Suzanne Collins Quotes

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

The U.K. government has a responsibility to keep secrets in some circumstances. It also has a responsibility not to abuse that power for other purposes.

There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency.

We should be able to go to our government and get clear answers.

I do strongly believe myself that members of the government who sit in the House of Lords should be accountable to the elected House because otherwise there is a democratic deficit, and that is wrong.

This is a country for, of, and by the people not for, of, and by the government. If we turn it over to them we cannot complain about what they're doing because this is a natural course of men and we have to hold their feet to the fire.

It is up to the government to keep the government's secrets.

The American people deserve truthfulness, not more political campaigning. The American people deserve a responsible government that seeks to address their needs, not more ideological dogma.

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.

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

Oppositions are not there to get legislation through. Oppositions are there to hold the government to account.

We create our own government. We are responsible for its beauty and for its ugliness. We are responsible for its glories and for its failures and, most important, we are responsible for amending those failures no matter who are their most immediate architects.

All government is a trust. Every branch of government is a trust, and immemorially acknowledged to be so.

No government ought to guarantee perfect security because no government can provide it.

One, if one is sensible, blames government, not the servers of government, not those entangled in their governments.

It's important to make sure that governments have some checks on what they do, that people can oversee what's being done so the government doesn't abuse it.

We should always measure a government's environmental rhetoric against its environmental record

And a government that accepts that it will be judged more by its deeds than by its mere words.

I want to bring accountability to the federal government. I want the federal government to respect the states.

The whole human rights structure is based on the accountability of governments.

We should never forget the government should be held accountable for providing services.

The Government of the United States would be constrained to hold the Imperial German government to a strict accountability for such acts of their naval authorities.

The Australian people expect the Government to govern, they don't expect it to make excuses.

Since all human governments, like all human individuals, are subject to temptation, especially the temptation to use this God-given role for their own ends, there must be clear and wise critique, and holding to account.

Every government has signed up to a voluntary legal commitment under at least one of the international covenants and conventions based on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. But who is holding them to account? Our mission is to make it known that these conventions are good tools for civil society to hold their local authority, their government and businesses accountable.