#governments

We have to admit that, notwithstanding all the efforts in which governments and peoples have participated, no corresponding change has been wrought in the aspect of the world's armaments. ↗

— Henry Campbell-Bannerman

#armaments #aspect #been #change #corresponding

Why are we in this mess, now facing the prospect of economic armageddon? It's because the prevailing characteristic has been greed, and it doesn't matter whether it's individuals living beyond their means or governments living beyond their means or people seeking to get rich quick. ↗

— Jeremy Paxton

#because #been #beyond #characteristic #economic

By ratifying the Convention, governments become legally bound to implement the rights therein. ↗

— Carol Bellamy

#bound #convention #governments #implement #legally

What good fortune for governments that the people do not think. ↗

— Adolf Hitler

#good #good fortune #governments #people #think

These subsidies from four European governments, which include aircraft launch assistance, capital injections, debt forgiveness, have enabled Airbus to develop and range market airliners well below cost. ↗

— Norm Dicks

#aircraft #assistance #below #capital #cost

Time and again these governments have rejected proposals today - and longed for them tomorrow. ↗

— Abba Eban

#governments #longed #proposals #rejected #them

When our governments want to sell us a course of action, they do it by making sure it's the only thing on the agenda, the only thing everyone's talking about. And they pre-load the ensuing discussion with highly selected images, devious and prejudicial language, dubious linkages, weak or false 'intelligence' and selected 'leaks.' ↗

— Brian Eno

#action #agenda #course #devious #discussion

As someone who worked hard for a Labour victory in the 90s, do I regret it? Not really. It was bound to happen. And it'll happen with the next government, and the one after it. Because all governments serve us. They serve the filth. ↗

— Stephen Fry

#because #bound #filth #government #governments

All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed. ↗

— I. F. Stone

#governments #liars #nothing #run #say

We have shown, given these last three years, that we were succeeding in fighting terrorists. While during the first 30 years of the former governments they didn't. ↗

— Alberto Fujimori

#fighting #first #former #given #governments