...there is no more effective public interest watchdog in…

If the watchdog doesn't bark, how do you know there's a burglar in the basement? And the press is supposed to be a watchdog.

— Bill Moyers

Effective public-private partnerships will help drive the development of new products to meet the particular health needs of the poor and other vulnerable populations.

— Tedros Adhanom

An effective public-health response requires that those leading the response pivot when new information comes out and change course when unexpected circumstance arise.

— Leana S. Wen

Effective public policy to address human trafficking cannot only address offender accountability and increase prosecution, but must also address root causes of the issue…

— Sara Gideon

Quiet diplomacy is far more effective than public posturing.

— Atal Bihari Vajpayee

We are in a situation with the huge stimulus package that's going to be spent all across this nation and a big financial crisis…

— Walter Isaacson

Whether people care enough about local news to pay for it is, sadly, an entirely different question than whether our democracy requires a strong…

— Eric Alterman

What I feel is that we need an independent consumer watchdog. You have regular people who have problems with big financial companies. How do…

— Richard Cordray

Concerning politics: "The American media is like a watchdog who has developed an affection for the burglar."

— Ron Dart

The attorney general should be a watchdog for the rule of law, not a lapdog for the president - simple as that.

— Bob Casey, Jr

The press is a watchdog. Not an attack dog. Not a lapdog. A watchdog. Now, a watchdog can't be right all the time. He…

— Dan Rather

“The Press, my child,” Bight said, “is the watchdog of civilisation, and the watchdog happens to be – it can’t be helped – in…

— Henry James

We don't have a watchdog in fashion, we don't have HR to go to, so it is important to get that word out to…

— Bethann Hardison

With the 'Watchdog Army' we're putting viewers at the heart of the programme.

— Steph McGovern

When there is an old maid in the house, a watchdog is unnecessary.

— Honore de Balzac