Quotes About Government
You mean they actually vote for the lizards?" "Oh yes," said Ford with a shrug, "of course." "But," said Arthur, going for the big one again, "why?" "Because if they didn't vote for a lizard," said Ford, "the wrong lizard might get in. Got any gin?
~ Douglas Adams
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The President of the Galaxy
~ Douglas Adams
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Rüyas?nda, gecenin geç bir saatinde DoÄŸu Yakas?ndaki nehrin k?y?s?nda yürüyordu ve nehir öyle acayip kirlenmiÅŸti ki, art?k suyun içinde bir sürü yeni canl? türü kendiliÄŸinden ortaya ç?k?yor, kendileri için devlet yard?m? ve oy hakk? talep ediyorlard?.
~ Douglas Adams
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They've all got the vote, so they all pretty much assume that the government they've voted in more or less approximates to the government they want.
~ Douglas Adams
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To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To
~ Douglas Adams
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Federal and provincial politicians were about as functional and helpful as Peter, Chris, Stewie and Brian Griffin drinking ipecac together on Family Guy.
~ Douglas Coupland
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All power structures, by their very nature, eventually get taken over by psychopaths. Almost all governments in the world have been taken over by gifted psychopaths who have a great command of human psychology and use normal people to their advantage. This race of pathological deviants can't feel compassion, they have no conscience. They have an insatiable need for power—and they rule the world.
~ Douglas Preston
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God bless the disgruntled employee—no one does more to bring openness to government.
~ Douglas Preston
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There may be no better use of taxpayer dollars than in funding the NIH; it is a shining example of something our government does extremely well
~ Douglas Preston
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Sen. Proxmire, the watchdog of the scientific community, has tracked down and reported taxpayer-financed scientific research that is redundant, unnecessary, or just plain silly. Those projects that represent an egregious waste of taxpayer money are given his highest award, known as the Golden Fleece. Many of the projects that win the award seem amusing, until one examines the cost.
~ Douglas Preston
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Sandy told him Jennie was part of a secret government scientific project and that if they did anything to her the FBI would put him in jail.
~ Douglas Preston
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From the time of its independence in 1821 to the present, Honduras has suffered through a tumultuous history that includes close to 300 civil wars, rebellions, coups, and unplanned changes in government.
~ Douglas Preston
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Are you familiar with Project MK-Ultra?
~ Douglas Preston
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Every ruler is harsh whose laws is new.
~ Aeschylus
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In a change of government, the poor change nothing but the name of their master.
~ Aesop
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
~ Aesop
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Several very suprising things have occurred. To begin with, I met Augustus Milray, the most perfect example of an old ass the present Government has produced. His manner oozed diplomatic secrecy as he drew me aside in the Club into a quiet corner.
~ Agatha Christie
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Put not your trust in princes or politicians, as the saying goes.
~ Agatha Christie
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That's your business. It's the business of the police. What do we pay rates and taxes for, I should like to know?" One wonders how many times that query is uttered in a year!
~ Agatha Christie
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Unless we abandon elements which resemble a police state, we can't meet the demands of being a modern society.
~ Ahmet Necdet Sezer
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If we all say the same thing, then I think the government has to listen. But because no one is saying it, I become singled out, even though what I'm saying is common sense. It's very essential values that we all have to protect. But in Chinese society, people are giving up on protecting these values.
~ Ai Weiwei
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special Counterpart Fund, which, at its peak, reached DM 20 billion. This fund, which played a crucial part in German recovery, was administered by the government-owned Reconstruction Loan Corporation, run by Abs. It built houses, ships, repaired bridges and docks, rehabilitated public services like gas, water and electricity, and also met some part of the compensation claims for which the government made itself responsible.
~ Aidan Crawley
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Fight against graft needs statesmen, not politicians' Akhbar Satar
~ Akhbar Satar
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When the president during the campaign said he was against nation building, I didn't realize he meant our nation.
~ Al Franken
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