Jean Chretien Quotes

The final end of government is not to exert restraint but to do good.

That’s the function of government—to do for people what they cannot do for themselves.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

Government is a progressive instrument for the common good.

The object of government is the welfare of the people.

Providing for the common good, making people feel secure in their communities and homes - this is the central job of government. it's why all of us are here serving our state and our people.

My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.

I believe that the role of limited government should be looking after the needs of veterans, the elderly, children and those institutions that improve the quality of life for struggling families - I don't believe that government should bend to serve the needs of subsidized multi-national corporations and entitled billionaires.

The purpose of government is to obtain the greatest quantity of human happiness.

A country is not a business and a government should stand for much more than economic efficiency.

All government is intended for the benefit of the people.

The legitimate object of government is "to do for the people what needs to be done, but which they cannot, by individual effort, do at all, or do so well, for themselves.

We need government to do for the people what they cannot do for themselves.

The end of government is the good of mankind.

Government is not the enemy. Government is simply a tool that can be used wisely or unwisely.

It is the purpose of the government to see that not only the legitimate interests of the few are protected but that the welfare and rights of the many are conserved.

If government is to serve any purpose it is to do for others what they are unable to do for themselves.

The scope of modern government in what it can and ought to accomplish for its people has been widened far beyond the principles laid down by the old "laissez faire" school of political rights, and the widening has met popular approval.

The legitimate object of government is to do for a community of people whatever they need to have done, but can not do at all, or can not so well do, for themselves – in their separate, and individual capacities.

Government cannot be all things to all people.

The idea of the state is, or should be, a very limited, prescribed idea. The state looks after the defense of the realm, and other matters - raising revenue to pay for things which are for all of us, and so on. That idea has turned turtle now. The state isn't any longer perceived as an institution which exists to serve us.

The role of government is to steer us in the right direction, not do all the work for us.

The government doesn't have to solve everyone's problem here.

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. People have the right to expect that these wants will be provided for by this wisdom.

There are a lot of good causes out there, but they can't possibly all be served by government.