Quotes About Oversight

Lawmakers need to be better stewards of policy and update it, not just keep adding on top of old laws.

The FBI's mission is to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution. To carry out that mission, we're entrusted with a lot of authority, so our actions are subject to close oversight - from the courts, from our elected leaders, and from independent entities like the inspector general.

If the movie works, nobody notices the mistakes... If the movie doesn't work, the only thing people notice are mistakes.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

We represent the people's money, and we have to be good stewards of that.

Government has not been good about being good stewards of policy.

Don't blame the marketing department. The buck stops with the chief executive.

The buck stops with the guy who signs the checks.

We need a Federal government that does what the government needs to do and stops doing what the government ought not to be doing.

At the state level, we must take a careful look at what went wrong and make sure it never happens again. The buck stops here, and as your governor, I take full responsibility.

People pump gas and then they go in the store and pick up some things and pay for them, and they forget to mention the gas.

I see my role as police commissioner as providing strategic oversight, support and accountability for the bureau.

What gets measured gets managed.

And obviously, with hindsight now, now knowing what went on in the company, it would have been absolutely appropriate back then for us to have the chief executive of the company, most senior person in the United Kingdom, come and answer for the policy they were pursuing. And we ducked that, and frankly that's a failure of Parliament.

Do I acknowledge that there are some law enforcement officers that abuse their job? Yes.

Officials are human beings, and sometimes we all make mistakes.

I don't want to put words in Geithner's mouth, but I think he is generally against the revolving door of government officials taking jobs with companies that they have overseen or in roles that involve lobbying. At minimum, I'm pretty sure he felt that way about himself.

The American people should not be footing the bill for federal employees who stonewall Congress or rewarding government officials' bad behavior.

In many respects, you can argue Dodd-Frank isn't even law. It's a license for unaccountable, un-elected officials to make law.

In large companies, the CEO is very distant from operations.

Employers are like horses — they require management.

Why is there no governmental oversight of how public money is spent by these organizations and churches? Probably because there is an assumption that if it is religious, it must be good.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Who will guard the guards?

Who will guard the guards ? If we're the guards of society, then who will watch us and make sure that we're not dangerous?