70 Governing Quotes for You to Enjoy

The Orthodox hierarchy doesn't have the kind of power that high-ranking clergy do in other churches. There isn't even a worldwide governing board to hold all the various Orthodox bodies together. Frederica Mathewes-Green

Together Power Other Worldwide Churches Hierarchy Kind Various Clergy Governing Hold Board Bodies Even Orthodox

While receiving radiation treatment for a thyroid illness, I had refused to take beta-blockers - a medication that would have eased its side effects - because they were deemed illegal by the sport's governing body, the International Association of Athletics Federations. Gail Devers

Side Eased Would Athletics Take Had Thyroid Sport Because Governing Were Effects Refused While Body Radiation Illegal Deemed International Illness Medication Receiving Treatment Association

The Chief Whip's job is trying to make sure that the Government - and MPs elected as part of the governing party - deliver the promises that they were elected on. That's a healthy part of the democratic process. Geoff Hoon

Government Job Promises Party Healthy Deliver Part Democratic Make Democratic Process Sure Governing Were Chief Trying Process Whip Elected

Tony Blair was a good politician but not a good Prime Minister, and that's what we don't want to be. We don't want to be just people who are good at winning elections: we want to be good at governing. I think we benefit from having seen the mistakes that we think Tony Blair made in 1997. George Osborne

There is no law governing all things. Giordano Bruno

Law All Things No Law Governing Things

The authority of any governing institution must stop at its citizen's skin. Gloria Steinem

Citizen Skin Must Institution Governing Authority Any Stop

Like Hillary Clinton in the United States, Kuczynski is a prototypical member of the trans-American governing class, with deep roots in both the private and public sector and its revolving-door relationship between Washington think tanks, the State Department, and high-level Latin American ministries. Greg Grandin

Relationship Class Think State State Department Latin States Latin American Sector Member Both Between Like Hillary Hillary Clinton Governing Tanks Private Clinton American Department Public Roots Deep Public Sector Washington United United States

What is the U.S. government looking for? And the elite governing this country? They're looking for oil. Hugo Chavez

Government Country Looking Governing Oil Elite

Although we did not find clear evidence that Secretary Clinton or her colleagues intended to violate laws governing the handling of classified information, there is evidence that they were extremely careless in their handling of very sensitive, highly classified information. James Comey

Careless Secretary Secretary Clinton Extremely Evidence Colleagues Find Classified Classified Information Laws Clear Highly Although Governing Were Clinton Very Handling Did Intended Information Sensitive Her Violate

I believe that the far-right and the far-left can be equally insane - but there's no question that in the first years of the Obama administration, the far-right has been far crazier. In part, this comes from parties being out of power - without the responsibility of governing to ground them, the activists and the ideologues take over. John Avlon

Responsibility Power First Believe Insane Out Has-Been Obama Administration Obama Administration No Question Take Part Over Parties Ideologues Equally Without Governing Been Years Question Being Crazier Them Far Ground Activists

Democratic socialism is not only a poor electoral strategy - it's a disastrous governing model. John Hickenlooper

Socialism Strategy Only Disastrous Democratic Governing Model Poor Electoral

Under Ronald Reagan in the United States and Margaret Thatcher in the U.K., there was a rewriting of the basic rules of capitalism. These two governments changed the rules governing labour bargaining, weakening trade unions, and they weakened anti-trust enforcement, allowing more monopolies to be created. Joseph Stiglitz

Capitalism Unions Changed States Rules Weakened Weakening More Allowing Trade Trade Unions Reagan Governing Governments Labour Thatcher Rewriting Ronald Reagan Created Enforcement Bargaining United United States Basic Margaret Margaret Thatcher Two Monopolies

Democrats are very good at governing. When it comes to messaging, I'm not too sure about. Kevin de Leon

Good Too About Messaging Sure Democrats Governing Very

Irrespective of their party affiliation or wishes on the matter, those governing from 10 Downing Street now have to take on much of the aura and role of head of state. And this is bound to have heavy consequences for their family. Linda Colley

The Palestinian people were governing themselves before the creation of the State of Israel. Linda Sarsour

People Before Creation State Israel Governing Were Themselves Palestinian Palestinian People

Because of my success in the private sector, I had the chance to run America's largest city for 12 years, governing in the wake of its greatest tragedy. Michael Bloomberg

Success Sector Run City Had Because Greatest Governing Private Years Tragedy Wake Private Sector America Largest Chance

I looked into studying psychoanalysis, wrote to the governing body and was about to start the year where they psychoanalyse you, four times a week, before you get to do it yourself. I just thought I'd taken the ventriloquism as far as I could. My act is so deconstructive, and I'd made all the monkey jokes anyone wanted to hear. Nina Conti

You Jokes Do-It-Yourself Yourself Thought Made Year Before Monkey About Week Could Taken Studying Looked Wrote Ventriloquism Governing Hear Times Get Just Where As Far As Wanted Anyone Psychoanalysis Far Body Act Four Start

The President didn't offer any clarity in his latest speech about what he would do to tackle our nation's debt before it tackles us and it's still not clear how he'll keep Medicare from going bankrupt. One thing is clear though, Barack Obama isn't interested in governing or putting forward solutions to fix our nation's problems. Paul Ryan

Problems Nation Before President Our Latest Though Obama Clarity Would One Thing Solutions About Tackle He Clear Putting How Still Governing His Debt Offer Fix Any Going Bankrupt Barack Barack Obama Interested Us Forward Keep Thing Medicare Speech

Every now and then, President Obama sorta drops his veil. He's less coy about his philosophy, he sort of reveals his true governing philosophy, what he really believes. Paul Ryan

Part of what is wrong with the view of American imperialism is that it is antithetical to our interests. We are better off when people are governing themselves. I'm sure there is some guy that will tell you that philosophy is no different from the Roman Empire's. Well, it is fundamentally different. Paul Wolfowitz

You People Better Will Our Philosophy Tell Some Guy Better Off Imperialism Part Wrong Empire Well Sure Governing Off American Roman Different Themselves Interests View Fundamentally

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