Scott Pruitt Quotes

I aim to create a federal government which respects the constitution, which respects taxpayers.

Learn the Constitution. Then when someone wants to be elected, hold their feet to the fire and make them follow it because that's what we need to get back to. It works so well when we follow it.

It matters more how governments behave than how big they are.

Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening and we are dead serious about ending business as usual in Washington.

I came to office promising major ethics reform to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is a law. While I was at it, I got rid of a few things in the governor's office that I didn't believe our citizens should have to pay for. That luxury jet was over-the-top. I put it on eBay.

Today we must make a pact with each other to end this reckless conduct with the people's government.

It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one.

Dishonesty in government is the business of every citizen. It is not enough to do your own job. There's no particular virtue in that. Democracy isn't a gift. It's a responsibility.

Our goal is to displace the entrenched powers in Washington, restore the rightful balance between the state and federal government.

You can't give the government the power to do good without also giving it the power to do bad - in fact, to do anything it wants.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

In many ways, our campaign this year will be the same as last time: We're still going to focus on fixing up basics and cleaning up ethics at City Hall.

Ever since I arrived in Washington in April 2009, I have been fighting for more transparency and accountability in government.

Elections do have consequences, and those we elect and far too often re-elect have forgotten how government works and for whom they work for, and that an ever growing, power hungry state and federal government are not the answer to the problem, but 80% of the time are the problem.

This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.

I will run an open government that speaks with honesty, seeks opinion, listens to its citizens.

I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the public's trust.

The intelligence community, for the most part, has no accountability at all; to the Congress, to us the American people, and so they feel that they above the law.

After all, I have spent the better part of my adult life insisting that government be open... that government be accessible... and that government be held accountable to people who voted us into office.

Too many people in government seem to think they are above regular folks, and I said I would expect humility in the way each member of my team served- that they would recognize that the taxpayer is boss.

I am running to fix the economy, restore the constitutional system of checks and balances and to end this game of crony capitalism by the ruling class in Washington.

Certainly accountability of government is what people are clamoring for; they want to know that when lawmakers make a promise or a proposal, you can actually accomplish it.

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

People want a grounded government. They want a government that's going to be responsible to them.

Open the way before the new government to prove that it is for serving the people.