Tony Snow Quotes

Stand up and pledge with me: A government of the United States is not on the auction block. And America is not for sale!

I would never want to trade a vote for a gavel.

Officeholders are the agents of the people, not their masters. Not only is their time and labor due to the government, but they should scrupulously avoid in their political action, as well as in the discharge of their official duty, offending by a display of obtrusive partisanship their neighbors who have relations with them as public officials.

The best state is that in which bad men are not allowed to hold office, and good men are not allowed to refuse office.

I'm a better American than 99% of the guys in the White House.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service.

Anyone who believes in the essential role government can play in improving people's lives must also be the toughest critics of those who abuse the public trust.

I love working for the people of Ohio, and I have a lot more work to do as their senator.

Elected officials have always been held to a higher standard, as we should be.

Government is the people's business and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of tax paid.

Whenever governments adopt a moral tone - as opposed to an ethical one - you know something is wrong.

It is imperative that good people, men and women of principle, be involved in the political process; otherwise we abdicate power to those whose designs are almost entirely selfish.

Ethics must be reintroduced to public service to restore people's faith in government. Without such faith, democracy cannot flourish. Your ambitious agenda is filling a desperate need.

For in a democracy, every citizen, regardless of his interest in politics, "hold office"; every one of us is in a position of responsibility; and, in the final analysis, the kind of government we get depends upon how we fulfill those responsibilities. We, the people, are the boss, and we will get the kind of political leadership, be it good or bad, that we demand and deserve.

No man can do both effective and decent work in public life unless he is a practical politician on the one hand, and a sturdy believer in Sunday-school politics on the other. He must always strive manfully for the best, and yet, like Abraham Lincoln, must often resign himself to accept the best possible.

In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.

What is immoral for an individual to do, is immoral for a government to do

Nancy Pelosi said that when it comes to cleaning up government, the Democrats have drained the swamp. The only problem with that is what's left after you drain the swamp: snakes everywhere.

I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels.

Since all human governments, like all human individuals, are subject to temptation, especially the temptation to use this God-given role for their own ends, there must be clear and wise critique, and holding to account.

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.

Who wants good people in government? Good people should be in the private sector. Helping us out, helping themselves out in the private sector. We want schmoes in government. We want people who can't find the doorknob. Why waste productive people, as well as looting the taxpayer?

I refuse to stand by while our democracy is trampled by politicians more concerned about amassing power than helping the people who sent them to Washington in the first place.

There may be in every government a few choice spirits, who may act from more worthy motives. One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are. Our prevailing passions are ambition and interest.