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Quotes About Governance

When people have rejected aristocracy, no longer believe that leadership is inherited at birth, no longer assume that the ruling class is endorsed by God, the argument about who gets to rule—who is the elite—is never over.
~ Anne Applebaum
government policy.
~ Anne Applebaum
Why keep on enacting laws when we already have more than we can break
~ Anonymous
The professionals at the State Board of Elections must assume control of the county board of elections operations in Bladen County, which has shown itself incapable of managing fair elections.
~ Robin Hayes
I took over a Brazil in the midst of a profound ethical, moral, and economic crisis. We are committed to changing our history... We want to govern by example.
~ Jair Bolsonaro
You think you can govern separate from our Constitution? That's the foundation of progressivism right there, folks.
~ Trish Regan
We have realized that corruption is rife, and we are going to address it. We are going to root out corruption, and that is a promise I can make.
~ Cyril Ramaphosa
The growth of constitutional government, as we now understand it, was promoted by the establishment of two different sets of machinery for making laws and carrying on government.
~ Albert Bushnell Hart
With proper governance, life will improve for all.
~ Benigno Aquino III
Once you are a proper, serious law-maker, you can't break the laws you're writing.
~ Louise Mensch
I think family-run ministries are fabulous, but they have to be placed in proper governance.
~ Robert A. Schuller
There is a system in BJP as to who would be projected as a chief ministerial candidate or a prime ministerial candidate. The proper forum to take decision is only central parliamentary board.
~ Rajnath Singh
I came to the conclusion that unless you are ruled properly, you cannot move forward. Everything else is second. Everything.
~ Mo Ibrahim
We are going to secure this country. We are going to manage it properly. We will continue to improve the situation, security, economy, and fighting corruption.
~ Muhammadu Buhari
The Way of an enlightened ruler is to make it so that no minister may make a proposal and then fail to match it with actions and results.
~ Han Fei
When an enlightened ruler controls his ministers, he makes it so that ministers cannot get credit for achievements gained by overstepping the bounds of their offices or make proposals and then fail to match them with actual achievements.
~ Han Fei
I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance.
~ Wangari Maathai
The United States has to be everything that China under dictatorship is not: well governed, intolerant of corruption, respectful of privacy, protective of truth-tellers and willing to help - rather than bully - the world.
~ Tom Malinowski
It's like the American democratic system. When you vote, even if your candidate doesn't win, you accept that democracy was in action. When people participate in a Tezos network, they're accepting that the democratic vote of the other coin holders will govern the way the protocol moves.
~ Olaf Carlson-Wee
Narendra Modiji has proved his skills and delivered on his promises in Gujarat and he has some very good plans for the nation.
~ Hema Malini
Democracy is also a single ideology, and, like all such templates, it has its limits. what works in a legislature might not work in a corporation
~ Fareed Zakaria
America is a messy, ragged, unequal country with dramatic strengths and weaknesses. It could be better governed and more equitable, but it remains incredibly strong, at least as measured by traditional metrics of power. What has shifted noticeably in recent years is America's "soft power"—often defined as its appeal, example, and capacity to set the agenda.
~ Fareed Zakaria
common element? A competent, well-functioning, trusted state—the quality of government.
~ Fareed Zakaria
America has become what Francis Fukuyama calls a "vetocracy.
~ Fareed Zakaria