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Today, public understanding of our past and our system of government is pitifully low. -- Eric Liu
A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it. -- Harry S. Truman
Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere. -- Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
It's very important that there should be cross-fertilisation between government and academia. Both parties can benefit from having a better understanding of how the other works. -- Nicholas Stern
Our government is just way too interested in mucking around in Silicon Valley by creating and enforcing rules based on little or no understanding of the consequences. -- Michael Arrington
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It's a sense in Minnesota that we need to get back to common sense. We need to get back to taking sensible looks at positions and understanding the proper role of government. -- Pete Hegseth
I pinch myself because of the understanding that I've been blessed with a real rare opportunity that few Americans ever get - to serve their government and their people at this level. -- Marco Rubio
We've got in the habit of not really understanding how freedom was in the 19th century, the idea of government of the people in the 19th century. America commits itself to that in theory. -- Ta-Nehisi Coates
Prior to the PATRIOT Act, the ability of government agencies to share information with each other was limited, which kept investigators from fully understanding what terrorists might be planning and to prevent their attacks. -- Chris Chocola
Transparency concerning the Federal Reserve's conduct of monetary policy is desirable because better public understanding enhances the effectiveness of policy. More important, however, is that transparent communications reflect the Federal Reserve's commitment to accountability within our democratic system of government. -- Janet Yellen
The City of London has never been known for understanding technology and has never matched Silicon Valley's tradition of knowledgeable investment in technology start-ups, just as the U.K. government has never matched the vast investment made by the U.S. government. -- Geoff Mulgan
In abandoning the understanding that things - services, goods, wars, and houses - have costs, we risk becoming infantilised, incapable of making decisions about government or finance, and perhaps above all about the environment, the wellbeing of the planet upon which we depend and which our children will inherit from us. -- Nick Harkaway
A President needs political understanding to run the government, but he may be elected without it. -- Harry S. Truman

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