Burhan Sonmez Quotes
It's a bit questionable whether Turkey is a model country or not, since our government is supporting ISIS in Syria, since there are legislations that are not in line with democratic rules.
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I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.
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I don't feel proprietary, but I do feel there is a human identity to the borough of Hackney that's quite peculiar. It was always bloody-minded and difficult; it always stood up to central government.
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The Israeli government has already established a fund to encourage young Arab women, specifically from the Bedouin community, to study engineering. We are funding their university studies and providing them with mentors who assist them with their studies and the job placement process.
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The biggest challenge is always the governments - they try to stop all good things. I try to stay away from them as much as I can, as I know if someone can destroy something good, it's the government.
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We do not take away the powers of surveillance. We do not take away the right and the power of the government to go after those who would do us wrong.
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One of the peculiarities of Delhi is that the term 'reform' is associated only with passing of laws in Parliament. In fact, the most important reforms are those needed, without new laws, at various level of the government, in work practices and procedures.
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Uncertainty is normal in the first few days of a new government.
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If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.
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No government, no organisation, no citizen can afford to be less than vigilant in combating bigotry, intolerance and hatred. And frankly, our way of life depends on that vigilance.
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The famous convention of 1787 met in Philadelphia to define the additional powers needed to enable Congress to do its job effectively. Instead, the convention proposed a brand new national government.
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Libertarianism is a way of measuring how the government and other kinds of systems respect the individual. At the core of libertarianism is the idea that the individual is sacrosanct and that anything that's done contrary to the well-being of the individual needs some pretty serious justification.
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After you pay your E-ZPass bill, there is no reason for the government to keep records of your travel.
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Government can do best by simply getting out of the way.
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I understand how bureaucracies work. And that's important because our government has become a vast, huge, bloated, corrupt bureaucracy.
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There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.
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The United States influences government and life everywhere else.
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God is not separate from anything, or anyone. So it's impossible to prevent God from being visible in our government.
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The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.
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Before I was elected to Congress, I helped to create the public corruption unit in the office of Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Unfortunately, business was good. Among the usual suspects were government contracts steered to insiders - leaving Illinois taxpayers holding the bag.
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Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal.
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We need to get ready for a world where terrorism will not ever fully go away.
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This could all end at any moment...Therefore, be self-controlled.
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It's a bit questionable whether Turkey is a model country or not, since our government is supporting ISIS in Syria, since there are legislations that are not in line with democratic rules.
