“At Genoa, the word Liberty may be read over the front of the prisons and on the chains of the galley-slaves. This application of the device is good and just. It is indeed only malefactors of all estates who prevent the citizen from being free. In the country in which all such men were in the galleys, the most perfect liberty would be enjoyed.” MenMayCountryWould BePerfectLibertyFrontsCitizensPrisonSlaveChainsEnjoyedDevicesApplicationEstatesBeing Free Book:On the Social Contract Source: On the Social Contract
“I dream of a Digital India where Government services are easily and efficiently available to citizens on Mobile devices.” DreamGovernmentCitizensIndiaAvailableDigitalDevicesMobileDigital IndiaGovernment Service Author:Narendra Modi
“It does say something about a society when those who sue physicians and hospitals make as much or more money than those who heal disease. It says something about a society when it glorifies and rewards those who litigate while it demonizes and punishes those who produce the drugs and devices that keep it citizens alive and well.” WellsDoeAliveProduceCitizensDrugDiseaseRewardsHealDevicesHospitalsMore MoneyPhysiciansGlorify Author:Dennis Prager
“The real thing we tried to look at is what happens to a society when the state is absent. At that point, the state had really withdrawn from Lagos; the city was left to its own devices, both in terms of money and services. That, by definition, created an unbelievable proliferation of independent agency: each citizen needed to take, in any day, maybe 400 or 500 independent decisions on how to survive that extremely complex system.” LooksRealStatesHappensLeftTermDecisionCitiesNeededCitizensIndependentComplexesDefinitionsAgencyDevicesUnbelievableAbsentReal ThingsProliferationComplex Systems Author:Rem Koolhaas
“Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.” WayDesireIndividualLibertyCitizensLibertarianOfficialsDevicesLibertarianismParticipationPublic Officials Book:Toward a national urban policy Source: Toward a national urban policy