William Barr Quotes

We have no more fundamental obligation in government than to ensure the safety of our citizens.

Government's first responsibility is the safety of its citizens.

There's one job of government and that's to protect its citizens and protect those in law enforcement.

I believe deeply that the first duty of government is providing for the personal security of its citizens. Therefore I would naturally place the highest priority on strengthening law enforcement.

Our protest has one aim: to guarantee security for all citizens. Doctors as citizens are more vulnerable to terrorist attacks. We are not politicizing the issue. We are just drawing the government's attention to its primary duty. It should protect the lives of the citizens.

It is the obligation of every government to yield protection to their citizens as the consideration for their obedience

As one of the principal responsibilities of the government is to safeguard its citizens, it is entirely reasonable that it should look at what more might be done to improve security.

Left to me, the whole purpose of government is for the security of the citizens, like the security of lives and property.

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

The chief duty of our federal government is the safety and security of the American people.

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.

The first duty of any government is to protect its citizens, whether the threat is a domestic one or from abroad.

The possibility of endangering Nevadans will never happen under my watch. I will do everything I can to protect the safety and welfare of our citizens.

The security of the citizens of Israel, the future of the state of Israel, this is the Israeli government's responsibility.

The first responsibility of the state is to guarantee the safety of the people.

Well the first order of government is to preserve the public order and safety.

Of all the tasks of government, the most basic is to protect its citizens from violence.

First and foremost, my job is to protect the American people.

As governor, it is my highest priority to protect Arizona citizens.

The major thing of our government is to protect the people.

Safety and security are the most basic job of government. I understand that - both as a mayor who works every day to secure public safety and reduce crime, and also as someone who deployed in uniform to Afghanistan because I believed joining the military was part of my duty to help keep my country safe.

I believe that the Government's first duty is to defend its citizens, to defend them against the harms that come out of hate.

It is the duty of the government to guarantee maximum security, and this is not an easy task.

The lessons of September 11 are that if we allow law enforcement to do their work free of political interference, if we give them adequate resources and modern technologies, we can protect our citizens without intruding on our liberties.

When we talk about safety and security of the American people, politics falls aside pretty quickly.