{"quotes":[{"text":"The political parties are there to distract us from our systems of government; instead of focusing on the system, we focus on political parties to vote for.Voting is our only encouraged interaction with our systems of government.The choice between political parties fractures our nations yet further, turns our focus on each other, and away from the mechanisms of our systems of government.","author":"Haroutioun Bochnakian","tags":["administration","democracy","division","government","political-parties","politics","society"],"id":304,"author_id":"Haroutioun+Bochnakian"},{"text":"A system is corrupt when it is strictly profit-driven, not driven to serve the best interests of its people.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["administration","capitalism","capitalistic","capitalistic-greed","capitalists","censorship","corporate-gain","corrupt","corruption","defunct","democracy","democratic","dysfunctional","empire","government","government-corruption","greed","greed-corruption","greedy","humanity","hypocrisy","interests","justice","leadership","money","nation","not-working","people","plutocracy","policies","profit","profit-drive","profitability","profits","rulership","social-system","social-systems","society","system","truth"],"id":37848,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"You are the grand estate and administrator of — now.","author":"Bryant McGill","tags":["administration","grandness","teaching"],"id":42024,"author_id":"Bryant+McGill"},{"text":"[The wives of powerful noblemen] must be highly knowledgeable about government, and wise – in fact, far wiser than most other such women in power. The knowledge of a baroness must be so comprehensive that she can understand everything. Of her a philosopher might have said: 'No one is wise who does not know some part of everything.' Moreover, she must have the courage of a man. This means that she should not be brought up overmuch among women nor should she be indulged in extensive and feminine pampering. Why do I say that? If barons wish to be honoured as they deserve, they spend very little time in their manors and on their own lands. Going to war, attending their prince's court, and traveling are the three primary duties of such a lord. So the lady, his companion, must represent him at home during his absences. Although her husband is served by bailiffs, provosts, rent collectors, and land governors, she must govern them all. To do this according to her right she must conduct herself with such wisdom that she will be both feared and loved. As we have said before, the best possible fear comes from love. When wronged, her men must be able to turn to her for refuge. She must be so skilled and flexible that in each case she can respond suitably. Therefore, she must be knowledgeable in the mores of her locality and instructed in its usages, rights, and customs. She must be a good speaker, proud when pride is needed; circumspect with the scornful, surly, or rebellious; and charitably gentle and humble toward her good, obedient subjects. With the counsellors of her lord and with the advice of elder wise men, she ought to work directly with her people. No one should ever be able to say of her that she acts merely to have her own way. Again, she should have a man's heart. She must know the laws of arms and all things pertaining to warfare, ever prepared to command her men if there is need of it. She has to know both assault and defence tactics to insure that her fortresses are well defended, if she has any expectation of attack or believes she must initiate military action. Testing her men, she will discover their qualities of courage and determination before overly trusting them. She must know the number and strength of her men to gauge accurately her resources, so that she never will have to trust vain or feeble promises. Calculating what force she is capable of providing before her lord arrives with reinforcements, she also must know the financial resources she could call upon to sustain military action. She should avoid oppressing her men, since this is the surest way to incur their hatred. She can best cultivate their loyalty by speaking boldly and consistently to them, according to her council, not giving one reason today and another tomorrow. Speaking words of good courage to her men-at-arms as well as to her other retainers, she will urge them to loyalty and their best efforts.","author":"Christine de Pizan","tags":["ability","administration","equality","good-governance","government","justice","knowledge","leadership","peace","prudence","respect","skills","strength","superiority","upbringing","war","wisdom","women"],"id":51633,"author_id":"Christine+de+Pizan"},{"text":"Democracy is a continuous, open process of civility.A democracy can never be “done”; updating democracy can never be over.Democracy can be nothing else but a continuous process, because we use it to organize our life, and life is nothing but a continuous process.Democracy can be compared to an operating system or an anti-virus software; if it does not get perpetually updated, it becomes obsolete very fast.Trusting the updates or the “improvements” of democracy to the elected and the owned mass media is like trusting the updates of an anti-virus program to virus creators; it defeats the purpose of updates or improvements.","author":"Haroutioun Bochnakian","tags":["administration","civility","democracy","government","politics","self-reliance","society"],"id":56008,"author_id":"Haroutioun+Bochnakian"},{"text":"Not only in personal relationships, but also in professional life, if like minded people work together, it is a beauty to witness.","author":"Rajasaraswathii","tags":["administration","administration-block","love","management-and-leadership","professional-development","relationship","relationship"],"id":56294,"author_id":"Rajasaraswathii"},{"text":"I couldn’t bring myself to call him either “Bill,” which would signal friendly familiarity, or “Doctor Vogel,” which would imply respect.","author":"Frankie Bow","tags":["administration","college","deans","management","university"],"id":62451,"author_id":"Frankie+Bow"},{"text":"I advise people to avoid workplaces that prevent Occupational Safety \u0026 Health Administration (OSHA) visits.","author":"Steven Magee","tags":["administration","advise","avoid","health","occupational","osha","people","prevent","safety","visits","workplaces"],"id":70163,"author_id":"Steven+Magee"},{"text":"Pick a leader who will make their citizens proud. One who will stir the hearts of the people, so that the sons and daughters of a given nation strive to emulate their leader's greatness. Only then will a nation be truly great, when a leader inspires and produces citizens worthy of becoming future leaders, honorable decision makers and peacemakers. And in these times, a great leader must be extremely brave. Their leadership must be steered only by their conscience, not a bribe.","author":"Suzy Kassem","tags":["administration","airlines","bail","bail-out","banker","bankers","banking","banking-system","banks","best-leader","big-business","big-pharma","bipartisan","blood","books","brave","bravery","bribe","bridges","build-bridges","capitalism","censor","censorship","chaos","character","citizen","common-man","companies","confident","confident-leader","conscience","conservation","convergence","corporations","corrupt","corruption","country","critic","criticism","criticsm","darkness","decisionmakers","decison-makers","democrat","destruction","diplomacy","diplomatic","discriminate","discrimination","dissent","diversity","divide","divides","division","doctor","doctors","education","educators","election","elections","employment","environment","environmental","environmentalism","environmentalist","equality","ethnic-tolerance","fair","fairness","families","farmer","fear","for-the-people","foreign-relations","freedom","freedom-of-speech","funding","furture","future-leaders","good-leader","government","government-corruption","great-leader","great-leadership","great-nation","greatness","greed","guide","hands","hate","hatred","health-care","heart-driven","hearts","homes","honest","honest-broker","honorable","human-condition","human-life","humanity","humans","humble","hypocrisy","identify","ignorance","immaturity","immorality","improvement","incentives","indentifies","inspire","integrity","intellectualism","intelligent","job","jobs","justice","law","lawlessness","lead","leader","leaders","leadership","leadership-characteristics","leadership-traits","libraries","library","lie","lies","lobbyist","losing","love","make-america-great-again","man-on-the-street","mankind","monetary","monetary-profit","money","money-driven","morality","mortage","mortages","multinational","nation","oil","oil-tycoon","peace","peaceful","peacekeeper","peacemaker","peacemakers","people","pharma","pharmaceutical","pick-a-leader","picking-sides","political-science","politics","preservation","president","presidential","protection","public","race","race-tolerance","racism","religious-tolerance","republican","school","schools","scrutiny","secrecy","security","segregation","selecting","serves-the-people","silencing-dissent","sly","society","speech","spending","stability","street","street-level","strong","teacher","teachers","team","terror","tolerance","tolerate","transparency","truth","truthfulness","understand","understanding","unite","unites","uniting","unity","vote","voter","voting","walls","war","we-the-people","weapons","wisdom","word"],"id":77345,"author_id":"Suzy+Kassem"},{"text":"I live in the Managerial Age, in a world of 'Admin.' The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid 'dens of crime' that Dickens loved to paint. It is not done even in concentration camps and labour camps. In those we see its final result. But it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the office of a thoroughly nasty business con.","author":"C.S. Lewis","tags":["administration","big-business","bureaucracy","corporations","corporatocracy","dictatorship","efficiency","evil","hell","management","police-state"],"id":90695,"author_id":"C.S.+Lewis"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":28,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}