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The strongest governments on earth cannot clean up pollution by themselves. They must rely on each ordinary person, like you and me, on our choices, and on our will.

~Chai Jing

Topics: Cannot Choices Clean Clean Up Each Earth Governments Like Me Must Ordinary Ordinary Person Our Person Pollution Rely Strongest Themselves Up Will You

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The South African government, unlike a lot of African governments, isn't poor.

~Charlayne Hunter-Gault

Topics: African Government Governments Lot Poor South South African Unlike

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Ordinary citizens are obliged and, if need be, compelled by force to meet their commitments. But let higher obligations of an international order be involved, and governments repudiate them, more often than not with a disdainful shrug of the shoulders.

~Charles Albert Gobat

Topics: Citizens Commitments Compelled Force Governments Higher International Involved Meet More Need Obligations Obliged Often Order Ordinary Shoulders Than Them

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These children should be enrolled in Independent Living programs designed by state and local governments to prepare them to enter the workplace, or attend college, and successfully manage their lives.

~Charles Bass

Topics: Attend Children College Designed Enrolled Enter Governments Independent Lives Living Local Manage Prepare Programs Should State Successfully Them Workplace

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It was very important for us to hear that both European governments and the IMF are going to sustain and augment their commitment to Greece because they don't pursue the debt reduction route. They're actually extending more debt, more loans to Greece.

~Charles Dallara

Topics: Actually Because Both Commitment Debt European Extending Going Governments Greece Hear Imf Important Loans More Pursue Reduction Route Sustain Us Very

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Union leaders argue that pension shortfalls account for a proportionally tiny portion of governments' financial problems, and by all accounts, there are plenty of parties to blame for the growth in payrolls and obligations.

~Charles Duhigg

Topics: Account Accounts Argue Blame Financial Governments Growth Leaders Obligations Parties Pension Plenty Portion Problems Tiny Union

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Bosses are no more inevitable in state and local governments than dictators are in national governments. They will arise and prosper, nevertheless, if true believers of democracy - citizens devoted to the democratic ideals - do not constantly oppose them.

~Charles Edison

Topics: Arise Believers Bosses Citizens Constantly Democracy Democratic Devoted Dictators Governments Ideals Inevitable Local More National Nevertheless Oppose Prosper State Than Them True Will

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There is always a temptation for governments: see a problem and announce a quick fix.

~Charles Kennedy

Topics: Always Announce Fix Governments Problem Quick See Temptation

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Our elected officials would do well to remember that the most prosperous countries are those that allow consumers - not governments - to direct the use of resources. Allowing the government to pick winners and losers hurts almost everyone, especially our poorest citizens.

~Charles Koch

Topics: Allow Allowing Almost Almost Everyone Citizens Consumers Countries Direct Elected Elected Officials Everyone Government Governments Hurts Losers Most Officials Our Pick Poorest Prosperous Remember Resources Those Use Well Winners Would

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Women have a lot to say about how to advance women's rights, and governments need to learn from that, listen to the movement and respond.

~Charlotte Bunch

Topics: About Advance Governments How Learn Listen Lot Movement Need Respond Rights Say Women

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