#governments

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

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#folly #free #governments #managed #people

I think that there is a concern, a question mark, by people all around the world and governments all around the world, as to what China's intentions are. ↗

— Gary Locke

#china #concern #governments #i #i think

The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. ↗

— James Madison

#afraid #almost #armed #arms #being

As they say, one thing led to another, and, ultimately, the British and Irish governments asked me to serve as chairman of the peace negotiations, which ironically began six years ago this week. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

#another #asked #began #british #chairman

I don't hold America responsible for the largely oppressive governments in the 22 Arab countries. There are repressive Arab governments that are our allies and there are those that are our nominal enemies. It doesn't make a whole lot of difference to what extent we're involved in propping up those governments. ↗

— Lawrence Wright

#america #arab #arab countries #countries #difference

Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich. ↗

— Paul Getty

#governments #rich #soak

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#commit #fails #good #good governance #governance

We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency, and we should support countries that embrace market reforms, democracy, and the rule of law. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#aid #american #countries #democracy #embrace

Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people. ↗

— Paul Harvey

#agencies #aid #attitudes #come #dependency