112 Governance Quotes for You to Enjoy

Governance in India comes in the iron-clad armour of bureaucracy. Anyone in uniform considers it his or her right that we regard them as some sort of deity. Amitava Kumar

Considers India Deity Some Armour Sort Governance His Bureaucracy Anyone Regard Them Uniform Her Right

There is always a gap between what candidates say in the heat of the campaign, when they are not constrained by the realities of governance, and how they act after being sworn into office. Anand Giridharadas

Say Constrained Between Always How Governance Campaign Office Heat Candidates Being After Realities Act Gap Sworn

I think President Karzai realizes exactly how important it is to strengthen the fight against corruption in the country now, step up endeavors to stop the drug trade and to deliver better governance. He said as much in his inaugural address. Anders Fogh Rasmussen

Fight Corruption Better Country Important Think President Address Exactly Deliver He Step Trade Said How Governance His Up Endeavors Stop Against Much Now Strengthen

The moment a large investor doesn't believe a government will pay back its debt when it says it will, a crisis of confidence could develop. Investors have scant patience for the years of good governance - politically fraught fiscal restructuring, austerity and debt rescheduling - it takes to defuse a sovereign-debt crisis. Andrew Ross Sorkin

Government Good Patience Confidence Will Pay Believe Back Says Crisis Fraught Scant Restructuring Could Develop Investor Investors Takes Fiscal Governance Years Austerity Debt Politically Moment Large Good Governance

I'm convinced the question of development is mainly an issue of governance and leadership. Augustin Matata Ponyo

Leadership Mainly Development Governance Issue Question Convinced

Grave security concerns can arise as a result of demographic trends, chronic poverty, economic inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic diseases, organized crime, repressive governance and other developments no state can control alone. Arms can't address such concerns. Ban Ki-moon

Environmental Alone Result Crime Poverty Control Pandemic Other Chronic State Address Trends Security Degradation Economic Arise Developments Arms Concerns Demographic Inequality Governance Diseases Repressive Organized Grave

The complete lack of governance in huge swaths of the Middle East - that is the project of the American establishment. Ben Rhodes

Complete Project East Governance Huge American Lack Middle Establishment Middle East

With proper governance, life will improve for all. Benigno Aquino III

Life Will Proper Governance Improve

I think the failures of Republican governance led to a distrust of Republican elites, which is fair enough. Bill Kristol

Think Enough Distrust Failures Fair Governance Led Which Republican Elites

Catalan citizens are peaceful, European, and open-minded. We want to contribute to better international and European governance. Carles Puigdemont

Better Citizens Open-Minded Governance Contribute Want European International Peaceful

Donald Trump has taken a battering ram to longstanding political norms - the unwritten conventions that make governance possible. But even before he decided to run for president, those norms were under assault. Cass Sunstein

None of us are going to fix governance; it may just be beyond repair. But you can fix capitalism. And the reason you can fix capitalism - It is inherently numerical, and as a result, it is inherently objective. It can be done objectively. Chamath Palihapitiya

You Capitalism Result Just Be Objective Objectively Beyond None Repair Governance Fix Done Going May Just Us Inherently Reason Numerical

Needless to say, innumerable challenges exist in all areas of governance, and much more needs to be done to help the Afghan government assume full responsibility for addressing the concerns of ordinary Afghan citizens. David Petraeus

School boards are, for the most part,made up of political wannabes who see a board seat as a stepping stone for political office, or well-meaning parents who represent an ethnic group or geography, or have some other narrow interests. Few people on them understand what governance is about. Eli Broad

People School Political Parents Few Group Other See Some About Stepping Stepping Stone Most Understand Well-Meaning Narrow Geography Governance Up Office Few People Stone Represent Board Boards Them Interests Ethnic Who Seat

For all its shortcomings, Wikipedia does have strong governance and deliberative mechanisms; anyone who has ever followed discussions on Wikipedia's mailing lists will confirm that its moderators and administrators openly discuss controversial issues on a regular basis. Evgeny Morozov

Strong Will Wikipedia Administrators Followed Mailing Openly Does Governance Issues Discuss Discussions Controversial Lists Anyone Confirm Shortcomings Regular Regular Basis Who Mechanisms Ever Basis

We need to put in place an economic system of governance for the euro-zone. Francois Fillon

System Economic Put Economic System Governance Place Need

I'd guess blockchains will be the full-blown backbone of virtual worlds - the system for currency, assets, identity, even governance - before doing the same in the 'real world.' Which is where I think we will end up in the real world eventually; it's just a matter of which goes first and how long until it's the case for both. Fred Ehrsam

World Matter Will Long First Before Think Worlds Virtual Guess Backbone System Case Both Until Identity How Real Doing Governance End Up Same Goes Currency Just Where The Real World Real World Which Even Eventually Assets

There's something called CEQA in California - NEPA at the federal level. There's indigenous lands and autonomies relating to governance on those lands. There are all kinds of obstructions as it relates to just getting zoning approval and getting building permits. Gavin Newsom

Building Relates Relating Approval Those Kinds Indigenous Something Federal Federal Level California Permits Governance Getting Just Lands Level Zoning

The fact that we're going through a crisis is an opportunity for Europe to be more coordinated and more integrated. We're actually talking about a European Monetary Fund or euro bonds, about guarantees for countries, about economic governance in the European Union. That shows the strength of Europe. George Papandreou

Strength Opportunity Crisis About More Economic Fact Through Countries Talking Governance Integrated Going Euro Union Europe European European Union Shows Fund Coordinated Monetary Actually Bonds Guarantees

In situations of military conflict, civil strife, lawlessness, bad governance, and human rights violations, terrorists find it easier to hide, train and prepare their attacks. Gijs de Vries

Rights Conflict Hide Military Human Rights Strife Easier Bad Find Civil Lawlessness Attacks Terrorists Governance Train Situations Human Prepare Violations

I have had no role whatsoever in relation to any investigation of Burisma, or any of its officers. I explicitly limited my role to focus on corporate governance best practices to facilitate Burisma's desire to expand globally. Hunter Biden

Best Focus Relation Corporate Facilitate Investigation Had Globally Practices Limited Governance Expand Role Officers Whatsoever Any Explicitly Desire

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