Governance Quotes - Page 3

• The way to end corruption is a progressive, policy driven state with proper implementation.

  Narendra Modi

  India, Way, Progressive

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• For 14 years no PM had gone to Jammu and Kashmir. Atal ji changed that and went to Jammu and Kashmir. He gave 3 Mantas- Insaniyat, Jamhuriat and Kashmiriyat (Humanity, democracy and J&K). We aspire to walk on that path

  Narendra Modi

  Years, Pms, Humanity

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• People power must be combined with good governance to bring about real, deep and lasting change. This combination can achieve almost everything from eliminating corruption to ending malnutrition and illiteracy.

  Narendra Modi

  Real, Lasting Change, People

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• It has been Gujarat's strength to do development with Jan Bhagidari.

  Narendra Modi

  India, Gujarat, Development

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• For an economy to prosper, trust between the states must be established, and their individual strengths be appreciated.

  Narendra Modi

  Individual Strength, Appreciated, Economy

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• I think President Karzai realizes exactly how important it is to strengthen the fight against corruption in the country now, step up endeavors to stop the drug trade and to deliver better governance. He said as much in his inaugural address.

  Anders Fogh Rasmussen

  Country, Fighting, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Obasanjo has openly endorsed violence as a means of governance, embraced and empowered individuals whose avowed declarations, confessions and acts are cynically contrary to the mandate that alone upholds the legitimacy and dignity of his office.

  Wole Soyinka

  Mean, Office, Violence

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• We are having Internet Governance discussions and meetings and a very large number of people are discussing the future of the Internet who have no clue as to what the Internet is except that it is important and that they have to be involved.

  Steve Crocker

  Numbers, People, Important

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• Aspiring dictators sometimes win elections, and elected leaders sometimes govern badly and threaten their neighbors.History demonstrates that democracy usually follows good governance, not the reverse.

  Rudy Giuliani

  Winning, Leader, Democracy

  "Giuliani: Too much stress on two-state plan". www.jta.org. August 15, 2007.

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• Men's bodies are our women's works of art. Given to us power of control, we will never carelessly throw them in to fill up the gaps in human relationships made by international ambitions and greeds ... War will pass when intellectual culture and activity have made possible to the female an equal share in the governance of modern national life; it will probably not pass away much sooner; its extinction will not be delayed much longer.

  Olive Schreiner

  Art, War, Ambition

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• Respect for human rights requires transparent and accountable institutions and governance as well as the effective participation of all individuals and civil society, who are an essential part of realizing social and people-centred sustainable development.

  Alfred-Maurice de Zayas

  Rights, People, Essentials

  "India: Urgent Call to Halt Odisha Mega-Steel Project Amid Serious Human Rights Concerns". "Alfred de Zayas' Human Rights Corner" blog, dezayasalfred.wordpress.com. October 01, 2013.

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• When we say Bharat Vijay Rally, we intend to focus on making India emerge victorious over price rise, corruption, unemployment and mis-governance.

  Narendra Modi

  Focus, Democracy, India

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• 2014 Lok Sabha Elections is a battle between good governance agenda of the NDA versus the misgovernance and corruption of the UPA.

  Narendra Modi

  Democracy, Battle, India

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• We need a Skilled India but Congress has created a Scam India in the last 10 years.

  Narendra Modi

  Years, India, Needs

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• Real time functioning should have the PM and the CMs of the states working in tandem. The Federal structure is important in letter and spirit, it is our strength

  Narendra Modi

  Real, Should Have, Pms

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• My focus is not merely a beautiful city, but a city that's made beautiful on the parameters of good health and cleanliness

  Narendra Modi

  Beautiful, Cities, Focus

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• We are not here to give challenges to anyone, but we will also not take challenges casually. Our defence mechanisms would be the best in the world. A secure India is the first requirement for the country to progress and achieve new heights.

  Narendra Modi

  Country, Giving, Challenges

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• The Egba kingdom was one of the very last to be ceded to the British protectorate. It remained almost an independent entity within what is now known as Nigeria, simply because of its own traditional structure of governance.

  Wole Soyinka

  Independent, Kingdoms, Lasts

  Source: www.nobelprize.org

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• You need governance, but you also need a middle class, you need agriculture, they need to be able to export. I think that's probably the biggest issue, the job creation that could come with the kinds of things that Haiti has all the potential in the world to export.

  Sean Penn

  Jobs, Thinking, Class

  "A Minute With: Sean Penn on 'Gunman,' Haiti and superheroes". Interview with Piya Sinha-Roy, www.reuters.com. March 11, 2015.

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• It is obvious that humanity faces existential threats of a global nature. They are global in the sense that is not possible to deal with them unless we resort to global governance.

  Torbjorn Tannsjo

  Humanity, Faces, Existential

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• The ruler attains wholeness in the correct governance of the people.

  Laozi

  Leadership, People, Rulers

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• Indian economy is suffering from policy paralysis and lack of optimism. I am confident that with right kind of decisions, we can once again generate hope and confidence and turnaround our economy.

  Narendra Modi

  Powerful, Optimism, Decision

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• Global governance need not take a democratic form.

  Torbjorn Tannsjo

  Needs, Form, Democratic

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• You have extreme poverty and high crime and you have to admit that the governance of the Kabul regime has been poor and has been losing its popular legitimacy. You have a corrupt police force, not to mention homelessness, joblessness. The problems are huge.

  Khaled Hosseini

  Police, Kabul, Poverty

  "Web Exclusive Interview: Kite Runner author Khaled Hosseini to Speak on Refugee Crisis at Event in Lafayette". Interview with Peter Crooks, www.diablomag.com. April 25, 2009.

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• There are just two rules of governance in a free society: Mind your own business. Keep your hands to yourself.

  P. J. O'Rourke

  Hands, Two, Mind Your Own Business

  "The Liberty Manifesto". P. J. O'Rourke's Speech for the opening of the Cato Institute's headquarters in Washington, D.C., May 6, 1993.

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