Joe Manchin Quotes

As the governor of the state of Arizona, I took an oath to uphold the laws and to protect the people of Arizona. And I'm going to be relentless in it. I'm going to do what is right.

There is a general rule, which includes all the duties of a sovereign, and by which he may easily judge how to proceed under every circumstance. Let the safety of the people be the supreme law.

Power should be reserved for weightlifting and boats, and leadership really involves responsibility.

I took an oath to protect the people of Arizona, and that's what I'm going to do. I'm going to keep pushing in that direction.

And now, since I've been governor since last January, I have written numerous letters to the administration in regards to securing our borders with absolutely no response. So we have been facing this crisis, and it's devastating the people of Arizona. And I feel as governor I have a responsibility to protect the citizens.

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens.

If I weren't doing the politics, I wouldn't be doing my job.

In days when the public safety is imminently threatened, and the fate of a nation may hang upon a single act, we owe frank speech, above all other men, to him who is highest in authority. I shall speak to you as man to man.

You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility.

It is my responsibility to the Haitian people not to expose myself to danger except for good reason.

All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise.

It is the obligation of every government to yield protection to their citizens as the consideration for their obedience

Government's first responsibility is the safety of its citizens.

When those who uphold the law are strong, the state is strong. When they are weak, the state is weak

There never was a government without force.... A governement leaving it to a man to do his duty, or not, as he pleases, would be a new species of government, or rather no government at all.

I don't want to tell Gov. Brewer what to do; she can do what's best for her state.

While we don't have the authority on the state level to change federal policy, my fellow governors and I do have a duty to protect our states' citizens, and we have a personal responsibility to act when we have the power to do so.

With great powers come great responsibilities; with plenary powers come plenary responsibilities.

I have long believed that the first duty of government is to protect the safety of our citizens.

As governor, it is my highest priority to protect Arizona citizens.

The major thing of our government is to protect the people.

You cannot stop the men and women of the FBI from doing the right thing, protecting the American people and upholding the Constitution.

We are all focused each and every day on doing our jobs, chief executive of our states, until the very last hour that we are in office, and certainly the president is as well.

There's one job of government and that's to protect its citizens and protect those in law enforcement.