“Failure in the management of practical affairs seems to be a qualification for success in the management of public affairs.”

“Success is a public affair. Failure is a private funeral. ”

Розалинд Рассел (1907–1976)

“A good household manager, but not fit to meddle in the affairs of kings.”

Thomas Cromwell, 1st Earl of Essex (1485–1540) English statesman and chief minister to King Henry VIII of England

“Governments in capitalist society are but committees of the rich to manage the affairs of the capitalist class.”

James Connolly (1868–1916) Irish republican and socialist leader

“The executive of the modern State is but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie.”

Karl Marx (1818–1883) German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist

“The vote is the most effective and merciful instrument that man has devised to manage his affairs.”

José Martí (1853–1895) Poet, writer, Cuban nationalist leader

“To conduct of government business… [is similar to the] conduct of the affairs of any other social organization, commercial, philanthropic, religious, or educational, in all of which good management is recognized as an element essential to success.”

Leonard D. White (1891–1958) American historian

“Japanese management practices succeed simply because they are good management practices.”

Masaaki Imai (1930) Japanese business theorist and consultant

“This brings us to Anarchism, which may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs of men should be managed by individuals or voluntary associations, and that the State should be abolished.”

Benjamin Ricketson Tucker (1854–1939) American journalist and anarchist

“To manage, learn your management skills from the greatest managers and those who were perfectionist by reading their failures.”

Elia M. Ramollah (1973) founder and leader of the El Yasin Community