“I suppose, as a politician, I should be content, for the Canada Pension Plan certainly put my name in Canada's history books, and in italics.” ShouldBookNamesPlansPoliticianCanadaPensionHistory BooksPension Plans Book:Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage Source: Memoirs of a Bird in a Gilded Cage
“Work is a means; it is not an end. And for any tasks that can be performed or eliminated by a capital instrument, human labor is not the best means... Furthermore, we have science, engineering and management - the three disciplines - that really plan and control the production of goods and services, trying to eliminate labor. Who the hell is government to come along and try to create labor? The people who are producing wealth are trying to eliminate toil, while the politicians are trying to create it.” PeopleTryingHumansMeanEndsGovernmentThreePoliticsWealthEconomyHellPlansDisciplinePoliticianLaborTasksManagementInstrumentsProductionsLiberalismGoodsEngineeringToilGoods And Services Author:Louis O. Kelso
“(A unified) 'Europe' is the result of plans. It is, in fact, a classic utopian project, a monument to the vanity of intellectuals, a programme whose inevitable destiny is failure: only the scale of the final damage done is in doubt.” DoneFactsResultsDestinyDoubtPlansFailurePoliticianProjectsIntellectualEuropeFinalsScalesPlanningVanityInevitableClassicDamageMonumentUtopiaProgrammesUtopianUnified Author:Margaret Thatcher
“Give us a man of God's own mould Born to marshall his fellow-men; One whose fame is not bought and sold At the stroke of a politician's pen. Give us the man of thousands ten, Fit to do as well as to plan; Give us a rallying-cry, and then Abraham Lincoln, give us a Man.” MenGivingWellsBornPlansCryHe ManPoliticianFitFameTenFellowsPensStrokesFellow ManAbrahamMouldMan Of GodRallyingRallying Cry Author:Edmund Clarence Stedman
“There have always existed three ways of keeping the people loving and loyal. One is to leave them alone, to trust them and not to interfere. This plan, however, has very seldom been practised, because the politicians regard the public as a cow to be milked, and something must be done to make it stand quiet.” PeopleWayDoneThreePlansPoliticianQuietRegardCowsLoyalInterfereThree Ways Book:Little Journeys to the Homes Of...: Great musicians Source: Little Journeys to the Homes Of...: Great musicians
“What I'm doing is exploring things. This is why I'm a fiction writer rather than an essayist or a politician or whatever. I just gather material and find a scenario, and see where it takes me. I don't have a plan.” FictionPlansMaterialsPoliticianTake MeExploringScenariosFiction WritersEssayists Author:T.C. Boyle
“To win elections, politicians have promised practically endless government spending and covered up the cost, leaving generations of taxpayers obligated to pay off the debt. That's wrong, but neither the U.S. nor Europe has a plan to stop it.” GovernmentWinningPayPlansGenerationsPoliticianCostEuropeElectionLeavingDebtSpendingEndlessCoveredTaxpayersGovernment SpendingCovered Up Author:David Malpass
“Politicians and bureaucrats clearly have no idea how complicated markets are. Every day people make countless tradeoffs, in all areas of life, based on subjective value judgements and personal information as they delicately balance their interests, needs and wants. Who is in a better position than they to tailor those choices to best serve their purposes? Yet the politicians believe they can plan the medical market the way you plan a birthday party.” PeopleWayWantNeedsBelieveIdeasPurposeValuesChoicesInterestPartyPlansInformationPositionBalancePoliticianAreasComplicatedMedicalNo IdeaJudgementSubjectiveBureaucratsTailorsBirthday PartyNeeds And WantsPersonal Information Author:John Stossel
“The American middle class, it seems to me, is looking to politicians now to satisfy a pretty basic - and urgent - level of need. Yet people in the upper middle class - with their excellent health benefits, schools, salaries, retirement plans, nannies and private afterschool programs - have journeyed so far from that level of need that, it often seems to me, they literally cannot hear what resonates with the middle class. That creates a problematic blind spot for those who write, edit or produce what comes to be known about our politicians and their policies.” PeopleNeedsWritingSeemsSchoolLevelsKnownClassPlansMiddlePolicyProducePoliticianBenefitsProgramBlindSpotsExcellentMiddle ClassRetirementUrgentSalaryEditsNanniesBlind SpotsHealth BenefitsUpper Middle Class Author:Judith Warner
“Ask every politician and leader: What are your plans to end poverty? What are your plans to protect the climate? What are your plans to eliminate nuclear weapons? To answer these correctly is to bring love into action.” EndsActionAsksAnswersLeaderPovertyPlansPoliticianProtectWeaponsClimateNuclearNuclear Weapons Author:Jonathan Granoff
“I never imagined I'd be working with government, or military or politicians or big companies. None of this stuff I'm doing was on any business plan anywhere ever.” BigsGovernmentStuffCompanyPlansMilitaryPoliticianBusiness PlanBig Companies Author:Simon Sinek
“A smart politician needs to come in and create a plan for when our students graduate college, there are opportunities in fields that interest them and a job that's a career. A president whose plans can embrace and incorporate every millennial will be successful.” NeedsJobsOpportunityPresidentInterestCareersSuccessfulPlansFieldsStudentsCollegePoliticianSmartEmbraceBeing SuccessfulGraduatesMillennials Author:Soledad O'Brien
“Politicians don't like to face unpleasant realities. In truth, nobody does, but as individuals, we have no choice; if we neglect to plan ahead, we are held accountable. Fail to meet your responsibilities at work, and you get fired. Ignore your car's gas gauge, and you get stranded.” IfsDoeRealityFacesChoicesIndividualResponsibilityPlansFailingCarPoliticianGasNeglectGaugesStranded Author:Nathan Myhrvold