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A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.

~Ferdinand Mount

Topics: Government Independence Local Local Government Majority Old Parties Recover See Think Want I Think

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We want a system that will improve consistency and steadiness in the quality of government.

~Ferdinand Mount

Topics: Consistency Government Improve Quality System Want Will

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We have always been prepared to negotiate with the U.S. government everything that has to do with bilateral relations, on a basis of the strictest mutual respect for the sovereign rights of each country. We will never try to ask the government of the United States to change its economic and political system.

~Fidel Castro

Topics: Always Ask Basis Been Bilateral Change Country Each Economic Everything Government Mutual Mutual Respect Negotiate Never Political Political System Prepared Relations Respect Rights Sovereign States Strictest System Try United United States U.s. Government Will

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I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the The New York Times and The Washington Post that they obtained from a secret study of how we got involved in the war in Vietnam - that is probably the most important case.

~Floyd Abrams

Topics: Block Case Got Government How Important Involved Most New New York New York Times Obtained Papers Pentagon Post Say Secret Study The Most Important Times Tried Vietnam War Washington Washington Post Which Would York

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The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them.

~Floyd Abrams

Topics: Able Against Articles Bad Block Broadcast Court Even Go Government Harmful Like Newspaper Pieces Respect Them Thought Try Were Would

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The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.

~Foster Friess

Topics: America Big Big Business Big Government Business Government Great Labor Makes Small Small Business Spirit Threaten

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When the government undertakes or approves a major project such as a dam or highway project, it must make sure the project's impacts, environmental and otherwise, are considered. In many cases, NEPA gives the public its only opportunity to be heard about the project's impact on their community.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: About Approve Cases Community Considered Dam Environmental Gives Government Heard Highway Impact Impacts Major Make Many Must Only Opportunity Otherwise Project Public Sure

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The fossil fuel industry commands outsize sway over U.S. politics, markets, and democracy. I knew these companies were formidable, but when I served on the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, I got a close up view of how the industry disregards government safeguards.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Close Commands Commission Companies Democracy Drilling Formidable Fossil Fuel Got Government Horizon How Industry Knew Markets National Offshore Oil Over Politics Safeguards Served Spill Sway Up View Were

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I have talked to people across the country struggling in the face of an altered climate. New Jersey homeowners are trying to rebuild after Superstorm Sandy. Miami government officials are trying to plan for rising seas and flooded streets. California farmers are trying to make it through the state's worst drought on record.

~Frances Beinecke

Topics: Across After Altered California Climate Country Drought Face Farmers Flooded Government Government Officials Jersey Make Miami New New Jersey Officials People Plan Rebuild Record Rising Sandy Seas State Streets Struggling Talked Through Trying Worst

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It is not business, it is not government - it is the social sector that may yet save the society.

~Frances Hesselbein

Topics: Business Government May Save Sector Social Society

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