“Government is not infallible. Government is only an executive control, a centralized authority for the purpose of expressing the will of the people; before you have a government you must have the people. Without the people there can be no government. The government must be, therefore, an expression of the will of the people.” PeopleGovernmentPurposeExpressionAuthorityExecutivesInfallible Book:Philosophy and opinions: Edited by Amy Jacques-Garvey Source: Philosophy and opinions: Edited by Amy Jacques-Garvey
“The stations of uncensored expression are closing down; the lights are going out; but there is still time for those to whom freedom and parliamentary government mean something, to consult together. Let me, then, speak in truth and earnestness while time remains.” MeanStillsLightGovernmentTogetherSpeakExpressionLet MeRemainsStationsGoing OutClosingEarnestnessParliamentaryClosing DownParliamentary Government Book:Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches Source: Never Give In!: Winston Churchill's Speeches
“All governments use force and all assert that they are founded on reason. In fact, whether universal suffrage prevails or not, it is always an oligarchy that governs, finding ways to give to'the will of the people'the expression which the few desire.” PeopleWayGivingReasonFactsUseGovernmentDesireForceExpressionFindingsUniversalSuffrageOligarchyUniversal Suffrage Author:Vilfredo Pareto
“We have an expression in New York City government - "In God we trust, but for everyone else, bring data." It's so easy to pick up a sound byte and say, "Oh, yeah, yeah, I believe that," without really thinking.” ThinkingBelieveGovernmentI BelieveEasySoundCitiesNew YorkExpressionPicksYeahDataNew York CityGod We TrustCity Government Author:Michael Bloomberg
“Once one accepts the premise of the Declaration of Independence - that governments derive "their just powers from the consent of the governed" - it follows that the governed must, in order to exercise their right of consent, have full freedom of expression.” GovernmentOrderAcceptingAtheismExpressionExerciseIndependencePositive AtheismConsentDeclarationPremisesFreedom Of ExpressionDeclaration Of IndependenceConsent Of The Governed Author:Thomas I. Emerson
“the overwhelming majority of people who are engaged in the processes of thought and expression are Democrats because the essence of thought is exploration and diversity and change. It's impossible to have vision in art or government without risk, or the boldness and courage which produce risk. And this - in spite of what they call modern Republicanism - is the antithesis of true Republican thinking.” PeopleThinkingArtGovernmentPoliticalProcessPartyVisionImpossibleRiskModernProduceExpressionRepublicanDiversityEssenceMajorityDemocratEngagedSpiteExplorationOverwhelmingPolitical PartiesBoldnessAntithesisRepublicanismBoldness And Courage Author:Marya Mannes
“An avant-garde man is like an enemy inside a city he is bent on destroying, against which he rebels; for like any system of government, an established form of expression is also a form of oppression. The avant-garde man is the opponent of an existing system.” MenGovernmentFormCitiesEnemyExpressionOppressionOpponentsDestroyingRebelBentAvant GardeSystems Of Government Author:Eugene Ionesco