#governing

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

#deliver #democratic #democratic process #elected #governing

Sound science must be a basis to governing our trade relations around the globe. ↗

— Bill Frist

#basis #globe #governing #must #our

Today, I think the attitude is that governing is not necessarily good politics, and the result is that it's much more partisan and much more divided. ↗

— Leon Panetta

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We in the Labour party know better than most that opposition is the easy part. What's more difficult is governing and setting out an agenda for government. ↗

— Lucy Powell

#better #difficult #easy #governing #government

We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our constitutional health, and we're surrendering it all at the same time. ↗

— Paul Hawken

#cultural #governing #health #living #losing

My personal influence in the Revolutionary Governing Council is such that the dictatorship of the proletariat is firmly established, since the masses are backing me. ↗

— Bela Kun

#council #dictatorship #established #firmly #governing

There's probably more history now preserved underwater than in all the museums of the world combined. And there's no law governing that history. It's finders keepers. ↗

— Robert Ballard

#governing #history #keepers #law #more

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

#administration #been #being #believe #comes

Governing isn't as easy as you think. Many of you have taken pledges that are contradictory - to balance the budget and cut taxes, for example. You must be honest about the numbers, since our annual deficit now exceeds all discretionary spending combined. ↗

— Brian Baird

#annual #balance #budget #combined #contradictory

There is no Senate rule governing the proper uses of the filibuster. ↗

— Tony Snow

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