Quotes About Government

That raised an issue still familiar in modern electoral systems. Are Members of Parliament, for example, to be seen as delegates of the voters, bound to follow the will of their electorate? Or are they representatives, elected to exercise their own judgement in the changing circumstances of government? This

Augusto convirtió explícitamente la conquista global —y una visión territorial « compacta» de un imperio centrado en Roma, en vez del viejo mosaico de Estados obedientes— en la razón de su gobierno.

no proposals or even amendments could come from the floor; in the case of almost every piece of proposed legislation we know of, the people voted in favour of what was put before them. This was not popular power as we understand

Are Members of Parliament, for example, to be seen as delegates of the voters, bound to follow the will of their electorate? Or are they representatives, elected to exercise their own judgement in the changing circumstances of government?

Unchecked competition eventually did more to destroy than to uphold the Republic.

The secret, Polybius suggested, lay in a delicate relationship of checks and balances between consuls, the senate and the people, so that neither monarchy nor aristocracy nor democracy ever entirely prevailed.

they redefined the word 'Latin' so that it was no longer an ethnic identity but a political status unrelated to race or geography. This set the stage for a model of citizenship and 'belonging' that had enormous significance for Roman ideas of government, political rights, ethnicity and 'nationhood'.

That raised an issue still familiar in modern electoral systems. Are Members of Parliament, for example, to be seen as delegates of the voters, bound to follow the will of their electorate? Or are they representatives, elected to exercise their own judgement in the changing circumstances of government?

Autocracy represented, in a sense, an end of history.

Is it legitimate to eliminate 'terrorists' outside the due processes of law? How far should civil rights be sacrificed in the interests of homeland security? The Romans never ceased

this period, they alone could elect the political officials of the Roman state; no matter how blue-blooded you were, you could only hold office as, say, consul if the Roman people elected you. And they alone, unlike the senate, could make law.

Then as now, the easiest tactic for a government trying to reduce the pension bill was to raise the pension age.

The bottom line is that it is politically naïve (as well as unfair) for a government to underfund the state education system and to take little effective action on social justice, and then to blame 'leading universities' for not righting the wrongs they have perpetuated.

The government and the highest courts in the land have admitted that this huge area was stolen from us. But stolen or "bought," Uncle Sam never gives any Indian land back.

On Pine Ridge and Rosebud they had communal cattle herds and some Indians were becoming ranchers in a small way. But the government was quick to destroy our budding economy. World War I broke out and in 1917 the white superintendent sold off our cattle "because it was needed for the war effort.

No government has the right to tell its citizens when or whom to love. The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.

When the President does it, that means that it is not illegal.

I've often thought that the process of aging could be slowed down if it had to go through Congress.

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

None of us here in Washington knows all or even half of the answers ¦ If you love your country, don't depend on handouts from Washington for your information. If you cherish your freedom, don't leave it all up to big government.

The power of love, as the basis of a State, has never been tried.

The FBI had staged the whole Beck-McClosky incident from beginning to end, possibly threatening Beck with long jail terms for his various crimes unless he cooperated. Later they tried to justify their assault on Crow Dog's place by pressing phony charges. We

I had the feeling that the feds were in a strange way afraid of us. While we were relaxed, as Indians usually are, they were nervous and trigger-happy. One

The thing to keep in mind is that laws are framed by those who happen to be in power and for the purpose of keeping them in power.