Tony Campolo Quotes

While I can see how the government has, at times, wasted taxpayers' money, and I can admit that too often its programs are ineffective, I also can see the good that government does.

The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home.

In my roles as Deputy State Treasurer and Special Assistant Attorney General, I strove to make government more responsive, transparent, efficient, and proactive.

It is only when there is the supervision and critical oversight from the people that the government will be in a position to do an even better job, and employees of government departments will be the true public servants of the people.

I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should demand that it is done better.

Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.

From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We're making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and more accountable.

For years now I have been talking about personal responsibility and accountability, both in our private lives and in the halls of government. Those are important principles here in Idaho, and they will form the basis of this administration.

Administration is the essence of government, and its quality is a prime condition of civic comfort.

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

To speak practically and as a citizen, unlike those who call themselves no-government men, I ask for, not at once no government, but at once a better government. Let every man make known what kind of government would command his respect, and that will be one step toward obtaining it.

We don't need more government, we just need the government we have to work smarter and more efficiently.

If you're in government, the right thing to do is be focused on solving real problems and asking what's the best solution to a particular problem.

I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system.

The responsibility for good government lies not just with governments themselves but also with every other part of the system they operate in, including media, non-governmental organisations and the public.

The debate on how to shrink the federal government is at the core of our problem of government not doing its job.

I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.

I think we should just tip the government if it does a good job. Fifteen percent is the standard tip, isn't it?

You elected government officials to make decisions and it's about time they started making good ones.

Every man, every woman who has to take up the service of government, must ask themselves two questions: 'Do I love my people in order to serve them better? Am I humble and do I listen to everybody, to diverse opinions in order to choose the best path?' If you don't ask those questions, your governance will not be good.

There is nothing wrong with becoming more ambitious along the way, but I think what the government has asked the council to do is a perfectly good starting point.

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

The value of government to the people it serves is in direct relationship to the interest citizens themselves display in the affairs of state.

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