Governments Quotes

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them.

In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.

Many people and governments share the mistaken belief that science, with new, ingenious devices and techniques, can rescue us from the troubles we face without our having to mend our ways and change our patterns of activity. This is not so.

Americans have the right and advantage of being armed - unlike the citizens of other countries whose governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.

There is something that Governments care for far more than human life, and that is the security of property, and so it is through property that we shall strike the enemy. Be militant each in your own way. I incite this meeting to rebellion.

Governments are saying that 5 percent of gasoline must be replaced by ethanol, which is a huge amount. Where is it going to come from?

Since the Arab summit in Beirut in 2002, the Arab governments decided to give the Palestinians $600 million a year. That never materialized. The Arabs made promises, but never delivered.

I'm a believer in local control, and this allows local governments to decide for themselves if it's worth a try.

Our only power is political embarrassment with governments that are reluctant to cooperate with us.

It's a very loaded term. The actual definition is determined by state governments, who define what taking 'unfair advantage' of a crisis is. Attorneys General monitor these situations closely.

no data or information that would suggest the governments of those three countries support terrorism.

They are finding weak countries that have dictatorial governments, with rich material resources and no infrastructure. They go in. They prop up the dictatorial governments. And they get a big cut of the timber and energy.

Security is especially relevant for government vendors. Governments are saying they'd rather use open-source technology because there aren't any unseen open doors into the system. But it's not only that. Linux offers better performance, more stability, and a lower cost. It's a threat to Microsoft, and there's no turning back.

I don't mind if our government is dislodged. We are willing to sacrifice thousands of such governments for the sanctity of our Prophet (PBUH).

He is terrifying to Middle Eastern elites. He is terrifying to Middle Eastern governments.

People have been getting angry. I'm sure this is an influence to some degree (on governments). Providing some stability in the short term is the best way.

With the concerted efforts of our two governments and peoples,friendly relations and cooperation between our two countries and traditional friendship between our two peoples have been further developing and consolidated.

African leaders cannot afford to renege on that agreement. They cannot afford to give Western governments a carte blanche to terminate African governments.

We are going to rise up to overthrow the supreme governments, to overthrow corrupt officials, to throw all the rich and powerful out of this country and begin building a new Mexico with humble, simple people.

Governments at all levels failed.

In order to rally people, governments need enemies. They want us to be afraid, to hate, so we will rally behind them. And if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.

Throwing money at African governments is not the answer.

Our respective governments have very different visions for the hemisphere.

It's not passé. A number of central banks have been given inflation targets by their governments and I think that's appropriate because governments are elected and must explain their choices to the electorate.