Wayne LaPierre Quotes

Ethics in government has always been important to me.

I believe the relationship you have with your government is not so different to a love relationship.

Ask not what you can do for your country; ask what your government is doing to you.

Presidents come from the people and the should return to the people.

I think Congress can pass a bill when the American people start regaining trust in the administration to actually do their job and enforce the laws that are already on the books.

Public servants should always be accountable and responsible for what they are advocating, and I challenge the American people to demand this from their representatives.

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.

We in the press have a special role since there is no other institution in our society that can hold the President accountable. I do believe that our democracy can endure and prevail only if the American people are informed.

Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians.

It is one of the great tragedies of the US, that most learn most of what they know about the government from the government.

This man called President Bush has a lot to answer for. I don't know if this man is really taking care of America. This government has been shameful.

I believe that it is my right and responsibility as an American to question our government when our government is wrong.

You have to trust your government. Don't let every scar, every wart, every hiccup condemn the whole body.

The press never accepts at face value that the President is taking a certain action because he wants to create jobs or because he believes that it is in the best interests of the American people or that he is genuinely committed to making life better for people.

During my two terms serving the good people of New Hampshire's First District, I always worked for what I call the bottom 99% of Americans, and I never forgot that public office is a public trust.

You ask men in office to be honest; I ask them to serve the public.

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

We must remember that politics is more than a power game. The core of politics in my view is to serve our citizens, to serve our fellow human beings.

The American people, Neil, are sick and tired of excuses. They are sick and tired of the blame game. And they're sick and tired of the deception coming from this president and this administration. This is why I believe that I am doing so well in the polls.

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

Someone who is a good person should have no fear of the government whatsoever.

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

Any institution which does not suppose the people good, and the magistrate corruptible is evil.

The administration of government, like a guardianship ought to be directed to the good of those who confer, not to those who receive the trust.