Word: government
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Very seldom does Mussolini need to call for the file of any state business which he previously had studied. 'Without good memory it is impossible to govern,' is one of his sayings...
Finally, Governor General Stimson had announced what his method would be. He was going to govern through a corps of "advisers" whose description sounded like the late Governor General Wood's "Cavalry Cabinet" dismounted and sent about in mufti. "These men will be the best available," said Governor General Stimson. "They will be my eyes and ears. They may be Filipinos. They may be Americans. But in any case they will be men whom I can be certain are trustworthy. They will be responsible to me and to me alone, without interference from the Assembly. This I want...
...correspondents and their papers were able to scoop London by almost 24 hours. This caused a loss to British rubber men which London Rubber Magnate Arthur Anthony Baumann estimated at ?7,000,000. He added caustically, "10 Downing Street [the Prime Minister's residence] is really unfit to govern the Empire...
...wish the territory of any American republic. We do not wish to govern any American republic. We simply wish peace and order and stability and recognition of earnest rights properly acquired...
...toward supreme control of their officials. One of the main things in the way of this progressive movement is the appointment of the federal judiciary by the president. Until the people gain the right to elect their own judges the Hamiltonian principle that the people are not qualified to govern themselves will continue and progressive policies can never become dominant." The query as to whether this would not bring politics into the judiciary brought the frank reply. "There can never be more politics in the judiciary than there are right now. Appointment of judges inevitably brings political entanglements. There will...