Good Governance Quotes

• Good governance never depends upon laws, but upon the personal qualities of those who govern. The machinery of government is always subordinate to the will of those who administer that machinery. The most important element of government, therefore, is the method of choosing leaders.

  Frank Herbert

  Government, Law, Personal Qualities

  Frank Herbert (2008). “Children of Dune”, p.156, Penguin

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• Mere good governance is not enough; it has to be pro-people and pro-active. Good governance is putting people at the center of development process.

  Narendra Modi

  People, India, Development

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• People's participation is the essence of good governance.

  Narendra Modi

  Essence, People, India

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• Good governance depends on ability to take responsibility by both administration as well as people.

  Narendra Modi

  Responsibility, People, India

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• While transparency reduces corruption, good governance goes beyond transparency in achieving openness. Openness means involving the stakeholders in decision-making process. Transparency is the right to information while openness is the right to participation.

  Narendra Modi

  Mean, Decision, India

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• Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: ‘Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path.’ If you don’t ask those questions, your governance will not be good.

  Pope Francis

  Humble, Men, Order

  "Pope Francis: We Need You in Washington, D.C." by Jim Wallis, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2013.

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• Good governance is not fire-fighting or crisis-management. Instead of opting for ad-hoc solutions the need of the hour is to tackle the root cause of the problems.

  Narendra Modi

  Fighting, Fire, Roots

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• Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance.

  Kofi Annan

  Equality, Goal, Challenges

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Leadership, Witty, Men

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• Good Governance cannot remain merely a philosophy. Concrete steps have to be taken for realizing its goals.

  Narendra Modi

  Philosophy, Taken, Goal

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• Corporate governance is concerned with holding the balance between economic and social goals and between individual and communal goals. The governance framework is there to encourage the efficient use of resources and equally to require accountability for the stewardship of those resources. The aim is to align as nearly as possible the interests of individuals, corporations and society.

  Adrian Cadbury

  Goal, Accountability, Balance

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• People power must be combined with good governance to bring about real, deep and lasting change. This combination can achieve almost everything from eliminating corruption to ending malnutrition and illiteracy.

  Narendra Modi

  Real, Lasting Change, People

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• Good governance is treating development as a mass movement in order to see that fruits of development reach the poor and the downtrodden.

  Narendra Modi

  Order, India, Movement

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  Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.

  Desmond Tutu

  Life, Success, Peace

  FaceBook post by Desmond Tutu from Jan 04, 2014

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• Transparency is the key to good governance & e-governance is the only effective way of transparent governance.

  Narendra Modi

  Keys, India, Way

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• For achieving good governance political will is necessary. Good governance is a political process. Though role of civil society is critical, without political will and political process, sustainable good governance cannot be achieved.

  Narendra Modi

  Political Will, India, Roles

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• Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective.

  Pratibha Patil

  Inspirational, Government, People

  Pratibha Patils farewell speech to the nation, www.abplive.in. July 24, 2012.

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• Good governance needs self-discipline. Only discipline within can ensure discipline without.

  Narendra Modi

  Self, Discipline, India

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• If people are good because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.

  Albert Einstein

  Im Sorry, Atheist, Fear

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• Team Work is the essence of good governance. It is necessary to form a team within the party and also within the administrative system.

  Narendra Modi

  Team, Party, Essence

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• Do your little bit of good where you are.

  Desmond Tutu

  Kindness, Good People, Littles

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• The way in which we can promote peace, is by promoting sustainable management of our resources, equitable distribution of these resources, and that the only way you can actually do that, is that then you have to have a political, economic system that facilitates that. And then you get into the issues of human rights, justice, economic justice, social justice, and good governance or democratic governance. That's how it ties up.

  Wangari Maathai

  Rights, Issues, Ties

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I am not looking for board positions, I am looking for good governance.

  Cyrus Pallonji Mistry

  Boards, Position, Governance

  Source: zeenews.india.com

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• The biggest determinant in our lives is culture, where we are born, what the environment looks like. But the second biggest determinant is probably governance, good governance or a certain kind of governance makes a huge difference in our lives.

  Nicolas Berggruen

  Differences, Culture, Looks

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• There never is a good time for tough decisions. There will always be an election or something else. You have to pick courage and do it. Governance is about taking tough, even unpopular, decisions.

  Jairam Ramesh

  Decision, Good Times, Tough

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