Andrew Lansley Quotes

There does not have to be trade-off between growth and social protection. A democracy does not mean much if it doesn't respond to the needs and will of its people.

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.

Applications for loans would be judged on a nation's social justice record as well as its economic efficiency.

Anything that benefits the public and not just big banking, that's what I'm with.

With proper governance, life will improve for all.

It's not enough to have economic growth. You have to distribute wealth throughout all of society.

Unlike the Contract with America, which was created by Washington pollsters and insiders, Families First was developed from the grassroots up. Congressional Democrats from across the country spent months meeting with people back home, asking them what issues were important to them, and what Congress could do to make their lives a little easier.

Economic growth doesn't mean anything if it leaves people out.

I think the touchstone is to give consumers a full, fair choice without the power of a monopoly operating system pushing them in a direction that free competition might or might not achieve.

I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

The happiness of society is the end of government.

If you're going to use the public resources, you need the public benefit.

So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and what can be exploited for a private interest.

Everybody agrees that you want competition. But you have to have rules of fair competition if you want to have competitors to enter the market.

A country is not a business and a government should stand for much more than economic efficiency.

The important thing is the struggle everybody is engaged in to get better living conditions.

The only public good is that which assures the private good of the citizens.

The public welfare is a broad and inclusive concept. The moral, social, economic and physical well-being is one part of it; the political well-being another.

When efforts are made to shape policy based on budgets rather than the public good, then the needs of the people will not be met.

The public interest is more than the sum total of the interest groups.

The public interest is not defined as what is interesting to the public.

Good governance can eliminate injustice, destitution and poverty.

Get people to think about the benefits of government rather than taxes.

The deeper purpose of democratic government is to assist as many of its citizens as possible - especially those who need it most - to improve their conditions of life, to retain all personal liberty which does not adversely affect their neighbors, and to pursue the happiness which comes with security and an opportunity for recreation and culture.

Growth and prosperity. These are the blocks with which we must build our welfare society.