L. Ron Hubbard Quotes

I don't want the chair of the government because it will be controlled by the U.S. and I don't want to be controlled by the U.S.

I don't like the idea that the government has so much of a say in things.

It is the responsibility of Afghanistan's new government to gain better control over the country's administration and to resolutely fight the drug trade and corruption.

Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play.

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.

For any young democracy, the most difficult but important step is burying the legacy of tyranny and establishing an economy and a government and institutions that abide by the rule of law. Every country faces challenges to the rule of law, including my own.

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.

Any unveiling is also veiling. No matter how transparent our governments want to be, governments will be selectively transparent.

It's not just parliament that requires radical modernisation. It's our democratic processes.

We have to have the faithful in government.

Power has to be insecure to be responsive.

People feel that they're being required to meet all sorts of regulations and rules and requirements in their areas of work and MPs are not imposing those sort of restrictions on themselves.

I would much rather see responsibilities exercised by individuals than have them imposed by the government.

A government is the only vessel that leaks from the top.

The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government.

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government.

One must always keep one's government under control.

Democracy is the fig leaf of elitism.

We must have government, but we must watch them like a hawk.

Freedom is when the people can speak, democracy is when the government listens.

Boards are screens. What “the Board” does is the act of nobody; and nobody can be made to answer for it.

The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and for government to gain ground.

Who is to guard the guards themselves? Quis custodiet ipsos Custodes?

Judges are often snowed by the National Security establishment.

I believe investigative agencies should be run in an autonomous manner, and there shouldn't be any interference from the government's side.