“I am guiding you to seek truth from the facts of the historical conditions of our society and to identify the problems. The correct solutions will come with the correct identification of the problems.”
Source: Letter to his daughter (1978), p. 78
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Fourth President and ninth Prime Minister of Pakistan 1928–1979Related quotes
“I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct.”
Republican Presidential Debate 2015 — * 2015-08-06
Annotated transcript: The Aug. 6 GOP debate
The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/06/annotated-transcript-the-aug-6-gop-debate/
2010s, 2015
“Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions”
“The problems for which I could find no solution in fact had no solution.”
Source: The Eternal Champion (1970), Chapter 23 “In Loos Ptokai” (p. 137)
Chris Argyris "Teaching smart people how to learn" in: Peter F. Drucker (1998) Harvard Business Review on Knowledge Management. p. 82
As quoted by Donald Rumsfeld in "Sharon's Victory" (link is to a preview, but the quote is in the first few visible lines) https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB981508176687515426, Wall Street Journal (7 February 2001)
“Government is not a solution to our problem government is the problem.”
Some sources indicate the phrase 'government is the problem' was not part of the speech. (E.g. yale.edu http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/reagan1.asp). Live recordings of the address demonstrate that Reagan did indeed use the phrase in question. See Ronald Reagan: First Inaugural Address http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IleiqUDYpFQ; start at 6:08
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), First Inaugural address (1981)
Variant: In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem
Context: In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem. From time to time we've been tempted to believe that society has become too complex to be managed by self-rule, that government by an elite group is superior to government for, by, and of the people. Well, if no one among us is capable of governing himself, then who among us has the capacity to govern someone else? All of us together, in and out of government, must bear the burden. The solutions we seek must be equitable, with no one group singled out to pay a higher price.
“Solutions to problems often come from knowing when to ask for help.”