Quotes About Governance

The speed with which we in the Congress are going down is sometimes frightening. Government administration in the districts is rapidly reaching a low level. No strong opposition party has been able to emerge.

When I was in politics, I debated a Nobel Prize-winning economist, climate change activists, governors, senators, congressmen. I debated anybody on an issue I felt strongly about.

Cracking down on illegal immigration was a key priority when I ran in 2002, 2006, and during my time as governor. Illegal immigration is a big problem, and it needs to be strongly addressed.

I have been a firm believer in the federal structure of our country as enshrined in the Constitution.

Everybody used to talk about Chechnya as a place, in the Russian imperial and Soviet periods, that was essentially governed by extended family and regional networks that substituted for older clan structures. But those networks have been destroyed.

I don't think it is ever enough for a governing majority to simply be opposed to things. We have to be for things.

That's a large part of the job as governor: to create and maintain the optimal balance.

If you want to see law and order, then come to Uttar Pradesh.

Business people have always liked my administration because we gave the best law and order.

It's true that most American citizens think of themselves as living in a democratic country. But when was the last time that any Americans actually sat down and came to a collective decision? Maybe if they are ordering pizzas, but basically never.

Needless to say, innumerable challenges exist in all areas of governance, and much more needs to be done to help the Afghan government assume full responsibility for addressing the concerns of ordinary Afghan citizens.

Ordinary people want good government.

Oregon deserves a Governor who is fully focused on the duties of state.

The responsibility for good government lies not just with governments themselves but also with every other part of the system they operate in, including media, non-governmental organisations and the public.

The BBC should not have a cheerleader. It should have somebody who runs the organisation in the interests of the public and that should be a chairman.

Mexico established a unique three-part governing system shared by the government, the information commission and civil society organisations.

In each colony in 1750 were to be found two sets of governing organizations, - the local and the general.

When we speak of institutions, economists mean more than just organizations. We mean conventions, even rules, about how things are done.

Governance is a way of organizing, amplifying, and constraining power.

There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.

We follow highest level of corporate governance, which is in line with a global company like ours.

Democracy, good governance and modernity cannot be imported or imposed from outside a country.

In a world where authoritarianism of the left or right is a very real possibility, the question of whether ordinary people can govern themselves by consent is still on trial--as it always has been, and always will be. Beyond parliamentary democracy as we know it, we shall have to find a new popular democracy to replace it.