“Well, now, and there's - for every dollar the federal government spends, there's real people on the other side, and so when we talk about reductions that are going to affect providers, that's going to affect hospitals and doctors and others.” PeopleWellsRealGovernmentSidesDoctorsDollarsHospitalsFederal GovernmentReductionProviders Author:Franklin Raines
“We used to say to the apartheid government: you may have the guns, you may have all this power, but you have already lost. Come: join the winning side. His Holiness and the Tibetan people are on the winning side.” PeopleMayGovernmentUsedWinningLostSidesGunHolinessApartheidTibetan Author:Desmond Tutu
“The Commission has five commissioners from each side, plus three alternates, so all together sixteen members, people who are independent from the two governments, who have a lot of integrity, professional competence, and who have credibility in their respective countries.” PeopleTwoCountryGovernmentTogetherThreeSidesFiveIntegrityMembersIndependentPlusCompetenceCredibilitySixteenCommissionersProfessional Competence Author:Jose Ramos-Horta
“The Italian government, a free French newspaper tartly observed, never finished a war on the same side it started on – unless the war lasted long enough to change sides twice.” LongWarEnoughGovernmentSidesFinishedNewspapersItalian Author:Jean Edward Smith
“My sympathies are, of course, with the Government side, especially the Anarchists ; for Anarchism seems to me more likely to lead to desirable social change than highly centralized, dictatorial Communism .” SeemsGovernmentCoursesSocialSidesCommunismDesirableSocial ChangeAnarchismAnarchistMy Sympathy Book:Letters of Aldous Huxley Source: Letters of Aldous Huxley
“In a democracy it is ultimately for us, the citizens, to judge where to place the balance between security and privacy, safety and liberty. It's our lives and liberties that are threatened, not only by terrorism but also by massive depredations of our privacy in the name of counter-terrorism. If those companies from which governments actually take most of our intimate details want to show that they are still on the side of the angels, they had better join this struggle for transparency too.” IfsWantStillsShowsGovernmentNamesSidesCompanyLibertyStruggleDemocracyOur LivesSecurityJudgingBalanceCitizensAngelSafetyDetailsTerrorismIntimatePrivacyMassiveThreatenedTransparencyCounter Terrorism Author:Timothy Garton Ash
“I believe the role of government is to stand side by side with our citizens to help them realize their dreams, not tell citizens how to live their lives.” BelieveHelpingDreamGovernmentI BelieveSidesRealizingRolesCitizensRole Of Government Author:George W. Bush
“The question, then, for Western companies, as much as for Western governments, is to decide whose side they are on: the Chinese officials who like to define their culture in a paternalistic, authoritarian way, or the large number of Chinese who have their own ideas about freedom.” WayIdeasGovernmentCultureSidesNumbersCompanyWesternChineseOfficialsLarge Numbers Author:Ian Buruma
“The tumults in America I expected would have produced in Europe an unfavorable opinion of our political state. But it has not. On the contrary, the small effect of these tumults seems to have given more confidence in the firmness of our governments. The interposition of the people themselves on the side of government has had a great effect on the opinion here in Europe.” PeopleStatesWisdomSeemsGovernmentAmericaPoliticalPoliticsGivenSidesOpinionEconomyEffectsEuropeExpectedContraryLiberalismFirmnessTumult Book:Jefferson: Political Writings Source: Jefferson: Political Writings
“It goes beyond mere 'acknowledgment' of religion because its sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function in this context. In this instance, the government has taken sides on a matter that must be left to individual conscience.” MatterGovernmentPurposeIndividualLeftSidesReligiousPrayerTakenAtheismCitizensExerciseConscienceFunctionMerePositive AtheismInstanceSoleSecularAcknowledgment Author:Barbara Brandriff Crabb
“When we have run through all forms of government, without partiality to that we were born under, we are at a loss with which to side; they are all a compound of good and evil. It is therefore most reasonable and safe to value that of our own country above all others, and to submit to it.” CountryGovernmentRunningFormValuesEvilSidesBornLossSafeReasonableGood And EvilSubmitCompoundsForms Of GovernmentPartiality Author:Jean de la Bruyere
“In case after case, President Bush's actions have made American women less safe and less secure -- on the job and on the streets. As president, I will put American government and our legal system back on the side of women. I will stand up for their security, ensure their safety, support their rights, and guarantee their dignity. This nation can do no less.” MadeGovernmentActionJobsNationsSidesPresidentCan DoCasesSupportRightsStreetsSecuritySafeDignitySafetySecureGuaranteesPresident BushAmerican WomanLegal SystemAmerican Government Author:John F. Kerry
“I've been involved in the intelligence side of the federal government for a long time. We all know that we have to have a balance between security to protect the American people and liberty. We take an oath to protect and defend the constitution and the American people.” PeopleKnowsLongGovernmentSidesLibertySecurityBalanceInvolvedProtectLong TimeConstitutionFederal GovernmentOath Author:Barack Obama