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Quotes About Devolution

I hope that we increasingly shift power to local governments.
~ Zephyr Teachout
Maybe some instinct told them it was time to swap evolution for devolution, reach back to who they were to take back what was theirs.
~ Max Brooks
The devolution of American culture takes another great step forward
~ Michael Chabon
Yorkshire folk are not fools: talk about devolving power to cities and regions, while simultaneously stripping them of the resources to deliver and subjecting northern councils such as Kirklees to the harshest of cuts, is not compatible with a worthy commitment to building a northern powerhouse to drive growth and prosperity.
~ Jo Cox
PBS was not a left-wing ideology. I mean, Air America was, but PBS was not. But anybody who tells the truth is now branded and marginalized. The devolution of the American press began in 1986 when Ronald Reagan abolished the fairness doctrine.
~ Robert Kennedy, Jr.
Unfortunately, music devolved instead of evolved. The music business got into the hands of lawyers and accountants rather than the entrepreneurial creative people, and that's when the beginning of the end started. It's all based on money instead of art and creativity.
~ Gary Wright
We can have enhanced devolution - greater powers in Scotland - but within the strength, security and stability of the United Kingdom, and I think that's what most Scots want.
~ Douglas Alexander
When a Conservative government is presiding over unfair cuts to tax credits, chaos in the NHS and an unnecessary and ideological attack on trade union rights, it is natural that many in the Labour party should be sceptical of Tory talk on devolution - sceptical, even of government deals with Labour-led local authorities.
~ Chuka Umunna
L'héritage par les enfants ne nécessite, lui, aucune justification. Toute autre dévolution est de surcroît regardée comme "lésant" les enfants, ce qui confirme que ceux-ci sont les héritiers "normaux".
~ Christine Delphy
I have been a firm believer in the federal structure of our country as enshrined in the Constitution.
~ Narendra Modi
Evolution is individual — devolution is collective.
~ Martin H. Fischer
As politics devolves into pure spectacle, people begin to relate to their political leaders in the same way they relate to their favorite entertainers and sports stars.
~ Moisés Naím
n the wake of catastrophes, fungal diversity helps restore devastated habitats. Evolutionary trends generally lead to increased bio-diversity. However, due to human activities we are losing many species before we can even identify them. In effect, as we lose species, we are experiencing devolution--turning back the clock on biodiversity, which is a slippery slope toward massive ecological collapse. The interconnectedness of life is an obvious truth that we ignore at our peril.
~ Paul Stamets