Helmut Schmidt, who died today, is being quoted, though I haven't been able to find the source, as:

"The stupidity of governments should not be underestimated."

el

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On 10 Nov 2015, at 22:35, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <el@lisse.na> wrote:

Gee whizz,

trust us we are the government...

el
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On 10 Nov 2015, at 15:21, Pedro Ivo Ferraz da Silva <pedro.ivo@itamaraty.gov.br> wrote:

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During GAC discussions in Dublin many governments felt that preserving the advice rejection threshold as simple majority - in opposition to the two thirds threshold required to reject e.g. GNSO PDP recommendations - would represent mistrust towards the GAC. 
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