Public Administration Quotes

"Government is a human institution, created by human beings, mainly for the purpose of instituting and maintaining certain types of order among humans" "Governance is about fulfilling the people's needs" "Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program" "It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong" "In framing a government, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself" "The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments in times of peace and security. "