Quotes About Measures

I shall have to stiffen the administration and the Aliens Act a little, and more effective measures must be taken by the police to supervise the dangerous classes of aliens in our midst…. Churchill

We don't have any measures in most cases of the health of our social relationships, of what we're giving to the community.

Effective security measures do not come cheap.

Far as the government's reform agenda is concerned, a series of measures have been enacted which should increase the supply potential of the economy.

The health of the people is of supreme importance. All measures looking to their protection against the spread of contagious diseases and to the increase of our sanitary knowledge for such purposes deserve attention of Congress.

Too, the elite often believe that if they themselves are not in control, the situation is out of control, and in their fear take repressive measures that become secondary disasters.

often the worst behavior in the wake of a calamity is on the part of those who believe that others will behave savagely and that they themselves are taking defensive measures against barbarism.

She understood that the Republic faced desperate times. She just wondered how many desperate measures that could justify. Somehow it seemed an affront to the Force to do this to fellow humans, even if they seemed remarkably sanguine about it.

Men and not measures are, no doubt, the very life of politics. But then it is not the fashion to say so in public places.

'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'

Measures, not men, have always been my mark.

Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country, the colonies will submit.

What we want is a lasting peace. We will oppose soft measures which invite the breaking of the peace.

I think that Americans should gradually begin to adopt positive behavior rather than doing evil. They should not expect an immediate reaction in return for their positive measures. It will take time.

In practice the word democracy is seldom used rationally. It has become for most politicians a term of endearment for the institutions they prefer or of praise for any measures that they desire.

States Parties to the Treaty shall pursue studies of outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, and conduct exploration of them so as to avoid their harmful contamination and also adverse changes in the environment of the Earth resulting from the introduction of extraterrestrial matter and, where necessary, shall adopt appropriate measures for this purpose… This

God's poet is silence! His song is unspoken, And yet so profound, so loud, and so far, It fills you, it thrills you with measures unbroken, And as soft, and as fair, and as far as a star.

Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]

And while the U.S. can never be 100 percent safe from a future strike, our government is working around the clock on measures to protect the American people.

Measures of self-government and a school council, especially for such young children, were a great innovation.

We must engage in a whole-of-government approach to combat Russian active measures.

Happiness is only to be found in a recurrence to the principles of human nature; and these will prompt very simple measures.

Insurance companies, whether private or government owned, must be compelled to pay for health-promoting measures. In turn, this will encourage physicians to offer such treatments in earnest.

Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average income tell you little that is significant of the health or viability of a society.