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There are 10,000 local governments in the state of New York. Ten thousand! Town, village, lighting district, water district, sewer district, a special district to count the other districts in case you missed a district.

~Andrew Cuomo

Topics: Case Count District Districts Governments Lighting Local Missed New New York Other Sewer Special State Ten Thousand Town Village Water York You

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What I would say is governments need assistance to run their organisations more efficiently just like businesses do.

~Andrew Forrest

Topics: Assistance Businesses Efficiently Governments Just Like More Need Organisations Run Say Would

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Individuals and communities need to clearly tell government if they want parity for First Australians. Only this will overcome the vested interests of governments and administrators and see these practical, inexpensive solutions for what they are: a way to finally achieve results, with the strength of will from each of us.

~Andrew Forrest

Topics: Achieve Administrators Australians Clearly Communities Each Finally First Government Governments Individuals Inexpensive Interests Need Only Overcome Practical Results See Solutions Strength Tell Us Vested Want Way Will

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Democracy shows not only its power in reforming governments, but in regenerating a race of men and this is the greatest blessing of free governments.

~Andrew Jackson

Topics: Blessing Democracy Free Governments Greatest Greatest Blessing Men Only Power Race Reforming Shows

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When governments run on petro dollars or petro revenue instead of taxes, then they kind of sever the link between taxation and representation, and if you're not being taxed, then you're not being represented.

~Andrew Nikiforuk

Topics: Being Between Dollars Governments Instead Kind Link Representation Revenue Run Taxation Taxed Taxes Then You

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By now, it seems as if everyone has already read Thomas L. Friedman's 'The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century.' It changed the way we think about global business, competitiveness and the implication for far-flung economies, governments, education and more.

~Andrew Ross Sorkin

Topics: About Brief Business Century Changed Competitiveness Economies Education Everyone Flat Global Governments History More Now Read Seems Think Thomas Way World

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Europeans tend to feel more positively about their governments than do Americans, for whom the failures and unpopularity of their federal, state, and local politicians are a commonplace. Yet Americans' various governments collect taxes and, in return, provide services without which they could not easily live their lives.

~Angus Deaton

Topics: About American Collect Commonplace Could Easily Europeans Failures Federal Feel Governments Live Lives Local More Politicians Positively Provide Return Services State Taxes Tend Than Various Which Whom Without

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A lot of people in America and Europe feel that their governments are not representing them very much.

~Angus Deaton

Topics: America Europe Feel Governments Lot Much People Representing Them Very

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Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most powerful institution? Business is more powerful than politics, and it's more powerful than religion. So it's going to have to be the vigilante consumer.

~Anita Roddick

Topics: Business Businesses Consumer Control Going Governments Institution More Most Most Powerful Pockets Politics Powerful Religion Since Than Vigilante

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Globalisation makes it clear that social responsibility is required not only of governments, but of companies and individuals. All sources must interact in order to reach the MDGs.

~Anna Lindh

Topics: Clear Companies Globalisation Governments Individuals Interact Makes Must Only Order Reach Required Responsibility Social Social Responsibility Sources

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