Quotes About Government

Public opinion shapes public policy dramatically.

My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a positive way, never diminished after 10 years in Congress.

Broken families not only affect the people involved, but they have an impact on public policy decisions in Washington, D.C., and state capitols around the nation.

I was definitely one of those kids who, for whatever reason, followed politics and public policy.

Our rights are not absolute. Our rights can be curtailed in the interest of public safety.

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.

While encryption protects against cyberattacks, deploying it in warrant-proof form jeopardizes public safety more generally.

The difference between the denominational system and the public school system is all the difference between bolstering them up on the one hand and letting them alone of the other.

Our public school system is our country's biggest and most inefficient monopoly, yet it keeps demanding more and more money.

I am increasingly ready to junk the public school system.

As more government functions are privatized, we find political leaders defunding the public school system, shifting government funds to the private, for-profit school industry.

The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.

We're not proposing any shifting of funding from public schools to private schools.

The bottom line is that the federal government is an important partner in addressing issues like funding our public schools, fixing our crumbling roads and infrastructure, protecting our natural resources and ensuring that healthcare is affordable and protects people with pre-existing conditions.

You can't have public health without working with the public sector. You can't have public education without working with the public sector in education.

The Greek people deserve an economy that is not burdened forever by a heavy bureaucracy and a bloated public sector.

But the real growth I must say in terms of the public sector for the Labor Department is really at state and local levels. That's where the real opportunities are today.

In business, we use certain principles to measure performance, and I envision applying those principles in the public sector.

The public sector certainly includes the Department of Labor. Those are jobs that are available. They are open and they are good paying jobs. The government as a whole has been actually retrenching under President Clinton's leadership.

Jobs in the public sector are increasingly dependent on technology, and more and more government services are available online in developed and developing countries. Women who have ICT skills can help develop and deliver these services, even in places where the sexes are traditionally kept separate.

Paternalism is the method of government activism most amenable to an impoverished public sector.

Valuing public servants would boost morale among those on the front line of implementing government policy.

Public servants are paid to serve the American people. Do it well.

If public servants are freely allowed to take up lucrative post retirement jobs with companies to whom they have awarded contracts while they were in government, it would open up an easy way for companies to bribe public servants by offering them lucrative post retirement jobs.