Great is the good fortune of a state in which the citizens have a moderate and sufficient property.
The only constitution that will make a people happy is one which is in accordance with its opinions, mores, and customs … and which is established by the free will, welfare and satisfaction of all its citizens, or at any rate, the great majority.
I don't know people who don't say, boy the government is working better now.
Even in a fake democracy, people ought to get what they want once in a while.
Approval ratings matter for politicians, largely for good reason. A leader with plummeting approval ratings ought to take note of the needs and hopes of his people.
The beauty of e-governance is that a few keystrokes can bring smiles on a million faces.
A strong nation is one that is loved by its people and, as Edmund Burke put it, for a country to be loved it ought to be lovely.
People have seen the Modi government's track record, and now they believe that if we say something, it will happen.
Look, good government doesn't look for excuses, good government gets on with the job.
A good government implies two things: first, fidelity to the object of government, which is the happiness of the people; secondly, a knowledge of the means by which that object can be best attained.
Mayors are judged by results.
The main point of democracy is to deliver positive results for the majority.
People always want welfare, development, and good governance. As long as you are delivering, people are with you.
A new poll shows only 3 percent strongly approve of the job Congress is doing, with a margin of error of 4 percent, so it's possible that "less than no one" thinks they're doing a good job.
I believe that as public servants, we have a shared goal - to deliver to Americans the service they deserve and expect.
We want the government of this country to realize that it has customers and that it has to be customer friendly.
Efficiency in government is a more elusive concept than efficiency in the private economy, which may be measured relatively easily as output per units of input. What is the government's 'output?'
At no period of our political existence had we so much cause to felicitate ourselves at the prosperous and happy condition of our country.
Most people are generally satisfied with their representative.
If you can ensure happiness and public order, the country will go ahead well, just like what all Thais want.
The government is fully capable of delivering services. Even complex services.
There is no doubt that the government under Modi, on every front, has given an exemplary performance, and the attraction of the common man towards Modi has definitely grown.
I think if you look at almost every year under every president over the last, I don't know, 20, 30 years, you're going to be hard-pressed to find a year in which the majority of Americans thought we were on the right track.
There is an indissoluble union between a magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.
I hope that's what the taxpayers of Great Britain expect, is expect us to, when we make investments in countries, that they work. And they don't work if a nation doesn't invest in its people.