Governance Quotes - Page 13

• Worst thing about Al Smith dinner : it was another reminder of how far we are from the amity between opposing sides that is needed for effective governance.

  John I. Jenkins

  Dinner, Als, Sides

  Source: www.commonwealmagazine.org

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• Given that by age 23, almost a third of Americans are arrested for a crime, it becomes clear that in the new militarized state young people, especially poor minorities, are viewed as predators, a threat to corporate governance, and are treated as disposable populations.

  Henry Giroux

  People, Age, Population

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Within the existing neoliberal historical conjuncture, there is a merging of violence and governance and the systemic disinvestment in and breakdown of institutions and public spheres that have provided the minimal conditions for democracy.

  Henry Giroux

  Historical, Democracy, Violence

  Source: www.truth-out.org

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• Power is not just for TV sets and charging mobile phones. This electricity is critical to the industrial development of this area. If there is electricity, small scale industry will grow.

  Narendra Modi

  Phones, Development, Tvs

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• Government systems suffer from two weaknesses. They are complex. And they are slow. We need to change this. Our systems need to be made sharp, effective, fast and flexible. This requires simplification of processes and having trust in citizens. This needs a Policy Driven State.

  Narendra Modi

  Two, Government, Suffering

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• The government must nurture an eco-system where the economy is primed for growth; and growth promotes all-rounddevelopment. Where development is employment-generating ; and employment is enabled by skills. Where skills are synced with production; and production is benchmarked to quality. Where quality meets global standards; and meeting global standards drives prosperity. Most importantly, this prosperity is for the welfare of all. That is my concept ofeconomic good governance and all round development.

  Narendra Modi

  Skills, Government, Growth

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• During freedom struggle, It were authors and artists who made the Nation stand with their pen, and now their pen can create an environment of renaissance when Independent India is on the path of Good Governance.

  Narendra Modi

  Struggle, Independent, Artist

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• It is every Indian's dream that J&K is happy & there is prosperity. We have to work for this, be it in power or not in power.

  Narendra Modi

  Dream, India, Prosperity

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• We always remember the courage of the people of Kargil! We want to make Kargil among India's most developed districts.

  Narendra Modi

  People, India, Want

  Twitter post from Aug 12, 2014

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• Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life.

  Jimmy Carter

  Struggle, Better Life, Should

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• One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Self, Middle East, World

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