The interest of [businessmen] is always in some respects different from, and even opposite to, that of the public … The proposal of any new law or regulation of commerce which comes from this order...

Across organizations in services, manufacturing, healthcare and government, eighty percent of an organization’s improvement potential lies in front-line ideas.

That is the problem with governments these days. They want to do things all the time; they are always very busy thinking of what things they can do next. That is not what people want....

The creators of the Constitution were not purple-robed scholars, sitting in their ivory towers attempting to put abstract theories into play, but men who had come to realize that their system of government was broken....

I doubt that my sense of personal freedom is any stronger than anybody else’s. I’m happy to respect authority when it’s genuine authority, based on moral or intellectual or even technical superiority. I’m eager to...

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...

Without direct financial intervention by the federal government we could soon see the financial liquidation of the airline industry, … That is a very serious problem. ‘ Aviation represents 10 percent of our gross domestic...

It was May 2009, and I didn’t like where the economy was headed. (I wished the Federal Reserve had a GPS or a map or some clue as to where they were driving the economy)....

I’m not aware of any government agency that can help when something like that happens.

condolences and sympathy with the Iraqi people and the government.

It is clear there is more than one option to form the next government.

Some people are mad that I ‘let’ the federal government set up this operation in the town, … I didn’t really have a choice.

If you look at how the federal government spends our money, it’s an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army.

It would be silly to say that everything is unchanged in the government. It is not so.

The best place to store your weapons safely is in your enemy’s hands. It is in your best interest to be defenseless while your rulers have all the weapons. After all, the government knows what’s...

Laissez faire (in its full true meaning) opens the way to the realization of the noble dreams of socialism.

Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms. No government in history has been known to evade this pattern. And as the aristocracy develops, government tends more and more to act exclusively in...

The people’s government, made for the people, made by the people and answerable to the people.January 1830

The experience taught him [Salvador Allende] too late that a system cannot be changed from the government but from the power.

Interestingly, the Istanbul bid did not begin with the Turkish government or the mayor of Istanbul, but by groups of publicly spirited citizens.

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

Government has no right to hurt a hair on the head of an Atheist for his Opinions. Let him have a care of his Practices.{Letter to his son and future president, John Quincy Adams, 16...

If the government insists on this point, it will be a pity.

The future science of government should be called ‘la cybernétique’ (1843){Coining the French word to mean ‘the art of governing,’ from the Greek (Kybernetes = navigator or steersman), subsequently adopted as cybernetics by Norbert Wiener...

Thou camest out of thy mother’s belly without government, thou hast liv’d hitherto without government, and thou mayst be carried to thy long home without government, when it shall please the Lord. How many people...

New rules—we needed new rules. No one opens the main doors but me. No one leaves the property without me. No one goes outside without letting me know. I had these horrible images in my...

Our mass movement will shatter this communal, fascist and autocratic center (federal government),

The best government is that which governs least.

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.

Through such work, we have frightened piracy activities and established a good image for the Chinese government in intellectual property right protection.

I was once asked if I had any ideas for a really scary reality TV show. I have one reality show that would really make your hair stand on end: “C-Students from Yale.”George W. Bush...

Up until now we haven’t asked anyone to form a government. But we’ve negotiated with some of the factions and, of course, we will ask the party that has received the most votes to do...

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.

This was not unexpected. Madison is a government town.

So, ignorant we are. But we’re not stupid. Indeed…remaining ignorant about politics and our government is a perfectly rational response to the government we have. The question isn’t what we know. The question is what...

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.

We have reached our goal sooner than expected. The Philippine government is deeply satisfied. We are very happy that the MILF has responded with seriousness and commitment.

Society is produced by our wants, and government by our wickedness. Society promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, government negatively by restraining our vices. Society encourages intercourse. Government creates distinctions.

The idea that the State is capable of solving social problems is now viewed with great scepticism – which foretells a coming change. As soon as scepticism is applied to the State, the State falls,...

A mere enumeration of government activity is evidence — often the sole evidence offered — of “inadequate” nongovernment institutions, whose “inability” to cope with problems “obviously” required state intervention. Government is depicted as acting not...

Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is...

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...

The U.S. government has played a very positive role in pressing for Taylor’s surrender. His transfer to the Sierra Leone war crimes court marks a milestone in the international community’s commitment to justice.

I realize that what happened in Bosnia could happen anywhere in the world, particularly in places that are diverse and have a history of conflict. It only takes bad leadership for a country to go...

Part of what psychedelics do is they decondition you from cultural values. This is what makes it such a political hot potato. Since all culture is a kind of con game, the most dangerous candy...

The duty of the people is to tend to their own affairs.The duty of government is to help them do it.This is the pasta of politics.The inspired leader, the true prince, no matter how great,...

They are now talking much more about the suffering of the Iraqi people. The British government used to say nothing of regime change, … both (leaders) need a second U.N. resolution.

What we need is a windfall profits tax on government. Government makes far more money per gallon than the oil companies do.

We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed.

The government is supposed to guarantee our lives, take responsibility for our lives, and they haven’t.