“The Prime Minister in the UK thinks spending and borrowing more is the right thing to do in the circumstances, and is busily trying to bail out chunks of the private sector which would otherwise have to adjust more quickly to the painful reality that we have been living beyond our means.” ThinkingTryingMeanHas BeensRealityCircumstancesPainfulSpendingMinistersThings To DoRight ThingPrimePrime MinisterPrivate SectorBorrowingChunksBail Author:John Redwood
“But, clearly, the prime minister has laid down some ground rules which any functioning democratic state would insist upon, having to do with, you know, arms belonging to the state, not to -- not in private hands. The current circumstances come out of what I think is a very important and indeed appropriate action that the Iraqi government has taken.” ThinkingKnowsImportantStatesHandsGovernmentActionDemocracyTakenArmsCircumstancesDemocraticCurrentsMinistersAppropriateBelongingPrimePrime MinisterGround Rules Author:Condoleezza Rice
“Here is the principle - adapt your measures to the necessity of the people to whom you minister. You are to take the Gospel to them in such modes and circumstances as will gain for it from them a hearing.” PeoplePrinciplesCircumstancesGainsHearingMinisters Book:For God Alone Source: For God Alone
“There is no necessity for going to the church and hearing the same story forever. Let the minister write what he wishes to say. Let him publish it. If it is worth buying, people will read it. It is hardly fair to get them in a church in the name of duty and there inflict upon them a sermon that under no circumstances they would read...the idea of going fifty-two days in a year to hear anybody on the same subject is absurd.” PeopleIfsWritingYearsTwoIdeasStoriesNamesWishChurchForeverSubjectsDutyCircumstancesFairsHearingAbsurdMinistersFiftyBuyingSermonsPublishTwo Days Author:Robert Green Ingersoll
“Each government minister views the circumstances of each issue differently. An interior minister has a different view of visa liberalization than does a foreign minister.” DoeDifferentGovernmentViewsIssuesCircumstancesMinistersInteriorsVisaDifferent Views Author:Thomas de Maiziere