John W. Kingdon on Politics
Browse 4 quotations attributed to John W. Kingdon, catalogued under Politics, with dates where available.
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Attributed to John W. Kingdon, entry #178043: "Public opinion may sometimes direct government to do something, but it more often constrains government from doing something."
Attributed to John W. Kingdon, entry #114910: "People in and around government sense a national mood."
4 Quotes by John W. Kingdon on Politics
"Public opinion may sometimes direct government to do something, but it more often constrains government from doing something."
"People in and around government sense a national mood."
"The agenda, as I conceive of it, is the list of subjects or problems to which government officials, and people outside of government closely associated with those officials, are paying some serious attention at any given time."
"Ideas come from anywhere, actually, and the critical factor that explains the prominence of an item on the agenda is not its source, but instead the climate in government or the receptivity to ideas of a given type, regardless of source."