Public Trust in Government Quotes

The state must declare the child to be the most precious treasure of the people. As long as the government is perceived as working for the benefit of the children, the people will happily endure almost any curtailment of liberty and almost any deprivation.

Government that is open and honest will always be able to withstand the light of day.

Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.

It's been clear for some time that FBI Director Comey has lost the confidence of Republicans, Democrats, and broader institutions, and his removal as FBI Director was probably overdue.

If there is one thing the past years have taught us, it is the importance of a keen and high sense of honor in those who handle our governmental affairs.

Under my contract with the American voter, we are proposing a series of ethics reforms on day one to end government corruption. They include a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress.

In a political sense, there is one problem that currently underlies all of the others. That problem is making Government sufficiently responsive to the people. If we don't make government responsive to the people, we don't make it believable. And we must make government believable if we are to have a functioning democracy.

A government can be no better than the public opinion which sustains it.

President Obama signed a bill preventing members of Congress from profiting from insider trading. Didn't you think that was already illegal?

Nothing is more destructive than the gap between people's perceptions of their own day-to-day economic well-being and what politicians and statisticians are telling them about the economy

There is a flaw in the operation of representative government. The flaw produces the growth of government.

Lawmakers need to be held accountable and should feel the impact of a government shutdown just like many other Americans will.

We still go out and elect people who we think are going to govern and better our interests. So we may not have the same confidence in the people we elect, but we still go out and elect them.