Sara Gideon Quotes

I believe in public services.

What we mean by an outcome will naturally depend on the context. Thus, for a government charged with delivering public goods, an outcome will consist of the quantities provided of such goods as intercity highways, national defense and security, environmental protection, and public education together with the arrangements by which they are financed.

The Indian state has to be minimalist in regulatory interventions in social and economic matters; maximalist in providing the quality of life needs; and optimal in the maintenance of law and order.

You go to your public library, or you call your fire department or police department, what do you think you are calling? These are socialist institutions.

Most people would agree that infrastructure is something government should do.

Our public services and the great people who work in them are improving lives.

The health, safety and prosperity of our communities are our top priorities, and state and local governments provide critical services that protect and serve Maine people.

Education, housing and hospitals are the most important things for society.

One great building does not make a great city.

What is a government supposed to do for its people? To improve the standard of living, to help them get jobs, get kids to schools, and have access to medicine and hospitals. Government may not directly provide these public goods and services, but government must be accountable for whether or not they are delivered to citizens.

Danes pay very high taxes, but in return enjoy a quality of life that many Americans would find hard to believe.

We believe in government involvement that leads to independence: good schools, quality roads and the best health care.

If you are running a city you must focus on day-to-day problems.

If you live in a place that you perceive to be a crowded place, you appreciate government; you see it as this thing that protects you against crime, that keeps order, that makes sure that nobody puts a massage parlor next to your house, that keeps other people's dogs from pooping on the sidewalk.

A community is business, education, and housing. Without those, the community suffers.

We have restored order and established domestic tranquility. We have fed the starving, clothed the naked, and ministered to the sick. We have improved the sanitary condition of the island. We have stimulated industry, introduced public education, taken a full and comprehensive enumeration of the inhabitants

Government is not just about maintaining the status quo. It's about helping people's lives to work.

The people of Michigan deserve leadership in Lansing that will work to continue providing them with services they depend on every day.

Michigan's problems are not partisan problems. Potholes are not political. There is no such thing as Republican or Democratic school kids or drinking water. These challenges affect us all. They make Michigan a harder place to get ahead. A harder place to raise a family. A harder place to run a business.

We'll look after our hospitals. We'll look after our schools. We'll look after our infrastructure.

The government can build physical infrastructure in the form of housing for the poorest of the poor, and availability of energy, toilets and water in every home.

Being in France means that I am surrounded by examples of nationalised services that work.

What makes a successful country is when you invest in the people of the country - whether it's education, health care, job training - and you rebuild a clean America to provide the kind of infrastructure that will be sustainable and let us grow.

The issues that most impact the average person are made at the local level.

I have to build a new environment for the people. I will place them in ecozones and provide them assistance. I will build hospitals there. There will be economic activity.