Narendra Modi Quotes

Governments, however, must think not only of the present, but of the rights of future generations.

If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.

Governance has been at the heart of the work of the Oxford Martin Commission for Future Generations and is a clear focus in its report, 'Now for the Long Term.'

Never forget posterity when devising a policy. Never think of posterity when making a speech.

Real government is about looking beyond the vested to the national interest, setting up the necessary conditions to enable the next, more enabled and more empowered generation to achieve a country as prosperous, a people as content, as ours deserve to be.

There is something wrong with the way in which we make our decisions. The Government listen too much to the pollsters and the party managers. The trouble is that they are not even very good at politics, and they are entering too much into policy decisions. As a result, there is too much short-termism, too much reacting to events, and not enough shaping of events. We give the impression of being in office but not in power. Far too many important decisions are made for 36 hours' publicity.

Pro-active good governance aims beyond short-term requirement keeping in mind the long-term needs such as the use of clean technology and in preparedness and mitigating climate change fallout etc.

Urban planning should be done with the mindset that we are determining the city's fabric for 100 years to come.

Government has not been good about being good stewards of policy.

I'll go to my grave saying a gimmick is not good public policy.

As we face tough decisions in Washington, we must never forget our responsibility to protect Medicare and preserve it for future generations.

Making change tolerable is one of the duties of Government.

The government must nurture an eco-system where the economy is primed for growth; and growth promotes all-rounddevelopment. Where development is employment-generating ; and employment is enabled by skills. Where skills are synced with production; and production is benchmarked to quality. Where quality meets global standards; and meeting global standards drives prosperity. Most importantly, this prosperity is for the welfare of all. That is my concept ofeconomic good governance and all round development.

Government should do a few things, and do them right

It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government doesn't abuse it.

For all its considerable merits and inspirational principles, the American system is based upon a continuous uninterrupted process of election campaigns, stretching out year after year. Lost in the perpetual scramble is any long-term vision.

We have to demand that governments live up to their promises and make education a reality for every child.

I think markets are often not thinking on a long-time horizon, I think that our government structurally is doing even less so. When we have a government where we have people who are up for election at most once every six years for a U.S. senator, that's a time horizon that is much shorter than in a market that a company is looking at 10, 15, 20 years which is a time horizon over which a stock price is typically valued.

They'll be granted immunity!" I feel myself rising from my chair, my voice full of resonant. "You will personally pledge this in front of the entire population of District Thirteen and the remainder of Twelve. Soon. Today. It will be recorded for future generations. You will hold yourself and your government responsible for their safety, or you'll find yourself another Mockingjay!

Every government, left or right, always engages in moral crusades. What else are they supposed to do? Especially when they make war; any war has to be a moral crusade.

We can't have a decent government unless those in power exercise self restraint.

The government that is wise will consider what is best for all its people.

I promise to deliver a corruption-free India... people have chosen our government to get rid of black money.

I think leadership of any kind requires trust and transparency and voters should demand no less from their political leadership in government.

I'm a big believer that good policy is good politics. And so, when it comes to making decisions on policy issues, what I endeavor to do is simply speak the truth.