Accepting money from the federal government to conduct research places academic inquiry in the service of national interests. Jill Lepore academicacceptconduct Change image and share on social
Second, there were the discussions and drafts leading up to the White Paper on Employment Policy of 1944 in which the UK government accepted the maintenance of employment as an obligation of governmental policy. James Meade acceptdiscussiondraft share on social
I've been in the government bureaucracy, I've practiced law, I've done a lot of different things. John Bolton bureaucracygovernmenthave Change image and share on social
The threat of gold redeemability imposes a constant check and limit on inflationary issues of government paper. If the government can remove the threat, it can expand and inflate without cease. And so it begins to emit propaganda, trying to persuade the public not to use gold coins in their daily lives. Murray Rothbard beginceasecheck share on social
The relationships that people have - that are sexual, psychological, emotional - these relationships are not open to supervision by parents, schools, churches, or government. Nobody has any right to intervene at all in any kind of relationship like that. Madalyn Murray O'Hair churchemotionalgovernment share on social
We need a broad government which will make decisions, but not a national unity government, because we are divided from within. Reuven Rivlin broaddecisiondivide Change image and share on social
The weather is like the government, always in the wrong. Jerome K. Jerome governmentweatherwrong Change image and share on social
He convinced me that if we're going to have honest government that you can't leave it up to the crooks and that honest people have to get involved in government. So I did. I got involved as a criminal prosecutor with the U. S. Justice Department. Bill Scott convincecriminalcrook share on social
The phone is one hundred, one hundred and ten years old. There was a middle period where the government had a broad ability to surveil, but if you look at human history in total, people evolved and civilizations evolved with private conversations and private speech. Brian Acton abilitybroadcivilization share on social
There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises. Jonathan Shapiro authoritarianismbalancecheck share on social