Jeff Duncan Quotes

As president, I'm committed to making Washington work better and rebuilding the trust of the people who sent us here.

We don’t trust government, but we need government….Government didn’t land here from Mars. We elected them.

The respect of the American people for the Congress has been increased. They can see the Congress as a vigilant Congress.

Historically our government—the FBI for example—has not always earned that trust.

Every time a president invokes executive privilege, there are three relevant audiences he has to think about: the courts, Congress, and the public.

I will continue to ask the president and his subordinates to work with Congress rather than against it.

As both a career intelligence officer and as an American citizen, I am a strong believer in the importance of oversight. Simply put, experience has taught us that CIA cannot be effective without the people's trust, and we cannot hope to earn that trust without the accountability that comes with Congressional oversight.

House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.

If the president is failing to disclose material facts with regard to legislation being presented to the Congress on a question as important as war and peace, I think it does impair the level of trust that the House and the Senate have for this administration.

All officers of the Intelligence Community, and especially its most senior officer, must conduct themselves in a manner that earns and retains the public trust. The American people are uncomfortable with government activities that do not take place in the open, subject to public scrutiny and review.

If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal experience and the effectual complaints of the people, America would not long retain her rank among the nations.

Congressmen take an independent oath to protect and defend the Constitution. They work with the President; they do not work for the President.

Term-limitation is the latest manifestation of public irresponsibility.

Congress is constantly engaged in a struggle for the respect of the people.

It is against the enterprising ambition of this department [the legislature] that the people ought to indulge all their jealousy and exhaust all their precautions.

We live at a time when people do not have much trust in government.

I am not on trial here, Mr. Chairman. This committee is on trial here before the American people. Let us get that straight.

The American people must be able to trust that their courts and law enforcement will uphold, protect, and defend their constitutional rights.

We know that, sooner or later, reckless government actions and policies have consequences. That when government corrupts the truth and breaks faith with the American people, the entire fabric of our society - everything we believe in and count on - is in jeopardy.

As the list of abuses by federal agencies grows, Americans are rapidly losing trust in government.

We must keep the pressure on Congress to curb Obama's continued abuse of power. We must always expose that abuse to fellow citizens.

The best way to put the federal bureaucracy back on a leash is to make it obey the laws the people write.

Regardless of what side of the issue you are on, the release of the Mueller Report is essential to restoring faith in our government.

Unfortunately, the Obama administration is more interested in furthering its political agenda than in following the law.

Any politician can talk about resuscitating public trust.