are going to see any change. ... Don Cheadle {view}
  • The problems are very nuanced and complex. We are in dire need of leadership from our government if we are going to see any change. ... Don Cheadle {view}
  • The autocratic government has turned all of Bangladesh into a prison. ... Tofayel Ahmed {view}
  • I am saying to the government that there are real problems with the way banks control the networks which allow money to flow around the economy, ... Don Cruickshank {view}
  • The Zimbabwean government has the ultimate responsibility for the humanitarian situation and long-term developments in Zimbabwe. ... Sten Rylander {view}
  • We had to do this because our governments would not make the elemental statement that we stand with Denmark against this atrocious campaign of lies and hatred and violence. ... Christopher Hitchens {view}
  • People are upset with the government. They are more upset by the prevailing structure of government failing to operate. ... Michael DeGolyer {view}
  • If the government succeeds in asserting themselves as strong leaders and able to act with force and authority, then I would be optimistic, ... Terence {view}
  • Nobody is one asking Western companies to go and lobby the Chinese government to change its behavior. That's not possible. But what we are asking companies to do is change the way in which they respond to Chinese government behavior and the way in which they interact with it, and that they can control. ... Rebecca MacKinnon {view}
  • We have also explained that the government has submitted the new tax bill and customs and excise draft law to the House of Representatives to support law enforcement, ... Aburizal Bakrie {view}
  • In both instances, these issues represent the sovereignty of tribal government. It would threaten a vital revenue stream. Passage of this bill is an action that seems both premature and unnecessary. ... Rebecca Miles {view}
  • obsessed government officials who spent millions in tax dollars in a pathetic attempt to control the election for governor. ... Don Siegelman {view}
  • i find it funny how republicans want less government yet their actions contradict this. if they want less government how about they just stop participating in the government and then there will be less government. ... armando rodriguez jr {view}
  • We are disappointed that, despite many statements of intent from the government of Serbia and Montenegro, progress has not been made on the apprehension of Mladic. ... Sean McCormack {view}
  • Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be. ... Walter Raleigh Sr. {view}
  • All histories do show, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of every Commonweal, it behoveth man to presuppose that all men are evil, and will declare themselves so to be when occasion is offered. ... Walter Raleigh Sr. {view}
  • The only hitch to the cease-fire is that the government says that if the rebels fire on them they will return fire, ... Walter Rodgers {view}
  • This company played by the rules, and now it looks like the U.S. government is trying to move the goalposts. We're concerned that this could have a very chilling effect on investment in the U.S., particularly from the Arab world. ... David Hamod {view}
  • Direct rule is not the right way for Northern Ireland to be governed. Devolution is. We want to -- and we will -- hand back to politicians as soon as we can. ... David Hanson {view}
  • Friday's rally was on the government's moves to boost the property market, ... But whatever the government does, the stocks have already moved ahead of the news so it's not surprising that they are being sold off on the news. ... David Harman {view}
  • As a responsible government contractor we will work with the appropriate government agency. ... Wendy Hall {view}
  • The collapse in languages is a catastrophe. The Government is going to have to reverse its policy of allowing students to opt out at 14. ... David Hart {view}
  • The declaration that our People are hostile to a government made by themselves, for themselves, and conducted by themselves, is an insult ... John Adams {view}
  • The Framers [of the Constitution] knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny. ... Hugo Black {view}
  • Elections without any opposition and with low turnout aren't good for anyone, not least the government, which should evaluate the anti-democratic impact. ... Teodoro Petkoff {view}
  • Governments don't reduce deficits by raising taxes on the people; governments reduce deficits by controlling spending and stimulating new wealth. ... Ronald Reagan {view}
  • the obligation of the government to protect the public health, safety, morals and general welfare. ... Allan Wolf {view}
  • Take away the right to say 'fuck' and you take away the right to say 'fuck the government.' ... Lenny Bruce {view}
  • We confirm to you this income will be used to pay the salaries of [government] employees and fund daily running costs and infrastructure. You [donors] can confirm this through a mechanism that can be agreed upon. ... Ismail Haniyeh {view}
  • Government loses its claim to legitimacy when it fails to fulfill its obligations. ... Martin L. Gross {view}
  • The actual, long-term results of most big-government policies are opposite to the intended results. ... Archie M. Richards Jr. {view}
  • The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government. ... William Orville Douglas {view}
  • People do benefit from information they get online, whether it's health care or information on government services or just social connections from e-mail. We've found that broadband connections tend to magnify those impacts. ... John Horrigan {view}
  • What you tend to witness with anything that runs through government is they tend to latch onto 40-hour work weeks and nothing more. It's more of a mindset that, hey, this is a business, and the only way to be successful is if people coming in here want to come back. ... Jon Ladd {view}
  • When ministers leave government we discover that there are all sorts of things they said in government that they did not actually believe, ... John Humphrys {view}
  • We just know the government is one good resource. ... John Hunter {view}
  • That means that the next government in Fiji will not be able to relax either. Fiji is fast heading down the road of becoming known as a banana republic, ... Phil Goff {view}
  • It was a stupid tax to be brought in in the first place. The Hawke Government was desperately looking around for an advanced revenue stream. The Government doesn't need that revenue stream now. ... Philippa Smith {view}
  • If I'm elected, I would govern as though I were a one-term selectman, ... John Izzo {view}
  • It would be bad news if the government encouraged people into a debt situation they were unable to handle. ... Phil Heatley {view}
  • Bankruptcy is an important safety net that families hit by unforeseen circumstances depend upon. The federal government should be bending over backwards to help Katrina's victims get back on their feet, not throwing up new barriers to bankruptcy. ... Travis Plunkett {view}
  • We do this to help the government reduce the cost of purchasing our licensed software. We hope it can be materialized in the near future. ... Tony Chen {view}
  • All the supplies all came from the federal government. ... Eric Green {view}
  • I don't think the government can really sort out the many billions of SMS messages for passages that might have destabilizing political content, though it might be easier to catch discussion about, say, drug trafficking or other blatantly criminal activity. But registering people would have a chilling effect, in that people would know they could potentially be linked to illegal messages and activities. ... Eric Harwit {view}
  • In today's increasingly fast-paced, security-focused world, Sprint is dedicated to providing U.S. government agencies with access to secure, reliable communications when they need it, wherever they need it. These enhancements provide a tangible, affordable way for federal agencies to keep connected in a secure manner in order to perform their jobs and meet their critical requirements. ... Tony D'Agata {view}
  • We also express our solidarity with the government of Indonesia and convey our readiness to assist in any way. ... Erin Healy {view}
  • Governments are taking the threat very seriously. It's one of the multitudes of unknown factors that we have to deal with, whether it is the volatility of the fuel prices or potential diseases. ... Tony Davis {view}
  • We've seen what happens when the federal government hasn't done much of anything in advance. If you want to be prepared for the maximum credible catastrophic event, you should be thinking seven days, not just the minimum of three days. ... Eric Holdeman {view}
  • No one was pleased with the response by the government - federal, state or local. ... Trent Duffy {view}
  • assurance from the government that they're going to get what they pay for, and that if they don't there will be recourse. ... Chris Bentley {view}
  • If the government has to buy back shares of those companies, the country will slip back into the period before the 1997 economic crisis. ... Thanong Bidaya {view}
  • What you're doing is giving the government an interest-free loan. ... Ted Hughes {view}
  • Ethics in government has always been important to me. ... Chris Bell {view}
  • We made some very helpful recommendations and a large number of them have been accepted by the government. ... Barry Sheerman {view}
  • I am opposed to that, too. We've never had a mayoral form of government before. ... Ted Hicks {view}
  • If the Vietnamese Government continues to give incentives and ensure a good business environment, foreign investors will come. ... Than Trong Phuc {view}
  • I would like, on behalf of my government, to condemn the attack on Jammu this morning, ... Christina Rocca {view}
  • There has been a lot of talk that the government has been trying to cover this up, ... That we didn't say anything doesn't mean we weren't working. We've been working very hard. ... Thaksin Shinawatra {view}
  • If the professional associations propose such a law, the government is ready to support it, ... I don't see there is a danger here, but if the media do see a danger they can propose a law. ... Thaksin Shinawatra {view}
  • We don't support unnecessary government intrusion into private marketplace negotiations. ... Brian Dietz {view}
  • It's a diabolical system. We win by resisting, to not be under the thumb of a government that wants to dominate us. ... Antonio Ledezma {view}
  • The benefit package put forth by the Israeli government was part of the equation. This is a good investment for Intel and for the state of Israel. ... Alex Kornhauser {view}
  • The government has the obligation to come forth and make its own case. ... Bruce Fein {view}
  • The government of Sudan has a responsibility to ensure security for all of its citizens, ... Antonio Guterres {view}
  • As far as I'm concerned, Bali was as a direct result of the Australian Government chasing positions for some sort of central role in world affairs, ... Brian Deegan {view}
  • Our government should have done everything, should have spoken up very, very loudly, very, very publicly to the Indonesian government and made it very, very plain that this (was) not an act of a good neighbour, ... Brian Deegan {view}
  • I think party members would like a clear sense of direction. The government and the party seem to be in a sort of muddle at the moment. ... Anthony King {view}
  • We have had actually a decline in government service overall, but the growth is in high-tech areas, specialty areas in the Labor Department and other departments. ... Alexis Herman {view}
  • The government will have to be inclusive. If [it isn't] the old nightmares will come back to haunt them. ... Alan Doss {view}
  • The grid demonstrates that government, business and society can be the direct beneficiary of innovation if we are willing to rethink the way innovation and science both develop and prosper. ... Linda Sanford {view}
  • How many more people need to die before the US government changes course? We've already spent $250 billion on the war, but things in Iraq keep getting worse. Instead of approving another $72 billion for war, Congress should be figuring out how much money will be needed to bring our troops home now and take care of them when they get here. ... Leslie Cagan {view}
  • The decision to give direct grants to five Egyptian organizations outside the government, maybe $1.5 million in all, had more impact on democracy in Egypt than ten years of American aid. ... Leslie Campbell {view}
  • The government isn't the end-all for protecting your family, ... Mark Johnson {view}
  • Loyalty is to the government. I take this so seriously. ... Linda Tripp {view}
  • I had a 20- year, stellar government career. ... Linda Tripp {view}
  • The Government can't change the law to make it an offence when it wasn't an offence at the time of the alleged incident. ... Mark Johnson {view}
  • help protect important information of the government and private sectors. IT security criteria common to Europe and North America will help broaden the market for these products and further lead to economies of scale. ... Linda Walsh {view}
  • My impression is the US government shares some of those feelings about Microsoft. The fact that it is closed source and they are at the mercy of such a large and dominant vendor such as Microsoft would seem to be a national security risk. ... Linda Walsh {view}
  • The first is to establish three large autonomous regions with a viable central government in Baghdad. The Kurdish, Sunni and Shiite regions would each be responsible for their own domestic laws, administration and internal security. ... Leslie Gelb {view}
  • The government of India has organized such farcical elections in the past as well. These so-called elections have invariably been rigged and have always been boycotted by the Kashmiri people, ... Pervez Musharraf {view}
  • Pakistan fully condoles the Government of India as well as with the families of the victims of the dastardly terrorist attack and extends unequivocal support in any investigation, ... Pervez Musharraf {view}
  • the functioning of the Government after the coup was 'monitored' by military commanders. ... Pervez Musharraf {view}
  • The people and government of Pakistan deeply mourn the enormous and unprecedented loss of innocent lives, ... We share the grief of the American people in this grave national tragedy. ... Pervez Musharraf {view}
  • I don't know how they get that information, ... The Pakistan government has absolutely no involvement in this operation. ... Pervez Musharraf {view}
  • I'd be happy to have the federal government join us in the prosecution. ... John Dwyer {view}
  • There is no doubt in my mind ... that we have to have elections and have an elected government in place by October 2002, ... Pervez Musharraf {view}
  • This kind of hate campaign against anyone -- whether it is against the government or against another sect or other religion -- should be stopped. That is not what the mosque is meant for, ... Pervez Musharraf {view}
  • That doesn't mean the Bank of Japan can freely set economic targets for the government. ... Heizo Takenaka {view}
  • Mosques are being misused for propagating and inciting hatred against each other's sect and beliefs and against the Government, too. ... Pervez Musharraf {view}
  • We've caught a little bit of flack for that because people within the government aren't necessarily that crazy about bringing in people from the outside. But we have to face the reality that the challenges we have are very complex, and we have to have a core level of skills ... so we can manage this with some level of success. And that's going to require us asking for help. ... Thomas Modly {view}
  • The new Web site is a logical extension of what newspapers already do very well ? providing important information about government. Putting that information online makes it easy and accessible for those who prefer the Internet. ... Chris Hardie {view}
  • Once the government approves the deal, the two airlines will be merged and continue their operations as Jet Airways. ... Naresh Goyal {view}
  • This government plays the card of confrontation in order to make people forget its arrogance and incompetence. ... Segolene Royal {view}
  • The government wants to block the independence of the judiciary. Judges are speaking out against arbitrary laws and repression of individuals, and so the authorities feel they must stop them. ... Nasser Amin {view}
  • The people are questioning if the DPJ is really serious about taking the helm of government. (I'll) first gather the party's opinions together and let important issues be argued out in the Diet. That's my fighting stance. ... Seiji Maehara {view}
  • I don't think the average citizen wants to see government have to pay a grossly inflated amount for a piece of property for a sewer line. ... Sandy Jacquot {view}
  • The private sector revival is not as strong as the government would like it to be. ... Seijiro Takeshita {view}
  • The line between corporate governance and strategy is a fine one. Increasingly, strategy is a legitimate question for shareholders. ... Nell Minow {view}
  • I think government feels confident about the BEE processes that have been rolling over for the past few years. ... Sello Moloko {view}
  • until the Russian government ends its assault on democracy and political freedom. ... Joe Lieberman {view}
  • It gives America's native ingenuity and private-sector entrepreneurship the help they need from government that will enable them to build a new century of progress and upward mobility for the American people. ... Joe Lieberman {view}
  • has shaken the public's confidence in the ability of government at all levels to protect them in a crisis. ... Joe Lieberman {view}
  • I think the Y2K success story to date is very much a testament to the government working in partnership with local governments, communities, corporations. I don't think there were -- there were very few pockets of people in this country who were not aware and prepared for the Y2K. ... Joe Lockhart {view}
  • This mission does not represent the United States government. It is private and it is humanitarian. ... Joe Lockhart {view}
  • There's a government-wide effort to make sure that our computer systems remain secure, ... Joe Lockhart {view}
  • The American government shouldn't be in the business of sidestepping anti-discrimination policies. This case didn't even address the military policy keeping recruiters at bay from thousands of patriotic Americans who want to serve but can't. ... Joe Solmonese {view}
  • The DTV legislation brings needed certainty to allow consumers, broadcasters, cable and satellite operators, manufacturers, retailers, and government to prepare for the end of the transition. ... Joe Barton {view}
  • I did my civic duty and held my government to account for statements it had made. ... Joe Wilson {view}
  • One must always keep one's government under control. ... Joe Wilson {view}
  • We did not know an attack was coming because for nearly a decade our government had blinded itself to its enemies. ... John Ashcroft {view}
  • This is excellent news. It's good to have the government totally acknowledging the validity of the claim and joining us in it. ... John Phillips {view}
  • The bottom line is that the U.S. government looked at this imagery and decided that it was OK for it to be publicly released, ... John Pike {view}
  • The fact that the government authorized the release of this imagery I think indicates that the Defense Department decided that the release of this imagery was not going to jeopardize the troops. ... John Pike {view}
  • This decision will be taken by the British government, at the request of the Iraqi democratically elected representatives, ... John Reid {view}
  • There has not been a fundamental breakdown in trust between the British government and the Iraqi government, ... John Reid {view}
  • All government departments will be smoke-free, ... All enclosed public places and workplaces ... will be smoke free. All restaurants will be smoke free. All pubs and bars preparing and serving food will be smoke free. ... John Reid {view}
  • And the suggestion that any government would use that sort of subject and phenomenon for spin and public relations I thought was beneath contempt. ... John Reid {view}
  • other interested governments . ... John Bolton {view}
  • very dramatic news about the extent of Syrian involvement and involvement by top officials in the Lebanese government in this assassination. ... John Bolton {view}
  • We believe that there is a very real possibility that the Chinese government and the Chinese people see it in their interest to let the currency float, The jury is still out. We still need some concrete signs. ... Charles Schumer {view}
  • We are beginning to sniff the possibility of real results. But the Chinese Government has convinced us that moving to a free floating currency has been a complicated matter. ... Charles Schumer {view}
  • Campaigns more often than not must focus on things that divide us, ... But government and public service must focus more on the causes that unite us. ... Charles Schumer {view}
  • The airlines had come to us and said, 'If everybody sues us, we'll go bankrupt.' The federal government stepped in to say, 'OK, we don't want the airlines to go bankrupt, but we want the people who need help to get help.' That's what happened here. ... Charles Schumer {view}
  • I believe that the government that governs best is a government that governs least, and by these standards we have set up a fabulous government in Iraq. ... Stephen Colbert {view}
  • The government and this jury have sent a strong message to those who would ignore the democratic process and resort to criminal activity to advance their political views. ... Mike Caulfield {view}
  • The terrorist threat facing the UK remains real and significant and it is right that the government and law enforcement agencies do everything possible to counter it, ... Charles Clarke {view}
  • The terrorist threat facing the U.K. is real and significant and the government is determined to do all it can to protect our citizens from groups who would try to destroy our society, our way of life and our freedoms, ... Charles Clarke {view}
  • I think it's becoming clear that government isn't going to be able to find a solution for this. I think the people are going to have to do it. ... Mike Byrne {view}
  • The system really blocked us big time, the government. It's been very difficult to knock down that door, but I can't stop now either. I said I was going to fill 20 apartments, and I'm going to do it. ... Rita Adair {view}
  • If we have our cops deaf, dumb and blind as to what the federal government knows in databases in Washington, how are we going to protect our society? ... James Kallstrom {view}
  • While there will be a reduced military presence, the Australian government remains committed to the people of the Solomon Islands and continues to provide specialist support to advance reforms in policing, justice, finance and governance, ... Robert Hill {view}
  • While there is no known specific threat of terrorism in Australia, the government has a responsibility to ensure that visiting dignitaries are afforded appropriate protection, ... Robert Hill {view}
  • A meeting of the Academic Council (AC) has been scheduled for Monday, while a meeting of the Governing Council (GC) has been scheduled for September 14. We decided to open up the Academic Department for two days - today and tomorrow - to facilitate the meeting of the AC. ... Sudeshna Bose {view}
  • These discussions are headed in the right direction, and we remain hopeful that the Chinese government will translate these principles into concrete action. ... Robert Holleyman {view}
  • We urge the U.S. government to use the tools at its disposal to persuade the Russian government to take concrete action to reduce piracy significantly. ... Robert Holleyman {view}
  • incredible scheme to coerce and intimidate the government into paying them $10 million. ... Robert Horan {view}
  • The federal government is acting more and more like a private sector business. They are cutting costs, reviewing opportunities closely, and conducting cost-benefit analyses for their IT investments. This is a new era in government spending practices and these cost-saving measures will affect federal IT budgets and, therefore, vendor opportunities. ... James Krouse {view}
  • This is a new era in government spending practices and these cost-saving measures will affect federal IT budgets and, therefore, vendor opportunities. ... James Krouse {view}