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It matters more how governments behave than how big they are.

~Geoff Mulgan

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Most governments do have inbuilt biases in favour of the rich and powerful, and most do contain plenty of manipulators who love intrigue, who have lost whatever moral compass they may once have had and who protect themselves with steely cynicism.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Biases Compass Contain Cynicism Favour Governments Had Intrigue Lost Love May Moral Moral Compass Most Once Plenty Powerful Protect Rich Themselves Whatever Who

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I have a lot of admiration for people willing to face the public, but I'd prefer not to.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Admiration Face Lot People Prefer Public Willing

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On the environment and climate change, I suspect that future generations will think there was too much timidity, too much fear of upsetting business. Basically, New Labour was very nervous about regulating business, or requiring it to do anything, even when there was a very clear social or environmental case for doing so.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: About Anything Basically Business Case Change Clear Climate Climate Change Doing Environment Environmental Even Fear Future Future Generations Generations Labour Much Nervous New Requiring Social Suspect Think Timidity Too Too Much Upsetting Very Will

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A lot of people in government don't really read books at all.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Books Government Lot People Read Really

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The classic think-tank is supposed to be sitting in an attic thinking up grand ideas.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Attic Classic Grand Ideas Sitting Supposed Thinking Up

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I can think of nothing worse than a think-tank where everybody agreed.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Agreed Everybody Nothing Than Think Where Worse I Can

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I didn't much like being in Parliament physically. I found it a bit depressing. It's very dark and heavy. I like being out and about.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: About Being Bit Dark Depressing Found Heavy Like Much Out Parliament Physically Very

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Over 5,000 years, states have made surprisingly consistent claims about their duties. They have promised to protect people from threats; promote their welfare; deliver justice and also, perhaps less obviously, uphold truth - originally truths about the cosmos, and more recently truths drawn from reason and knowledge.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: About Also Claims Consistent Cosmos Deliver Drawn Duties Justice Knowledge Less Made More Obviously Originally Over People Perhaps Promised Promote Protect Reason Recently States Surprisingly Threats Truth Truths Uphold Welfare Years

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States which used to communicate directly to their citizens now do so through the media, where their messages are reshaped by the logics of news values and commentary.

~Geoff Mulgan

Topics: Citizens Commentary Communicate Directly Media Messages News Now States Through Used Values Where Which

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Educator

Born: Unknown

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