Governance Quotes

"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few" "The bigger concern may be that now we have a rapidly growing economy and ample capital, but a failure of the government and society, to allocate it properly." "The principle that property should be protected and instability reduced is right, but the specific policies need to be carefully crafted." "The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best" "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" "Everything is governed by interest " "Religion must indeed be reckoned among the matters of highest importance to the state, for when religion is ruined, the constitution follows." "It is not wisdom but authority that makes a law" "The law always limits every power it gives." "Justice must always question itself just as society can exist only by means of the work it does on itself and on its institutions" "Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure" "I think the government must govern as the citizens allow it to govern." "The strengthening of our statehood is at times deliberately interpreted as authoritarianism." "Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it" "The trouble with Nigeria is simply and squarely a failure of leadership"