“When we look at the astonishing material achievements of the West. we see these things as the result, not of compulsion or government action or the superior wisdom of a few, but of that system of competition and free enterprise, rewarding success and penalising failure, which enables every individual to participate by his private decisions in shaping the future of his society.” LooksGovernmentActionIndividualDecisionResultsMaterialsAchievementCompetitionWestSuperiorsEnterpriseCompulsionAstonishingFree EnterpriseShaping The Future Author:Enoch Powell
“The precondition of success and entry to the top politics is primarily one's will - that is, making one's own decisions, because it means having to leave your home or move your family, quit social networking and build new contacts, [since] central governments are seated in capitals.” MeanHomeGovernmentMovingSocialDecisionQuittingContactOur FamilyNetworkingEntrySocial NetworkingSocial NetworkCentral Government Author:Dalia Grybauskaite
“I believe in active citizenship, for men and women equally, as a simple matter of right and justice. I believe we will have better government in all of our countries when men and women discuss public issues together and make their decisions on the basis of their different areas of experience and their common concern for the welfare of their families and their world.” MenWorldBelieveDifferentCountryMatterGovernmentTogetherI BelieveJusticeSimpleDecisionCommonIssuesMen And WomenAreasConcernBasesI Believe InActiveOur CountryWelfareCitizenshipActive Citizenship Book:What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt Source: What I Hope to Leave Behind: The Essential Essays of Eleanor Roosevelt
“A man should have a right to be religious if he wants to. The government should not be involved in those decisions.” IfsMenWantShouldGovernmentReligiousDecisionInvolvedShould Have Author:Andy Garcia
“I find it ironic and unfortunately because people are very vulnerable to populism now these days because they are desperate, we had really difficult times and we had difficult decisions to make. It is natural and it is logical to have people trying to not to vote for Syriza but to vote against the big parties that were in the Government for the last decade. So it is something that you can explain that way.” PeopleWayTryingBigsGovernmentLastsDifficultNaturalDecisionPartyVoteDecadesVulnerableThese DaysDesperateLogicalIronicDifficult TimesPopulismDifficult Decisions Author:Eva Kaili
“Companies made these decisions about encryption when they were finding it very difficult to sell their products overseas because the [Edward] Snowden disclosures created the impression that the U.S. government was inside this hardware and software produced by them. They needed to do something to deal with the perception.” MadeGovernmentDifficultDecisionDealsCompanyProductsNeededFindingsPerceptionSellsImpressionSoftwareHardwareDisclosureSnowdenEncryption Author:Michael Morell
“From the late 1940s, into and through the '50s, there developed a complex interaction between federal government, state and local government, real-estate interests, commercial interests and court decisions, which had the effect of undermining the mass transit system across the country.” RealCountryStatesGovernmentInterestDecisionEffectsLateMassCourtComplexesLocalsInteractionEstatesFederal GovernmentUnderminingLocal GovernmentCourt DecisionMass Transit Author:Noam Chomsky
“As international support for Obama's decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen back on a standard pretext for war crimes when all else fails: the credibility of the threats of the self-designated policeman of the world.” WorldWarSelfGovernmentDecisionSupportFailingCrimeStandardsClaimsThreatInternationalAdministrationFallenSyriaCredibilityPolicemenPretextWar CrimesWhen All Else Fails Author:Noam Chomsky
“We are not going back. We are not returning to the days of back-room abortions, when countless women died or were maimed. The decision about abortion must remain a decision for the woman, her family and a physician to make, not the government.” GovernmentDecisionRoomsDiedAbortionPhysiciansAbortion Rights Author:Bernie Sanders
“In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, I watched helplessly as the Bush administration led America into a strategic blunder of historic proportions. It became painfully obvious that the executive branch of our government did not trust its military. It relied instead on a neoconservative ideology developed by men and women with little, if any, military experience. Some senior military leaders did not challenge civilian decision makers at the appropriate times, and the courageous few who did take a stand were subsequently forced out of the service.” IfsMenLittlesGovernmentAmericaChallengesDecisionLeaderMilitaryMen And WomenObviousTerroristIdeologyAdministrationBranchesProportionAppropriateExecutivesCourageousMakersSeptemberSeniorHistoricCiviliansStrategicSeptember 11BlundersAftermathTerrorist AttacksDecision MakersMilitary LeaderExecutive BranchSeptember 11 2001Appropriate TimeMilitary Experience Author:Ricardo Sanchez
“When making public policy decisions about new technologies for the Government, I think one should ask oneself which technologies would best strengthen the hand of a police state. Then, do not allow the Government to deploy those technologies.” ThinkingShouldStatesHandsGovernmentAsksDecisionTechnologyPolicyPoliceOneselfNew TechnologyPublic PolicyPolice State Author:Phil Zimmermann
“When the Statist makes a wrong decision, its impact is far-reaching, for he uses the power of government to impose his decision on as many individuals and businesses as possible, which distorts the free market itself.” UseGovernmentIndividualDecisionImpactReachingFree MarketWrong Decision Author:Mark Levin
“The story of the Western world since 1945 is that, invited to choose between freedom and government 'security,' large numbers of people vote to dump freedom every time - the freedom to make your own decisions about health care, education, property rights, and a ton of other stuff.” PeopleWorldStoriesGovernmentCareStuffDecisionNumbersRightsSecurityVotePropertyWesternHealth CareInvitedLarge NumbersProperty RightsDumpWestern World Author:Mark Steyn
“The stagnation of the Japanese economy in the past 20 years is eloquent testimony to the fact that government usually gets it wrong. Sometimes it makes the wrong decision because it fails to anticipate the market (as Japan did when it downplayed laptop computers and stressed mainframes).” YearsSometimesFactsGovernmentPastDecisionEconomyFailingComputerJapanTestimonyStressedAnticipateEloquentStagnationLaptopsWrong DecisionLaptop ComputersMainframe Author:Dick Morris
“If the fact that people make poor decisions is reason enough for the government to second-guess their decisions about dangerous activities such as smoking cigarettes and riding motorcycles, why on earth should the government let people make their own choices when it comes to such consequential matters as where to live, how much education to get, whom to marry, whether to have children, which job to take, or what religion to practice?” PeopleIfsShouldChildrenMatterReasonEnoughFactsGovernmentEarthJobsChoicesDecisionPoorPracticeDangerousActivitySmokingRidingCigaretteMotorcycleSmoking CigarettesMotorcycle RidingPoor Decisions Author:Jacob Sullum
“The great allure of government programs in general for many people is that these programs allow decisions to be made without having to worry about the constraints of prices, which confront people at every turn in a free market.” PeopleMadeGovernmentTurnsDecisionWorryProgramFree MarketConstraintsAllureGovernment Programs Author:Thomas Sowell
“Taxing the rich to fund the poorly managed government programs is simply a self-destructive decision: It does nothing more than move money and investment decisions away from proven moneymakers (read: job producers) to Washington amateurs. In both cases, American's lose.” DoeSelfGovernmentJobsMovingLosesDecisionCasesRichProgramInvestmentProducersDestructiveFundProvenSelf DestructiveGovernment Programs Author:T. J. Rodgers
“I assume that those who cling to old beliefs will be able to whisper their thoughts in the recesses of their homes, but if they repeat those views in public, they will risk being labeled as bigots and treated as such by governments, employers, and schools.” IfsHomeGovernmentAbleSchoolBeliefDecisionViewsRiskCourtAssumingTreatedRepeatsRulingEmployersGay MarriageDissentBigotsRecessCourt DecisionAgainst Gay Marriage Author:Samuel Alito
“Because many of us make mistakes that can have bad consequences, some intellectuals believe that it is the role of government to intervene and make some of our decisions for us. From what galaxy government is going to hire creatures who do not make mistakes is a question they leave unanswered.” BelieveGovernmentDecisionMistakeRolesCreaturesConsequenceMaking MistakesGalaxyUnansweredRole Of Government Author:Thomas Sowell
“I am a most unhappy man. I accidentally ruined my country. A great industrial nation is now controlled by its system of credit. Our government is no longer based on the freedom of opinion, nor on the conviction and the majority decision, it is now a government which is subjected to the conviction and the compulsion of a small group of dominant men.” MenCountryGovernmentNationsDecisionOpinionGroupsMajorityConvictionCreditUnhappyControlledDominantRuinedCompulsionSmall Groups Author:Woodrow Wilson