Quotes About Governance

When Hong Kong was under British administration, governors were dispatched from London to govern this city. We had no say in the matter.

I'm prepared to argue with some of my Labour colleagues about doing what it takes to see that every school has the governance needed to succeed.

Demek ki Platon'un, "Kim yönetmeli?" ya da "Kim iktidar sahibi olmal??" sorusu yanl??t?r. demokrasiye inanmamam?z?n nedeni, demokraside halk?n egemen olmas?ndan kaynaklanm?yor. Ne siz ne de ben hakimiz; tam tersine sizler de, ben de yönetiliyoruz, hatta bazen ho?umuza gitmeyecek kadar çok. demokrasi bizim için, siyasi muhalefet ve bu nedenle de siyasi özgürlük anlay???yla uzla?abilen tek yönetim biçimidir.

The term "politics" shall refer to power-structured relationships, arrangements whereby one group of persons is controlled by another. By

Control of these fields is very eminently a matter of political power. One

Out of all of these power relationships, when it comes to the workings of the economy, one in particular demands attention: the power of the wealthy to reshape the economy's rules in their favour.

what determines whether or not we can actually move into its safe and just space? Five factors certainly play key roles: population, distribution, aspiration, technology and governance.

All five of these factors—population, distribution, aspiration, technology and governance—will significantly shape humanity's prospects for getting into the Doughnut's safe and just space, which is why they are all at the heart of ongoing policy debates. But they cannot bring about the scale of transformation required unless we also transform the economic thinking that we bring to bear.

The poor complain that they are governed badly. The rich complain that they are governed at all.

Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave.

Unlike in autocracy, people are more responsible than the leaders in democratic system of governance as leaders reflect their voters' thoughts and actions.

President is a curious term for the American head of state, because "presiding" in any meaningful sense is the one thing the president of the United States does not do.

you must file annual reports and pay an annual fee to your state.

the Harvard scholar Christopher Stone, now the head of the Open Society Foundations, summed it all up in his report to the World Bank: "In terms of social and economic development, high levels of crime and violence threaten to undermine the best-laid plans to reduce poverty, improve governance, and relieve human misery.

Politics is about the control of a limited number of resources by a limited number of people who think that number is too many

It is better that we make our own history than be governed by the dead--William O. Douglas

Paying supporters, not good governance or representing the general will, is the essence of ruling. Buying loyalty is particularly difficult

It's always better for a ruler to determine who eats than it is to have a larger pie from which the people can feed themselves.

This is the essential lesson of politics: in the end ruling is the objective, not ruling well.

When a democracy which is thirsting for freedom," Plato writes, "has evil cupbearers presiding over the feast, and has drunk too deeply of the strong wine of freedom, then, unless her rulers are very amenable and give a plentiful draught, she calls them to account and punishes them.

We need common sense and political stability and sensible, workable policies. That's what government is for.

turn over the reins to the board of directors.

Without humour you cannot run a sweetie-shop, let alone a nation.

You is sharks, sartin; but if you gobern de shark in you, why den you be angel; for all angel is not'ing more dan de shark well goberned.