Governance Quotes

• Beauty of whatever kind, in its supreme development, invariably excites the sensitive soul to tears.

  ~ Edgar Allan Poe
  Development / Beauty

• The political process does not end on Election Day. Young people need to stay involved in the process by continuing to pay attention to the conversation and holding their leaders accountable for the decisions they make.

  ~ Patrick Erin Murph
  Politics and Politicians
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  One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

  ~ Plato
  Politics and Politicians / Government

• Good governance with good intentions is the hallmark of our government. Implementation with integrity is our core passion.

  ~ Narendra Modi
  Politics and Politicians
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  Nobody gets Justice. People only get good luck or bad luck.

  ~ Orson Welles
  Justice / Luck

• The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except they.

  ~ Will Rogers
  Politics and Politicians / Government
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  Journalism can go right up to the door of the room in which the decisions are made. A novel can go inside the room - and inside the character's heads.

  ~ David Frum
  Politics and Politicians / Character / Writing

• Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.

  ~ Ronald Reagan
  Nations

• A State divided into a small number of rich and a large number of poor will always develop a government manipulated by the rich to protect the amenities represented by their property.

  ~ Harold Joseph Laski
  Politics and Politicians / Government

• I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.

  ~ Winston Churchill
  Nations / Politics and Politicians