Officials Quotes - Page 7

• We don't have an Official Secrets Act in the United States, as other countries do. Under the First Amendment, freedom of the press, freedom of speech, and freedom of association are more important than protecting secrets.

  Alan Dershowitz

  Country, Freedom Of Speech, Secret

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• You read constantly that banks are lobbying regulators and elected officials as if this is inappropriate. We don't look at it that way.

  Jamie Dimon

  Looks, Lobbying, Way

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• Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.

  Daniel Ellsberg

  Lying, Hero, Government Lies

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• Greece isn't a democracy now it's run through a troika - three foreign officials that fly into Athens airport and tell the Greeks what they can and can't do.

  Nigel Farage

  Running, Airports, Greek

  FaceBook post by Nigel Farage from Feb 15, 2012

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• The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials.

  Pope Francis

  Government, People, Acting

  "A Big Heart Open to God: An interview with Pope Francis". Interview with Antonio Spadaro, S.J., www.americamagazine.org. September 30, 2013.

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• There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.

  John Kenneth Galbraith

  Political, Politics, Accomplished

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• Like some high official, you have to tell your brain: 'Do it. Come on. I have to do it.'

  Haile Gebrselassie

  Brain

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• What a rush it was to plunge into the bin of official decision and cast a ballot in favor of FUN.

  Wavy Gravy

  Fun, Decision, Engagement

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• In early 1961 a new president, John F. Kennedy, was told by military leaders and civilian officials that the Kingdom of Laos - of no conceivable strategic importance to the U.S. - required the presence of American troops and perhaps even tactical nuclear weapons. Why? Because if Laos fell, Asia would go red from Thailand to Indonesia.

  Jeff Greenfield

  Military, Leader, President

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• Many Communist government officials have a rigid, dictatorial power, but they live in constant suspicion and fear of anything that might undermine the power they have.

  Nhat Hanh

  Government, Might, Communist

  "The Right Kind of Power". "Beliefnet" Interview, www.beliefnet.com. July 2008.

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• This high official, all allow, is grossly overpaid; there wasn't any Board, and now there isn't any Trade.

  A. P. Herbert

  Sea, Boards, Trade

  Tinker Tailor (1922) "The President of the Board of Trade"

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• Well, I've been in the political arena all of my life, and 10 years of that as a candidate and elected official, and that's about enough.

  Jim Hightower

  Years, Political, Arena

  Interview with Evan Smith, www.motherjones.com. November/December 1995.

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• It pains me whenever there's the death of a law enforcement official.

  Eric Holder

  Pain, Law, Enforcement

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• If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.

  Herbert Hoover

  Government, Law, Ends

  United States. President (1929-1933 : Hoover), Herbert Hoover (1974). “Herbert Hoover: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President”

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• Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.

  Aldous Huxley

  Country, Sea, Office

  Beyond the Mexique Bay (1934) p. 34

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• Official history is merely a veil to hide the truth of what really happened. When the veil is lifted, again and again we see that not only is the official version not true, it is often 100% wrong.

  David Icke

  Veils, Again And Again, Happened

  David Icke (1998). “The Biggest Secret”, David Icke Books

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• English should be our official language. Reading and speaking English are requirements to become a citizen.

  Ernest Istook

  Reading, House, Citizens

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• Instead of this confusion, we need the unifying force of an official language, English, which is the language of success in America.

  Ernest Istook

  Sea, America, Confusion

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• I am utterly struck how, 300 years after his execution, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire.

  Peter Jennings

  Years, Empires, Execution

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• Police officials routinely execute search warrants on private homes and offices, and Congressional offices should not be treated any differently. There cannot be one set of rules for elected officials and another set of rules for everyone else.

  Bobby Jindal

  Home, Office, Police

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  Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.

  Billy Joel

  Artist, Sea, Perception

  FaceBook post by Billy Joel from Jan 28, 2014

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• I met wonderful people playing in the NBA. Whether it is the officials, the scorekeepers, all the people who work for the NBA, not just for the Lakers, but I'm talking about just for the league itself.

  Magic Johnson

  Talking, Nba, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• We call ourselves public servants but I'll tell you this: we as public servants must set an example for the rest of the nation. It is hypocritical for the public official to admonish and exhort the people to uphold the common good.

  Barbara Jordan

  Sea, People, Example

  1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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• More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

  Barbara Jordan

  Inspirational, Future, Government

  1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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• If we promise as public officials, we must deliver. If we as public officials propose, we must produce.

  Barbara Jordan

  Promise, Politics, Produce

  1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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