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In 1900, 45 steamship lines served Galveston. Twenty-six foreign governments had consulates there. The storm damaged its reputation as a safe place for substantial investment by railroads then seeking to dominate various trans-continental routes.

~Erik Larson

Topics: Damaged Dominate Foreign Governments Had Investment Lines Place Railroads Reputation Routes Safe Safe Place Seeking Served Storm Substantial Then Various

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I was a case officer, otherwise known as an operations officer. My role was to go out and convince Al Qaeda operatives to instead work with us as well as to convince people and officials in foreign governments to work on behalf of the U.S. government secretly.

~Evan Mcmullin

Topics: Al Behalf Case Convince Foreign Go Government Governments Instead Known Officer Officials Operations Otherwise Out People Role Secretly U.s. Government Us Well Work Qaeda

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Europe and the euro zone have no reason, rationally, to push Greece out of the euro. But this is a system in which many parties, many countries, many governments, many electorates participate and we could have events which, rationally, are not controllable.

~Evangelos Venizelos

Topics: Could Countries Euro Europe Events Governments Greece Many No Reason Out Participate Parties Push Rationally Reason System Which Zone

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It is true that authoritarian governments increasingly see the Internet as a threat in part because they see the U.S. government behind the Internet.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Authoritarian Because Behind Government Governments Increasingly Internet Part See Threat True U.s. Government

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I think governments will increasingly be tempted to rely on Silicon Valley to solve problems like obesity or climate change because Silicon Valley runs the information infrastructure through which we consume information.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Because Change Climate Climate Change Consume Governments Increasingly Information Infrastructure Like Obesity Problems Rely Runs Silicon Silicon Valley Solve Tempted Think Through Valley Which Will I Think

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Universities ought to be aware of the degree they would want to accept funding from governments like China to work on, say, face recognition technology.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Accept Aware China Degree Face Funding Governments Like Ought Recognition Say Technology Universities Want Work Would

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North Korea aside, most authoritarian governments have already accepted the growth of the Internet culture as inevitable; they have little choice but to find ways to shape it in accord with their own narratives - or risk having their narratives shaped by others.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Accepted Accord Aside Authoritarian Choice Culture Find Governments Growth Having Inevitable Internet Korea Little Most Narratives North North Korea Others Own Risk Shape Shaped Ways

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A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.

~Ezra Stiles

Topics: Benevolence Governments Infinite Monarchy Most Perfect Possible Wisdom

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But after the spirit of conquest had changed the first governments, all the succeeding ones have, in general, proved one continued series of injustice, which has reigned in all countries for almost four thousand years.

~Ezra Stiles

Topics: After Almost Changed Conquest Continue Countries First Four General Governments Had Injustice Proved Series Spirit Succeeding Thousand Thousand Years Which Years

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The greater part of the governments on earth may be termed monarchical aristocracies, or hereditary dominions independent of the people.

~Ezra Stiles

Topics: Earth Governments Greater Hereditary Independent May Part People

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