Politics
| Index | Organization | Year | Rank | Out of | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bribe Payers Index | Transparency International | 2006 | 26 | 30 | |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | Transparency International | 2009 | 37 | 180 | |
| Democracy Index | Economist Intelligence Unit | 2010 | 36 | 167 | |
| Ease of Doing Business Index | World Bank | 2009 | 61 | 181 | |
| Economic Freedom Index | Economic Freedom of the World | 2008 | 18 | 141 | |
| Economic Freedom Index | Index of Economic Freedom | 2009 | 35 | 179 | |
| Global Competitiveness Report | World Economic Forum | 2008–2009 | 17 | 30 | |
| Global Peace Index | Economist Intelligence Unit | 2007–2008 | 44 | 140 | |
| Globalization Index | A.T. Kearney/Foreign Policy Magazine | 2006 | 35 | 62 | |
| Press Freedom Index | Reporters Without Borders | 2008 | 36 | 173 | |
| Property Rights Index | Property Rights Alliance | 2008 | 28 | 115 |
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Famous quotes containing the word politics:
“All you can be sure about in a political-minded writer is that if his work should last you will have to skip the politics when you read it. Many of the so-called politically enlisted writers change their politics frequently.... Perhaps it can be respected as a form of the pursuit of happiness.”
—Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961)
“Politics is not an end, but a means. It is not a product, but a process. It is the art of government. Like other values it has its counterfeits. So much emphasis has been placed upon the false that the significance of the true has been obscured and politics has come to convey the meaning of crafty and cunning selfishness, instead of candid and sincere service.”
—Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933)
“The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political idea is as he has of the principles of counterpoint. Each is a thing used in politics or music which those fellows who practise politics or music manipulate somehow. Show him one and he will deny that it is politics at all. It must be corrupt or he will not recognize it. He has only seen dried figs. He has only thought dried thoughts. A live thought or a real idea is against the rules of his mind.”
—John Jay Chapman (1862–1933)