“After a disaster such as Hurricane Katrina, the federal government has a profound obligation to help those in need, .. Right now, the victims of Hurricane Katrina need our help. Entire communities have been destroyed. Families have been torn apart. Many are still missing. Tens of thousands remain homeless. As the recovery proceeds, we in the Senate pledge to do everything in our power to help rebuild the shattered lives across the Gulf Coast.” NeedsHas BeensStillsHelpingGovernmentCommunityMissingRight NowVictimProfoundDisasterObligationRecoveryDestroyedSenateHomelessFederal GovernmentCoastTornPledgeHurricanesShatteredKatrinaThose In NeedHurricane KatrinaTorn Apart Author:Dianne Feinstein
“Medieval England was a great military power with a sophisticated machinery of government, but her naval administration, at best improvised and for long periods missing altogether, pointed to a grave weakness: the lack of any reliable means of putting a force of warships at the disposal of the crown. Only Richard I and Henry V of all the kings of England can be said to have understood the problem and attempted to remedy it. It is no coincidence that they wer by far the most successful in war.” MeanLongSaidWarProblemGovernmentForceSuccessfulMilitaryMissingKingsPeriodsUnderstoodWeaknessEnglandGravesAdministrationRemedyCrownsSophisticatedCoincidenceMachineryMedievalNavalMilitary PowerGreat MilitaryHenry VWarships Author:Nicholas Rodger
“I do miss the excitement of seeing history up close, of having intimate knowledge, through direct experience, of what happens when people and governments clash, but I do not miss the danger or the constant displacement.” PeopleGovernmentHappensSeeingMissingDangerDirectConstantExcitementIntimateClashDisplacement Author:Deborah Copaken
“People ask me if I miss the States. I miss African Americans. But not the U.S. government or all the things they put me through. I miss African American culture, our speech, dance and cooking.” PeopleIfsStatesGovernmentCultureAsksMissingSpeechCookingAfrican AmericanAsk MeAmerican CultureAfrican American Culture Author:Assata Shakur
“If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it. In the law courts, in business, in government. There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent.” IfsFeelsI CanGovernmentLawStreetsMissingCourtHelplessLaw Courts Book:Suttree Source: Suttree
“Anything that is missing in the implementation of the Minsk Agreement is - without any exception - up to the Kiev central government of Ukraine. You cannot demand something of Moscow that, in fact, the rulers in Kiev have to deliver. The most important aspect is the constitutional reform, Point 11 of the Minsk Agreement.” ImportantFactsGovernmentMissingDemandAspectReformExceptionAgreementRulersUkraineMoscowImplementationCentral GovernmentKiev Author:Vladimir Putin
“I think that's actually what's missing from government, for the most part. We've got a lot of policy people, but we have no technologists, even though technology is such a big part of our lives. It's just amazing, because even these big Silicon Valley companies, the masters of the universe or whatever, haven't engaged with Washington until recently. They're still playing catch-up.” PeopleThinkingStillsBigsGovernmentUniverseCompanyTechnologyOur LivesMissingHavensPolicyMastersEngagedValleysSiliconSilicon Valley Author:Edward Snowden
“[If Quebec became sovereign] there would be one level of government that would be missing, one less level of government. The municipality would become the second level.” IfsGovernmentWould BeLevelsMissingSovereignQuebecMunicipality Author:Jane Jacobs
“When I was on tour, people would say "We don't need a value-based currency, we can go out and buy gold and silver with US dollars now." I mean that it is so utterly brain dead, because they miss the whole point: the reason we need to have a gold and silver based currency is to bring discipline to the financial system so the government can't go out and do all sorts of bad things.” PeopleNeedsMeanReasonWholeGovernmentValuesBrainMissingDisciplineGoldDollarsFinancialSilverBad ThingsCurrencyGold And SilverFinancial SystemBrain Dead Author:Bernard von NotHaus