“Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: ‘Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path.’ If you don’t ask those questions, your governance will not be good.” PeopleIfsMenTwoGovernmentOrderAsksOpinionPathHumbleBe GoodEvery ManDiverseGovernanceGood Governance Author:Pope Francis
“Nature's government spontaneously brings satisfaction to everyone because it promotes all innumerable, diverse tendencies of life in the evolutionary direction.” GovernmentAuthoritySatisfactionTendenciesDiverse Author:Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
“Canadian federalism is more than a form of government. It's also a system of values that allows different people in diverse communities to live and work together in harmony for the good of all.” PeopleDifferentGovernmentTogetherFormValuesCommunityHarmonyWorking TogetherDiverseDifferent PeoplesForms Of GovernmentFederalism Book:My Years as Prime Minister Source: My Years as Prime Minister
“I'm sorry that government involves filling out a lot of forms. ... I'm sorry myself that we're not still on the frontier, where we could all tote guns, shoot anything that moved and spit to our hearts' content. But we live in a diverse and crowded country, and with civilization comes regulation.” HeartStillsCountryGovernmentFormCivilizationGunMovedSorryRegulationDiverseI'm SorryFillingFrontiersCrowdedSpitTotes Author:Molly Ivins
“For two years now, my office has had the honour and the privilege of sponsoring seminars on the functioning of government in this country for Eastern Europeans. These seminars and exchanges have brought together representatives from such nations as Bulgaria, Hungary, the Czech and Slovak Republic, Roumania, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and the Ukraine, all of them anxious to learn what makes a society as diverse as Canada work and how our institutions make it governable.” YearsTwoCountryGovernmentTogetherNationsOfficeInstitutionsPrivilegeRussiaCanadaTwo YearsRepublicHonourAnxiousDiverseRepresentativesEasternUkrainePolandSeminarsHungaryCzechBulgariaEstoniaLithuaniaLatvia Author:John Allen Fraser