Quotes About Governance

Por definición, los Estados son monopólicos, pero recursos tales como personas, ideas, tecnologías y capitales se trasladan de una jurisdicción a otra, generando condiciones de una cierta competencia, donde la jurisdicción que posea buenas instituciones atraerá recursos, mientras que la que no las tenga los expulsará.

But God so governs His saints that even though they err and stray, the outcomes are nevertheless salutary or without great loss. For all things work together for good to the elect and those who believe (cf. Rom. 8:28), even errors and sins, and this is absolutely certain.

The secret, Polybius suggested, lay in a delicate relationship of checks and balances between consuls, the senate and the people, so that neither monarchy nor aristocracy nor democracy ever entirely prevailed.

The problem is, some people think they're above the law. There are plenty of good reasons why we have so much regulation.

It was all about control, in the end, and I had it.

All countries must be governed by the modern people; they must be governed by the progressive people; they must be governed by those who believe in the reason and science; they must be governed by the compassionate and just, by the ethical and honest, by the nonviolent and peaceful people; they must be governed by the libertarians; they must be governed by the people who believe in the enlightenment and who refuse to shape the society based on some childish religious stories!

Countries are rarely governed by the ethical and good people.

Isn't it time to get rid of crapitalism? Isn't it time for a rational, sane world where the people are actually in charge, and the smartest people run everything on behalf of the Commonwealth?

James Madison's logic in 1787 still holds, a further offering of this form will someday be made available to the world. Madison states: …extend the sphere and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens; or if such a common motive exists, it will be more difficult to all who feel it to discover their own strength and to act in unison with each other.42

The defensive posture is attributed to Rome's focus on the consolidation of the city around its seven hills, but it also reflects Rome's internal class warfare and confused structure of governance that relied on crisis management, versus proactive, governance.

What remains under consideration is how Cincinnatus, the early Republic, and the other examples, cultures, and structures of governance will be considered in future decisions of how human beings will live in a globally connected commercial, technological, and cultural world.

The rare example of thoughtful, studied deliberation occurred in 1787 with the drafting of the U.S. Constitution. Now, events call for the same studiousness, deliberation, and debate on governance at a global scale. If that debate does not occur, events themselves, through those "factions" or what are today known as "special interests," will determine the fundamental goals and principles under which future civilization will be governed.

The notion that "the best and the brightest" are better at governing than their less-credentialed fellow citizens is a myth born of meritocratic hubris.

in a democracy someone is setting the guidelines for everyone else. Elitist rule is inevitable.

Certainly, protecting oppressed people, stopping ethnic conflict and promoting responsible governance are worthy goals. But none is as important for American security and prosperity as keeping the peace in the Middle East, Europe and East Asia.

Mayors could never get away with the kind of nonsense that goes on in Washington. In our world, you either picked up the trash or you didn't. You either moved an abandoned car or you didn't. You either filled a pothole or you didn't. That's what we do every day. And we know how to get this stuff done.

Of the many Trump gashes in modern major-power governing, you could certainly drive a Trojan horse through his lack of foreign policy particulars and relationships.

The basis of the system is maximum individual freedom and mutual trust between governors and governed. The UN is an authoritarian system, assuming ill intentions of all and holding the threat of punitive action as a means of control.

There is little less trouble in governing a private family than a whole kingdom.

Qui regle à sa guise les code at leur circulation dans l'espace peut laisser reposer les veilleurs.

Ministry does involve a lot of writing," said Sparlo. "And I love the sermon," I blurted. I knew, I went on, that there was much more to church than preaching. The more involved I'd been over the past two years, the greater my interest in church administration, governance, and polity. I didn't know if this interest constituted a call, I said, but I'd been having ministerial ideation for well over a year.

Sometimes fields that are not competent in the domain take control over it.

Maybe madmen always rule. Maybe that's all there are.

America's downgrade may serve as a wakeup call for its policymakers. It is an unambiguous and loud signal of the country's eroding economic strength and global standing. It renders urgent the need to regain the initiative through better economic policymaking and more coherent governance.