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Building sustainable cities - and a sustainable future - will need open dialogue among all branches of national, regional and local government. And it will need the engagement of all stakeholders - including the private sector and civil society, and especially the poor and marginalized.
Ban Ki-moon
Future
Government
Will
Building
National
Society
Local
Local Government
Sector
Cities
Civil
Civil Society
Open
Dialogue
Private
Private Sector
Branches
Sustainable
Regional
Stakeholders
Poor
Engagement
Including
Among
Marginalized
Need
When you are in local government, you are on the ground, and you are looking into the eyes and hearts of the people you are there to serve. It teaches you to listen; it teaches you to be expansive in the people with whom you talk to, and I think that that engagement gives you political judgment.
Valerie Jarrett
Government
You
Eyes
People
Political
Looking
Judgment
Think
Local
Local Government
Gives
Talk
Expansive
Hearts
Listen
Engagement
Teaches
Ground
Whom
Serve
Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.
Imran Khan
Government
Good
Needs
Local
Local Government
System
Pakistan
Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.
Richard M. Nixon
Government
Men
National
Too
Local
Local Government
Sure
Dishonest
In some of the middle colonies the towns and counties were both active and had a relation with each other which was the forerunner of the present system of local government in the Western States.
Albert Bushnell Hart
Government
Active
Other
Relation
Local
Local Government
States
System
Some
Both
Colonies
Had
Counties
Towns
Were
Forerunner
Western
Middle
Which
Each
Present
State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide them with financial assistance, as needed, until they reach age 21.
Charles Bass
Government
Age
Financial
State
Local
Local Government
Financial Assistance
Financial Support
Federal
Federal Government
Support
Reach
Until
Employment
Educate
Provide
Train
Offer
Children
Them
Should
Foster
Foster Children
Assistance
Program
Needed
The majority of Taiwan people cannot accept Taiwan becoming a second Hong Kong, nor can we accept Taiwan becoming a local government of the People's Republic of China or a Special Administrative Region of China.
Chen Shui-bian
Government
People
Hong Kong
Local
Local Government
Administrative
Taiwan
Majority
Accept
Kong
Becoming
Nor
Cannot
Republic
China
Region
Special
Second
However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and subject to alteration under, federal statutory law.
Dick Thornburgh
Government
Law
Local
Local Government
Defined
States
Recognized
Statutory
Federal
Powers
Alteration
However
Subject
Sovereignty
While
Rico
Puerto
Puerto Rico
A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.
Ferdinand Mount
Government
Old
Independence
Think
Local
Local Government
See
Recover
Parties
Majority
Want
Vigour
The Canary Islands offer special incentives to companies looking at potential filming locations, so it was only logical for me to help the local government make connections with major U.S. film studios like Universal, Fox, Sony, Disney, Paramount, Time Warner, 21st Century Fox, CBS, Viacom, Comcast, HBO, Netflix, Warner Brothers etc.
James Costos
Government
Time
Me
Logical
Looking
Local
Local Government
Locations
Paramount
Brothers
Netflix
Only
Potential
Studios
Sony
Major
Like
Make
Islands
Offer
Canary
Viacom
Etc
Century
Warner
Warner Brothers
Disney
Incentives
Help
Special
Companies
Connections
Film
Universal
Fox
Filming
Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities.
Jared Polis
Government
Matter
Promises
Thrive
Congress
Down
Local
Local Government
Seems
Priorities
Passing
Just
Mandates
Breaking
Really
The U.S. government uses cash accounting. That is illegal for any enterprise of any size in America except for the U.S. government. Every for-profit business, every not-for-profit business, every state and local government has to use real accounting except for Uncle Sam.
Jim Cooper
Government
Business
Uncle
Every
State
Local
Local Government
Enterprise
Cash
Except
Real
Accounting
America
Sam
Any
Size
Use
Illegal
Uses
We need to find a way of having a conversation across the parties on how you fund local government.
Johann Lamont
Government
You
Conversation
Local
Local Government
Way
Find
Having
Parties
How
Across
Fund
Need
Every family in America knows they have to do a budget. Every small business in America knows they have to do a budget. Every local government, every state, knows they have to do a budget.
John Boehner
Government
Family
Business
Every
State
Local
Local Government
Small
Small Business
Budget
Knows
America
At the end of the day, the government, local government all bow to public pressure.
Ma Jun
Government
Day
End Of The Day
Pressure
Local
Local Government
Bow
End
Public
The model that I'd always seen as a little boy, as a teenager, as I watched other political careers, I saw people who'd start off in local government, gain experience, move to state government, and then on to federal office. I'd always believed that kind of experience was important.
Mark Takano
Government
Experience
People
Political
Seen
Important
Other
State
Teenager
Local
State Government
Local Government
Saw
Kind
Federal
Boy
Always
Off
Model
Office
Move
Gain
Little
Then
Believed
Start
Watched
Careers
During the fall of my junior year, I interned in Intergovernmental Affairs in The White House with a focus on outreach to local elected officials. Although I hated the menial tasks the job required, it gave me a window into the power of local government.
Michael Tubbs
Government
Me
Job
Focus
Power
Year
Fall
White
White House
Gave
Local
Local Government
Hated
Window
Outreach
House
Although
Affairs
Junior
Junior Year
Tasks
Officials
Elected
Elected Officials
Required
As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take action for the safety of women and girls, change happens.
Michelle Bachelet
Government
Change
Women
People
Safety
Men
Girl
Become
Young
Action
Active
Local
Local Government
More
More And More
Voices
Take
Leaders
Women And Girls
Happens
Young People
Raise
I think we've always thought that it's important to have a positive relationships with local government rather than taking a confrontational kind of stance.
Nathan Blecharczyk
Positive
Government
Thought
Important
Think
Local
Relationships
Local Government
Kind
Rather
Taking
Always
Than
Confrontational
Stance
The old line of thought used to be that local government is the bush leagues.
Pete Buttigieg
Government
Old
Thought
Local
Local Government
Leagues
Line
Bush
Used
I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. There's where we have to go in local government, in not only the philosophy but the creativity in people around you. They have to go to the edge.
Richard M. Daley
Government
You
Creativity
People
Edge
Enjoy
Local
Local Government
Philosophy
Something
Only
Around
Go
Done
Getting
Where
Things
My decision to appoint an inspector is not taken lightly. I hope it sends a strong signal that robust processes are in place to investigate allegations of failures in financial management and governance in local government.
Sajid Javid
Hope
Government
Management
Financial
Strong
Decision
Local
Local Government
Signal
Allegations
Inspector
Investigate
Taken
Lightly
Failures
Robust
Governance
Sends
Place
Processes
Appoint
A Local Government Stationery Store is something to behold. It's like walking through the back of a cupboard into a really dull Narnia.
Sally Phillips
Government
Local
Back
Local Government
Something
Through
Like
Dull
Cupboard
Walking
Behold
Store
Really
2018 marks 30 years since Margaret Thatcher's government introduced Section 28, one of its most abominable policies. As a part of the Local Government Act, this Section was designed to prevent local authorities and schools from the so-called promotion of LGBT+ issues.
Angela Rayner
Government
Local
Local Government
Marks
Section
Introduced
Promotion
Prevent
Part
Since
Most
Schools
Policies
Issues
Years
Authorities
Thatcher
So-Called
Act
Margaret
Designed
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