Mike Quigley Quotes

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

I'm running for controller to ensure our government reflects the values of the people of California and increases prosperity by managing our finances smartly, efficiently and effectively.

I have kept a steady focus on restoring public faith in our state government since taking office July 1. Now it is time to make even bigger and bolder gains through legislative action.

As Governor, I will demand that Colorado's government serves the taxpayers of Colorado, not special interest groups and government bureaucrats.

A government operates and acts differently than a company. So all we want to do is get some transparency here and then determine if the deal should go forward.

It's my father's legacy. My father's view was that the public is the employer of these government employees and has the right to know what they're up to.

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.

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

It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.

My task as a citizen is to get the government to do more good and less inefficient and wasteful work.

In our recovery package we put new standards of accountability and transparency, which we hope will now apply.

We're going to restructure the state government into a government that's responsive to the needs of New York state taxpayers.

The concern is the Government is not coming clean and informing the Australian public of the assumptions that they have made to give rise to a $10.4 billion package.

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.

Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right wants to have a debate over fundamental principles; elected Democrats seem incapable of giving it to them.

Government ... simply has no bottom line.

From now on, the government has to make its accounts public on a quarterly basis.

I did not come into government to win an award as the great accountant in the sky and balance budgets.

I want to hold government accountable and help create a more efficient and effective government.

Our objectives are clear. Let's keep the government open and protect our constituents.

I know that for most people, seeing is believing when it comes to government efficiency.

Enough of these little kitty cats we keep sending to Washington. David Dewhurst will compromise every day in the U.S. Senate... It's what he's done every day in state government.

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

It is not an arrogant government that chooses priorities, it's an irresponsible government that fails to choose.

But make no mistake, the President will find in our new majority the voice of the American people as they've expressed it tonight: standing on principle, checking Washington's power and leading the drive for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable government.