Richard M. DeVos Quotes
Delivering the 'Grand Rapids Press' taught me responsibility, accountability, and all the principles of the rewards of hard work.
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I am a registered Democrat who is determined to return my party to the proletarian principles of the Franklin D. Roosevelt era.
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A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
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I consider no man honest who does not observe towards other nations the principles which he desires to be observed towards his own: and therefore I will not interfere in your domestic questions.
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If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.
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People can defame anyone they like, people can write anything they like. But non-accountability is a part of modern Indian culture.
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We need more transparency and accountability in government so that people know how their money is being spent. That means putting budgets online, putting legislation online.
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If you can find a way that your principles are actually the strategically smartest thing to do, you've kind of figured it out.
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I'm pretty well grounded in Christian principles.
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Maintaining control indefinitely over millions of Palestinians will inevitably lead to a demographic nightmare and cannot be sustained if Israel is to remain true to its founding principles.
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Restoring responsibility and accountability is essential to the economic and fiscal health of our nation.
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I want a minister to be in charge of a line department so they have clear political accountability.
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By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
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I call on people to be 'obsessed citizens,' forever questioning and asking for accountability. That’s the only chance we have today of a healthy and happy life.
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When a New York attorney general brings a lawsuit against a prominent business person, there are two things you can count on out of that office - lots of political bluster and little accountability.
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USNA had a great engineering school, which was one of my interests, and I knew I would benefit from the great discipline and accountability that Navy provides.
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Be brave and take accountability for your thoughts and beliefs.
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It amazes me that parents are allowed to raise kids. There's so much power and often very little accountability.
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I think we should all be accountable to our parties, but I also think that accountability should be a process of engagement: that MPs do engage with their constituency parties, do engage with their constituents, and MPs do change their minds on things because of local opinion.
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We live in a great country. It's time again to get religion about it.
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An actor equals, sometimes, an entitled baby. People take care of things for me, and they pay greater attention to things than I was ever capable of doing. But in the last few years, I have learned a great deal more about taking care of things. I pay my own bills now.
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Prosperity isn't something that squirts out of rich people.
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The way of paradoxes is the way of truth. To test Reality we must see it on the tight-rope.
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Delivering the 'Grand Rapids Press' taught me responsibility, accountability, and all the principles of the rewards of hard work.
