“A government by secrecy benefits no one. It injures the people it seeks to serve; it damages its own integrity and operation. It breeds distrust, dampens the fervor of its citizens and mocks their loyalty.” PeopleGovernmentCitizensIntegrityBenefitsLoyaltyOperationsDamageDistrustSecrecyFervor Author:Russell B. Long
“Bypass surgery, angioplasty,and even diagnostic angiograms are so over used that, in my opinion, it constitutes criminal behaviour by the cardiologists and surgeons involved. Well controlled scientific studies have shown bypass surgery simply doesn't work, except to relieve severe chest pain. Those who have the surgery didn't even have a trend of longevity benefit compared to those treated without it. Yet, each year hundreds of thousands cave into the obvious fear tactics used by agressive heart doctors and submit to the bypass operation” YearsWellsHeartPainUsedOpinionStudyInvolvedBenefitsDoctorsObviousCriminalsTreatedOperationsControlledChestsTrendsSubmitBehaviourLongevitySurgerySevereCavesTacticsSurgeonsBypassCardiologistAgressive Author:Julian Whitaker
“There are many pleasant fictions of the law in constant operation, but there is not one so pleasant or practically humorous as that which supposes every man to be of equal value in its impartial eye, and the benefits of all laws to be equally attainable by all men, without the smallest reference to the furniture of their pockets.” MenEyeLawValuesFictionEqualBenefitsHumorousConstantEvery ManOperationsPleasantPocketsSmallestFurniture Book:The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby Source: The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby
“The universal basis of co-operation is the proportioning of benefits received to services rendered.” BenefitsUniversalBasesOperations Book:The Data of Ethics: Great Essays Source: The Data of Ethics: Great Essays
“The sun by the action of heat makes wax moist and mud dry, hardening the one while it softens the other, by the same operation producing exactly opposite results; thus, from the long-suffering of God, some derive benefit, and others harm; some are softened, while others are hardened.” LongActionSufferingResultsSunBenefitsOppositesHarmOperationsHeatDryMudHardenedLong Suffering Author:Theodoret
“I find it remarkable that virtually all of the large difference in labor supply between France and the United States is due to differences in tax systems. I expected institutional constraints on the operation of labor markets and the nature of the unemployment benefit system to be more important. I was surprised that the welfare gain from reducing the intratemporal tax wedge is so large.” ImportantStatesDifferencesUnitedUnited StatesTaxesBenefitsGainsEconomicsLaborDuesExpectedFranceOperationsWelfareRemarkableUnemploymentReducingConstraintsWedgesTax SystemUnemployment Benefits Author:Edward C. Prescott
“There are benefits in the sense that there's still a certain level of confidence. But there are liabilities because you can coordinate and manipulate better as the instruments of oversight are more under your control. You don't have so many rogue operations.” StillsCertainLevelsBenefitsInstrumentsOperationsManipulateRoguesLiabilityOversightCoordinates Author:Ted Gup
“In addition to tourism, it is essential to employ other ways to benefit more from the use of natural resources than from their destruction - from wildlife breeding operations to - yes - hunting of abundant species where viable.” WayUseNaturalEssentialsBenefitsResourcesDestructionSpeciesOperationsHuntingWildlifeTourismBreedingNatural Resources Author:David Jeremiah Barron
“"The Constitution" has something called The Emoluments Clause. That's just a fancy, 18th century word for no foreign government payments. And Donald Trump is collecting foreign government payments and other benefits throughout his business.It is a direct violation of "The Constitution" and unless he divests, not just operations, he must divest from all business interests or he will be in violation of "The Constitution" from day one.” GovernmentInterestCenturyTrumpBenefitsDirectConstitutionOperationsFancyPaymentViolationCollectingClauses18th Century Author:Norman L. Eisen
“WikiLeaks is a lot of things. This past year, WikiLeaks was a tool of Russian intelligence and the Russian government and their interference operation against the American presidential election to benefit Donald Trump.” YearsGovernmentPastTrumpBenefitsToolsElectionPresidentialOperationsInterferencePresidential ElectionAmerican PresidentWikileaksRussian Government Author:Rachel Maddow