Famous quotes containing the word governments:
“Nobody thinks in terms of human beings. Governments dont, why should we? They talk about people and the proletariat; I talk about the suckers and the mugs. Its the same thing.”
—Graham Greene (19041991)
“In the twentieth century one of the most personal relationships to have developed is that of the person and the state.... Its become a fact of life that governments have become very intimate with people, most always to their detriment.”
—E.L. (Edgar Lawrence)
“It has become necessary to call the attention of European governments to a fact which is apparently so insignificant that the governments seem not to notice it. The fact is this: an entire people is being annihilated. Where? In Europe. Are there witnesses? One witness, the entire world. Do the governments see it? No.”
—Victor Hugo (18021885)