From a business perspective, we are trying to propose some suggestions to the government. Not only to benefit Fosun, but to benefit all private enterprises, especially proposals to help small to medium-sized companies. – Guo Guangchang
Edward Snowden, who worked for Booz Allen Hamilton, professes to have had access to whatever he wanted to know about anyone’s anything. If he’s telling the truth, why does he have such permeability without any government oversight? Is that OK with you? – Henry Rollins
Every friend to the liberty of his country is bound to reflect, and step forward to prevent the dreadful consequences which shall result from a government of events. – Henry Knox
The reason given by the President in asking Congress to declare war against Germany is that the German government has declared certain war zones, within which, by the use of submarines, she sinks, without notice, American ships and destroys American lives. – George William Norris
One of my goals upon becoming Secretary of State was to take diplomacy out of capitals, out of government offices, into the media, into the streets of countries. – Hillary Clinton
Meanwhile, people have to join us and fight back against the federal government that has dropped the ball, that is in bed with these energy companies, that wants them to make more money than they’ve made before. – Gray Davis
The problem is government spends too much. So raising taxes is what politicians do, instead of reducing spending. – Grover Norquist
I have changed the style of functioning of the government and administration and managed to change the perception. – Harish Rawat
I wish we could begin a new period of normal relations with the government of the United States. – Hugo Chavez
The viewpoint of the government is that the people must have full access to all information worldwide. – Hassan Rouhani
A pure democracy is a society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the government in person. – James Madison
It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped. – Hubert H. Humphrey
The larger the disaster, the more necessary it is to have the government as the principal driver of recovery. – Irwin Redlener
A military or government hierarchy is anathema to the dispersed population and diverse tribes of mountainous Afghanistan. – Iqbal Quadir
The South is brutalized to a degree not realized by its own inhabitants, and the very foundation of government, law and order, are imperilled. – Ida B. Wells
I think that Minnesota is different because we are proving that tri-partisan government could work, that you do not need to necessarily be a Democrat or a Republican to be successful at governing. – Jesse Ventura
Right now, if you’re a talented developer or designer, government is what you go into if you can’t get a better job. – Jennifer Pahlka
We still have a major problem in debt with America that we have to find efficiencies in government to get us back to a balanced budget. – James Lankford
I also believe that government has no business telling us how we should live our lives. I think our lifestyle choices should be left up to us. What we do in our private lives is none of the government’s business. That position rules out the Republican Party for me. – Jesse Ventura
It’s traditionally not federal policy to fund state and local salaries. It’s done sometimes on a temporary basis or a grant basis. But it’s not often done. And the reason is clear, because the federal government can’t continue in perpetuity these programs. – Jim Talent
The sight of allegedly sophisticated politicians parroting complete tripe trivialises and demeans government and it has to be stopped. It’s played a significant part in public disillusionment with politics and has led to the absurd situation where more people vote for ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ than voted in the general election. – John Major
In India, we now see many highly qualified professionals ready to work in the rural hinterland and in their own towns and cities to tackle development issues directly without depending much on the government. – Jacqueline Novogratz
We support too big to fail. We want the government to be able to take down a big bank like JP Morgan and it could be done. We think Dodd-Frank, which we supported parts of, gave the FDIC the authority to take down a big bank. – Jamie Dimon
With attention deficit democracy, I am trying to wake up people to how the combination of mass ignorance, fear mongering by the government, and lying politicians is putting our entire system of government to a death spiral. – James Bovard
Privacy is tremendously important. I believe the American people, and all people, should be skeptical of government power, should ask hard questions: What is the authority? What is the oversight? That’s the way it ought to be. – James Comey
A lot of people are deeply dissatisfied by the diminishing control they have over their lives, because of the way our system of government is set up, to cater to the powerful, cater to the wealthy, cater to the corporations, and not to the individual American citizen. – Josh Fox