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We're not going to meddle in the internal life of other peoples and other governments, because we don't want them meddling in ours.
If the private sectors are about markets and the public sectors are about governments, then the plural sector is about communities.
I'm telling you there is hope. I have seen it, but it does not come from the governments or corporations. It comes from the people.
The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression.
Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.
Dependency arguments often come from elites - either aid agencies or governments - and say something about attitudes to poor people.
In a climate where governments are limited in what they can spend, trade and investment offer a path to fiscally responsible growth.
European pantywaists might keep voting for high-spending governments, but the U.S. was founded on a popular revolt against taxation.
If we all act together - business, governments, NGOs and citizens and, especially, the young - just imagine the good we could create.
Artists have a responsibility to speak and to act when governments fail, and if we don't do that, we really deserve the world we get.
In order to rally people, governments need enemies... if they do not have a real enemy, they will invent one in order to mobilize us.
Performance or no performance, perceptions do matter. More so the voters's perceptions on the performance of their state governments.
I wanted to be a man who travelled the world to make peace. I didn't realise that most diplomats are megaphones for their governments.
Governments must commit to sound economic and financial policies. This is how we ensure reform in the euro area - and our independence.
Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the movement and respond.
We will create a civilization of the Mind in Cyberspace. May it be more humane and fair than the world your governments have made before.
We should encourage governments to be sustained by citizens' taxes - that is, democracies. Democracies will be enduring allies of America.
Governments have always been wary of the arts because they're wayward and ambiguous and because they deal with feelings rather than facts.
When government disappears, it's not as if paradise will take its place. When governments are gone, other interests will take their place.
Since its first day as a nation, Israel has lived under a cloud of aggression from militant extremists and hostile neighboring governments.
At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished.
We all have a responsibility to make sure everyone - including companies, governments, and researchers - develop AI with diversity in mind.
Most sports federations, corporations, and governments don't change voluntarily. Change is brought by the disenfranchised demanding better.
The ECB's interventions in sovereign bond markets should not be perceived or interpreted as a 'freebie' for governments. They are temporary.
I don't see democracy getting better. I see democracy diminishing. More rules, more legislation. Eventually governments will see everything.
Intel continues... to abuse their monopoly, and that's why, around the world, governments and regulatory agencies continue to go after them.
Clean water and power is our right as humans on this earth, and for too long, our governments in Africa have failed to provide these things.
Whether we realize it or not, we benefit from the work of public-sector employees and our state, county and municipal governments every day.
I don't care how sacred is freedom, but I think the time has come for governments, at least the Malaysian government, to censor the Internet.
Governments go to war directly or by proxy without declaring war. Force, or threat of force, are constantly used to dominate other countries.
Democratic accountability means that governments must be popularly accepted, with citizens empowered to replace corrupt or incompetent rulers.
Illicit trade corrupts corporations and governments alike, allows dictators to survive, and obscures oppression, including modern day slavery.
If you can't compete fairly, honestly, effectively, no government should intervene. Now, some governments do. They prop up failing industries.
After September 11, the European governments have completely failed. They are incapable of seeing beyond their own national scope of interests.
Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
We are very fond of blaming the poor for destroying the environment. But often it is the powerful, including governments, that are responsible.
European museums are all dependent on government financing. The moment European governments are under financial pressure, their budgets are cut.
I believe in small governments or no governments. I think the majority of people want to have big government, a big brother taking care of them.
People have to know that when you sign a deal with Canada, a change in governments won't immediately scrap the jobs and benefits coming from it.
Rainforest land is mistakenly valued solely for the worth of its timber, mining and oil resources by short-sighted corporations and governments.
It was in our power to cause the Arab governments to renounce the policy of strength toward Israel by turning it into a demonstration of weakness.
People are so much more interested in making connections, and finding common ground, and sharing experiences than sometimes their governments are.
The governments of south Sudan must make sure that everybody will get a nationality - that nobody will become stateless because of this separation.
I think we as a society, a global community, we as governments, need to figure out ways to combat ISIS, not just as a military force but as an idea.
Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.
My role as a broadcast journalist is to analyse information and pass it on to the community. And also as a journalist to hold governments to account.
It is true that authoritarian governments increasingly see the Internet as a threat in part because they see the U.S. government behind the Internet.
Governments must ensure that the power of blogs is cultivated and implemented in collaborative ways, with a view to preserve peace and human dignity.
The Sea Shepherd crew is doing what governments should be doing, but refuse to do themselves, because of the threats of trade retaliation from Japan.
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.