From the business perspective, suspicion of government reflects a perception that government officials typically want " something for nothing," often seek to impose burdensome regulations, and have a bureaucratic mindset.
Mr. Neal said he did not believe that his profits from city government created a perception that he favored status-quo candidates in ballot-objection cases.
The rebels say the Kurds are cooperating with the government, a common perception among Arabs in Syria.
One is the ability to borrow almost as cheaply as the government does because of a perception of government backing that emanates from a single section in its charter.
"I have often said to the government there is a perception that we don't care that thousands are dying of this disease.
Furthermore, the Iranian government believes that even a perception that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons is detrimental to the country's security and to its regional role, since attempts by Iran to gain strategic superiority in the Persian Gulf would inevitably provoke responses that would diminish Iran's conventional military advantage.
But speaker after speaker also turned their ire on the government, they said, amid a perception that some politicians have been trying to make political capital out of the affair - and a suspicion among some that government has been complicit in the killings.
They are looking for closure, but as their gathering has grown into the hundreds, it has hardened a perception that government authorities have fought desperately to dispel: parts of northern Mexico, including most of this state, Tamaulipas, have been lost to criminal gangs, and for quite some time.
Rather, it's a perception that government policies are skewed toward helping the already wealthy and powerful.
The unwillingness of Germany's political parties to compromise had contributed to a perception of government dysfunction, Mr. Ullrich suggests, and the belief of Hitler supporters that the country needed "a man of iron" who could shake things up.
