I am not wrong in the belief that its public funds are more secure than those of all the European powers.

One of the worst of errors would be the general admission of the proposition that a Government has no right to interfere for any purpose except for that of affording protection.

We in government need to ensure that the law is enforced.

The only successor to President Putin is President Putin himself, and we could of course dream about President Putin stepping down voluntarily and picking a successor which would be probably as bad as...

I am not against privatisation of the media channels but I stand for a strong regulation and transparency.

I am encouraged that there's going to be much better dialogue between the federal government and the state of Arizona. I mean, I hope that's not wishful thinking.

The lawgiver ought to be gentle, lenient and humane. The lawgiver ought to be a skilled architect who raises his building on the foundation of self-love, and the interest of all ought to be the...

They have the ability to take a person's freedom from them. On certain situations, they have the ability to take a person's reputation. And under certain circumstances, they have the authority to take...

None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident of birth, affords, as far as we can perceive, much security for his being wiser than...

The only point of government is to safeguard and foster life.

The best government is not the one that you can serve in the longest, but the government that's closest to the people.

We have one authority and one law and everyone has the responsibility to follow that law and that authority.

Politicians love regulating. That's part of the whole power structure.

We are tired out in making complaints and getting no redress.

I think that it's very important that whoever is in office can trust the U.S. military to provide him with advice in private so that advice is not then used by somebody to try to criticize the...

We need to restore the confidence in the country, first of all.

I don't have a problem with the Centre sanctioning funds to any state. However, when this is done for narrow political considerations, it damages the federal fabric mandated by the Constitution.

If you are being held back by some unnecessary government rule or process, we will provide an easy way for you to let us know. And whenever we can take action, we will do so quickly.

Government and businesses cannot function without enormous amounts of data, and many people have to have access to that data.

If it doesn't reach the last poor man, your constitution is wrong.

In the 21st century, the countries that thrive will be the ones where citizens know their voices will be heard because the institutions are transparent.

Order without liberty and liberty without order are equally destructive.

Similarly, gender equality, supremacy of law, political participation, civil society, and transparency are among the indispensable elements that are the imperatives of democratization.

Most of the energy of political work is devoted to correcting the effects of mismanagement of government.

Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind.

People are so docile right now. It is almost as if good government means when the politicians lie to us for our own good, for the public good, and bad government is when politicians lie for their own...

At its worst, Washington is a place where name-calling partisan politics too often trumps policy.

People's trust in their public institutions depends on their government getting results.

I don't deny that there are problems in the intelligence world, but I would argue that in the UK we try to uphold the highest standards in the world.

A disposition to preserve and an ability to improve taken together would be my standard of a statesman.