Mismanagement of Resources Quotes

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

If you rely on political factions to promote men to office, the people will work to develop instrumental relationships and will not seek to be useful with regard to the law. Thus, a ruler who mistakes reputation for ability when assigning offices will see his state fall into disorder.

There's no doubt in my mind, though, that the Iraqi people would be better off with a different leader who did not waste their oil on weapons, as opposed to education, as opposed to healthcare, as opposed to food, as opposed to roads, as opposed to clean water. It is really sinful, a crime, what Saddam Hussein has done with the wealth of the Iraqi people over the last 30 years.

I think that Peter Mandelson, particularly in relation to the issue of policing, made a huge mess of it. He allowed himself to be manipulated by the securocrats within the British establishment.

The worst sense of security is a false one. It's hard for people to wrap their heads around the idea that those in charge - federal, state and local agencies - might be cheating the system. But, all too often, that is exactly what happens.

The government has been screwing up computer program development for years.

Too often, the elected individuals we put our public trust in disappoint us.

Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so.

The carelessness and negligence of the governments of the world, which wholly intent upon the care of aggrandizing themselves, at the same time neglect the happiness of the people and with it their own peace and security.

I am furious with the tragically misplaced priorities and criminal neglect of this government …. Bush, Cheney, Chertoff, Brown and Rice should be tried for criminal negligence.

Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises. Our political system promotes nepotism and wasting money. This has undermined our legal system and confidence in the functioning of the state. One of the consequences is that many citizens don't pay their taxes.

Countries that have tremendous financial resources built fabulous buildings which are half-empty, and streets which have no one on them.

Grand Coulee Dam is a colossal uneconomic folly, born of the deceit of the distinguished occupant of the White House

Our government declared that it is conducting some kind of great reforms. In reality, no real reforms were begun and no one at any point has declared a coherent programme.

Government screws up.

That's why people don't have respect for our national leaders. Because our national leaders don't respect the people and the needs of people of our cities.

The timing was terrible, and having one disaster after another didn't help. I think the pictures on television of the way in which the disaster was handled also helped to turn off the public and Congress.

A lot of mistakes [in government] are made by people with little experience.

You can't run a government that is leaking all over the place.

Lack of money is the root of all evil.

Allowing staff to dictate frameworks and policy outcomes without appropriate checks by elected leaders has corrosive effects.

Making promises and then saddling yourself with a political system and a political union that means that you cannot deliver those promises, I fear, doesn't contribute to an atmosphere of trust and confidence in politics.

President Karzai does not have any idea of what is going on in his country.

Education is a vast sea of lies, waste, corruption, crackpot theorizing, and careerist log-rolling.

The cause of our difficulties in southeast Asia is not a deficiency of power but an excess of the wrong kind of power which results in a feeling of impotence when it fails to achieve its desired ends.