Lal Bahadur Shastri Quotes
We are a very big and vast Government, and naturally, every ministry is becoming bigger and bigger. It becomes, therefore, essential that there should be proper coordination.
Shastri, Lal Bahadur. Selected Speeches of Lal Bahadur Shastri, June 11, 1964 to January 10, 1966. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India, 1974, p. 55.
Jefferson is the hero of the “small government” enthusiasts of modern times. In his day it was the conservative Federalists who wanted a larger government while the Jeffersonians, the radicals of the day argued for smaller government. Jefferson not only favored smaller government, but he actually cut the size of the Federal workforce something which in modern times no president has done except for William Clinton.
This seems to hold in the private and the public sectors both.
Holbrooke was an unusual State Department executive in many ways, but his feeling that there were too many assistants and deputies was unique at the time.
The business and financial institutions actually follow the statements and actions of an administration and its officials very closely, seeking “signals” of what action the government might take in the future. The actions that they take today may not become operational for several years (like building a new factory), so they try very hard to find out what the business and economic climate might be in the years to come. Sperling, like other very sophisticated economic advisers, realized that the President and his administration can often do little directly to influence the economy, but they can control what they say and the actions that they do take, to alter the perception of the economists, financiers, and business people throughout the nation.
He was referring to the Controversial regulations issued in the 2nd week of the Truimp Administration.. It was the first acttion by President Trump that involved managment and operation of something. It was very badly handled where the epople who had to impliment it in many cases didn't have the same interpretation as the White House. And then the White hosue reversed their interpretation of various aspects when they realized that there were some unanticipated consequences. Not all the government employees agreed with the policy and the usual coordination throughout the government and there was no oppoprtunty for the middle managers to lead their subordinates in implementing the policy. As Baker observed, Government is very different from business and Trump never had any business experience. In American history, there had only been one other President was a wealthy and successful businessman--Herbert Hoover--and he had his difficulties.
Lal Bahadur Shastri was an Indian statesman who served as the second Prime Minister of India. He promoted the White Revolution – a national campaign to increase the production and supply of milk – by supporting the Amul milk co-operative of Anand, Gujarat and creating the National Dairy Development Board. Underlining the need to boost India's food production, Shastri also promoted the Green Revolution in India in 1965. This led to an increase in food grain production, especially in Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
