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Quotes About Governance

The Liberal party has always worked with multiple parties in the House to make sure we're being governed in the best interest of Canadians.
~ Justin Trudeau
Besatzungszonen unter Kontrolle zu bekommen,
~ Peter Longerich
We measure success and reward performance without knowing how governance and culture impact individuals and teams.
~ Peter Morville
Until we totally change the way we elect our leaders, until we remove private money from public campaigns, lying will be the de facto method of governance in this country.
~ Peter Schuyler
He that would govern others, first should beThe master of himself.
~ Philip Massinger
He that would govern others first should be master of himself.
~ Philip Massinger
dispersal of power to different decision-making bodies (Chapter 7). â–  the results and consequences
~ Philip Norton
Historically, these have included making treaties, the appointment and dismissal of ministers, dispensing
~ Philip Norton
In a world without meaningful authority, all "acts" are coercive.
~ Philip Rieff
The world hasn't changed that much; men still rule.
~ Philippa Gregory
What matters is that you gain more and more control of the institutions that serve us all so poorly.
~ Phyllis Chesler
The worst of all states is the people's state.
~ Pierre Corneille
The most important thing for people to know about the governance of the Arctic is that we have a chance now to act to maintain the integrity of the system or to lose it. To lose it means that we will dismember the vital systems that make the Arctic work. It's not just a cost to the people who live there. It's a cost to all people everywhere.
~ Sylvia Earle
On the board of a financial institution, especially one that took TARP money, it has changed radically because the regulators have been vocal about what they want boards to do and how involved they want boards to be in the management of a company.
~ Diana Taylor
If I'm elected president, I'll make people's voice the foundation of policymaking.
~ Tsai Ing-wen
ISIS controls a territory roughly the size of Maryland where 8 million people live. If it's attacked and toppled, who will fill the void?
~ Richard Engel
If you have poor management that's not doing the right job, you end up with unions filling the void and... page after page of work rules and thicker and thicker contracts.
~ Eli Broad
Only those who vote politicians into power have the right to depose them.
~ Nawaz Sharif
I always tried to do what I believed is right and I've always voted the way that I believe was the right way for my constituency, and that's what I'm doing when I govern.
~ Jan Brewer
I think that I'm the same Jan Brewer I was when I first ran for office way back in 1982, which is a few years ago. I always tried to do what I believed is right and I've always voted the way that I believe was the right way for my constituency, and that's what I'm doing when I govern. So, I'm the same Jan Brewer.
~ Jan Brewer
No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.
~ Mahmoud Abbas
Action for which I become responsible, or for which my administration becomes responsible, shall be within the law.
~ William Howard Taft
Thoreau's declaration in "Civil Disobedience": "I heartily accept the motto—'That government is best which governs least.
~ Jon Krakauer
Politics was at once clinical and human, driven by principles and passions that he (the leader) had to master and harness for the good of the whole.
~ Jon Meacham