“Since when do grown men and women, who presume to hold high government office and exercise what they think of as "moral leadership," require ethics officers to tell them whether it is or isn't permissible to grab the secretary's behind or redirect public funds to their own personal advantage?” ThinkingMenGovernmentSuccessBehindsMoralExerciseOfficeEthicsMen And WomenAdvantageFundOfficersSecretaryGrown ManMoral Leadership Author:Meg Greenfield
“In government and out, there are vast realms of the bureaucracy dedicated to seeking more information, in perpetuity if need be, in order to avoid taking action.” IfsNeedsGovernmentActionOrderInformationSeekingRealmsDedicatedBureaucracyTaking Action Author:Meg Greenfield
“If you were starting from scratch to invent an instrument that could impose fiscal discipline, the last one on earth you would come up with is the United States government.” IfsStatesGovernmentEarthLastsUnitedUnited StatesDisciplineEconomicsInstrumentsStartingCome UpScratchesState GovernmentUnited States Government Author:Meg Greenfield
“Washington, under Democrats and Republicans, has a profoundly neurotic attitude toward 'the people.' It is built on equal parts of suspicion, loathing, fear, respect and dependence.” PeopleGovernmentAttitudeRepublicanEqualBuiltDemocratSuspicionDependenceNeuroticLoathing Author:Meg Greenfield
