21 Public Officials Quotes for You to Enjoy

I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials. George Mason

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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future. Barbara Jordan

Future People Vision Strictly Press Release Ourselves Must Slogans More Provide Accountable Than Officials Hold Public Required Public Officials

Our public officials have forgotten that they are ultimately accountable to the people who put them in office, that the information they keep in secrecy belongs to all of us. Yoko Ono

People Secrecy Our Put Ultimately Accountable Office Officials Forgotten Information Public Them Us Public Officials Who Keep Belongs

The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. Sandra Day O'Connor

Freedom Democracy Other Criticize Judges Officials Vibrant Public Public Officials Necessary

For generations, our political life was distorted by the influence of public officials whose foremost goal was to preserve the essence, if not the form, of slavery in a segregated and discriminatory social system. Blase J. Cupich

Life Political Our System Distorted Segregated Generations Goal Foremost Political Life Discriminatory Officials Essence Influence Form Public Social Public Officials Social System Whose Slavery Preserve

Unless public officials are wealthy and fund their own campaigns, the only place they can turn to is lobbyists and institutions like labor unions and corporations. Bob Beckel

Own Unions Lobbyists Unless Corporations Wealthy Only Like Institutions Campaigns Labor Officials Place Public Turn Public Officials Fund

Government unions should not be allowed to influence the public officials they are lobbying, and sitting across the bargaining table from, through campaign donations and expenditures. Bruce Rauner

Government Unions Lobbying Table Through Allowed Campaign Officials Sitting Donations Expenditures Influence Public Should Across Bargaining Public Officials

Scaremongering is an age-old political ritual. There are public officials who have benefited by playing up the 'hacker threat' so that they can win approval by cracking down on it. Charles Platt

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The safest course for public officials is simply to throw all of the money in a sack. Dave Freudenthal

Money Sack Throw Simply Safest Course Officials Public Public Officials

Silence on the part of public officials at the national level only serves to empower Islamophobes. Ibrahim Hooper

Silence National Only Part Empower Officials Public Public Officials Serve Level

Public officials, including state legislators, have a duty to act impartially. John Paul Stevens

Duty State Officials Legislators Public Act Public Officials Including

I initiated the State's investigation of Governor Blagojevich and have prosecuted public officials, including a sitting democratic state representative and democratic State's Attorney. Lisa Madigan

State Investigation Prosecuted Attorney Democratic Democratic State Governor Officials Sitting Representative Public Public Officials Initiated Including

I am disturbed that the identification and clothing of our public officials is so easily reproduced. Louise Slaughter

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In the end, the public has the right to know about any undertakings top public officials engage in that may influence how they conduct the people's business. Mike Quigley

Business People Top About Know How End Conduct Officials Any May Influence In The End Public Engage Public Officials Right

Public officials insult our intelligence and our goodwill when they paint rosy pictures about budgets, jobs, bipartisanship, and transparency, and alter their positions on issues simply to keep collecting their paycheck by never disagreeing or disappointing anyone. Wendy Long

Intelligence Positions Our Jobs Collecting About Never Simply Disappointing Pictures Goodwill Budgets Alter Insult Issues Officials Anyone Public Transparency Paycheck Public Officials Rosy Paint Keep Bipartisanship

Campaign finance and ethics reform only works if it curtails all special interest groups equally and does not carve out any exceptions to benefit one party or another. 'Pay to play' reform was passed to limit the influence of big spending contractors over the public officials from whom they are trying to obtain work. Thomas Kean, Jr.

Work Finance Ethics Big Party Pay Benefit Spending Out One Party Carve Only Exceptions Over Obtain Another Equally Limit Does Passed Campaign Campaign Finance Contractors Reform Trying Officials Any Influence Interest Public Public Officials Special Special Interest Special Interest Groups Works Groups Whom Play

Perception often lags behind reality, and I can say from experience that the vast majority of public officials in Louisiana are much better than our reputation holds us to be. John Kennedy

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