Governmental Obligation Quotes

Law principally and properly seeks the common good. Planning for the common good is the task of the whole people or of someone ruling in the person of the whole people. Thus lawmaking is the task of the whole charge of the whole people; for in all other matters direction toward an end is the function of him to whom the end belongs.

Every Latter-day Saint should sustain, honor, and obey the constitutional law of the land in which he lives.

It is ... the duty of princes and heads of republics to uphold the foundations of the religion of their countries, for then it is easy to keep their people religious and consequently well conducted and united.

He has slipped the surly bonds of public service.

If the representatives of the people betray their constituents, there is then no recourse left but in the exertion of that original right of self-defense which is paramount to all forms of government.

All civil rulers, as such, are the ordinance and ministers of God; and they are all, by the nature of their office, and in their respective spheres and stations, bound to consult the public welfare.

As an MP, my first duty is to act in the national interest, regardless of party affiliation.

If I weren't doing the politics, I wouldn't be doing my job.