Compassionate Governance Quotes

We don't pray for the land. We pray for the humans, all humans... starting with the president, Mohammed Morsi, and all officials, and for God to give everyone wisdom and responsibility to manage the affairs of this country and its people in true Egyptian spirit.

I am all for charity in judging the men who have occupied the Oval Office over the past seventy years, given the huge responsibilities the president carries across the world.

Government's running the student loan program; what in the world could be wrong with it? If the government's running it, if Obama's taken it over, and he's got a lot of compassion, a big heart, loves people, what could possibly be wrong with it? And then the subject of tuition came up, and how come tuition never gets cut? Why does tuition always go up? Guarantee, folks, when you subsidize something, if you run a university and the government's gonna subsidize parts of your operation, why in the world should you cut anything?

It is a maxim of wise government to deal with men not as they ought to be but as they are.

I've thought a lot about what it means to be the President. I also understand an administration is not one person but an administration is dedicated citizens who are called by the President to serve the country, to serve a cause greater than self. And so I've thought about an administration of people who represent all America, but people who understand my compassionate and conservative philosophy.

I am, as many people are, inspired by Jack Layton's legacy and the way that he approached politics.

The Department of Peace would take a more human approach to healing our society, looking not merely for ways we can destroy an enemy, but for more powerful ways to create new friends. While the State Department engages in international diplomacy, there is no domestic parallel. There is no department seeking to harness the power of a nonviolent heart.

I'm a conservative, and I'm a compassionate conservative. And I think it's important that Florida continues to move in that direction.

We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate.

A compassionate government keeps faith with the trust of the people and cherishes the future of their children. Through compassion for the plight of one individual, government fulfills its purpose as the servant of all the people.

It took a firm hand, sometimes a fist, to imbue a bureaucracy this vast with effective compassion.

A courageous and humane ruler who means well towards his subjects will induce the wicked to change their attitude of mind.

A country doesn't need a businessman to run it: it needs a heartful, worldly, compassionate leader.

I think we need leadership that can gently and with affection remind us of what we Americans mostly agree upon: civility, kindness, tolerance, humour, et cetera. The current Trump administration seems to thrive on trying to enforce a very odd, fearful agenda, that it tries to disguise in a false garment of fondness for the working-class - despite the fact that its policies seem designed to continue the decades-long habit of marginalizing that group.

Jimmy Carter was unquestionably the most moral president of my lifetime, but he wasn't much of a president.

The truest statesmanship to which any feeble mortal can ever aspire is the sincere effort to apply the Savior's principles to human government.

We work for peace every time we exercise authority with wisdom and authentic love.

No Queen with a frozen heart is fit to rule any country.

We're not going to let people die in squalor because we are Republicans.

'Live and let life' used to be a noble approach to life. Now you're considered compassionate if you demand that government impose your preferences on others.

We believe in a government strong enough to use words like "love" and "compassion" and smart enough to convert our noblest aspirations into practical realities.

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.

There are many reasons why Mitt Romney should not become president, but perhaps the most important of all is the narrowness of his experience, perspective and vision.

One thing really important is that we set out an agenda of compassionate Conservativism. That's what I've been trying to do in the Justice Department.

At times, Mario Cuomo seemed to have the humility of a Jesuit and the goals of an emperor.