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title: "35 Duty Government Quotes by 31 authors"
description: "Browse 35 Duty Government quotes by 31 authors. Discover the best Duty Government sayings and thoughts."
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> [The first duty of government is to protect the powerless from the powerful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-first-duty-of-government-is-to-protect-the-powerless-from-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [The chief duty of government is to keep the peace and stand out of the sunshine of the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-garfield/the-chief-duty-of-government-is-to-keep-the-peace-and-stand-out-of/)

[James A. Garfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-garfield/)

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> [I have long believed that the first duty of government is to protect the safety of our citizens.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barr/i-have-long-believed-that-the-first-duty-of-government-is-to-protect/)

[William Barr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barr/)

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> [The first duty of any government is to protect its citizens, whether the threat is a domestic one or from abroad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amber-rudd/the-first-duty-of-any-government-is-to-protect-its-citizens-whether/)

[Amber Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amber-rudd/)

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> [The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-whole-duty-of-government-is-to-prevent-crime-and-to-preserve/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/charity-is-no-part-of-the-legislative-duty-of-the-government/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-e-gladstone/it-is-the-duty-of-government-to-make-it-difficult-for-people-to-do/)

[William E. Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-e-gladstone/)

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> [It's the duty of any government: where there is disregard of the law, that law and order must be instituted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emmerson-mnangagwa/it-s-the-duty-of-any-government-where-there-is-disregard-of-the-law/)

[Emmerson Mnangagwa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emmerson-mnangagwa/)

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> [Once the principle is admitted that it is the duty of the government to protect the individual against his own foolishness, no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/once-the-principle-is-admitted-that-it-is-the-duty-of-the-government/)

[Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/)

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> [The government of the United States is a definite government, confined to specified objects. It is not like the state governments, whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-government-of-the-united-states-is-a-definite-government-confined/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [We must make it an imperative duty of our government to protect the gifts which Nature has bestowed on America and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-lincoln-rockwell/we-must-make-it-an-imperative-duty-of-our-government-to-protect-the/)

[George Lincoln Rockwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-lincoln-rockwell/)

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> [As to religion, I hold it to be the indispensable duty of all government to protect all conscientious professors thereof, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/as-to-religion-i-hold-it-to-be-the-indispensable-duty-of-all/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theresa-may/national-security-is-the-first-duty-of-government-but-we-are-also/)

[Theresa May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theresa-may/)

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> [The first duty of a government is to maintain law and order so that the life, property, and religious beliefs of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-ali-jinnah/the-first-duty-of-a-government-is-to-maintain-law-and-order-so-that/)

[Muhammad Ali Jinnah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-ali-jinnah/)

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> [The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-jackson/the-duty-of-government-is-to-leave-commerce-to-its-own-capital-and/)

[Andrew Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-jackson/)

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> [No more essential duty of government exists than the protection of the lives of its people. Fail in this, and we fail…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-t-murphy/no-more-essential-duty-of-government-exists-than-the-protection-of/)

[Francis T Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-t-murphy/)

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> [The first duty of government is to ensure its citizens are protected, but ID cards could never have done that. They would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damian-green/the-first-duty-of-government-is-to-ensure-its-citizens-are-protected/)

[Damian Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damian-green/)

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> [ \[I\]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it is the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/i-t-is-impossible-for-those-who-believe-in-the-truth-of-christianity/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

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> [“The duty of the people is to tend to their own affairs. The duty of government is to help them do it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-crichton/the-duty-of-the-people-is-to-tend-to-their-own-affairs-the-duty-of/)

[Robert Crichton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-crichton/)

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> [It is the imperative and indispensable duty of the Government of the United States to secure to every resident inhabitant the free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-buchanan/it-is-the-imperative-and-indispensable-duty-of-the-government-of-the/)

[James Buchanan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-buchanan/)

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> [ I can't possibly put myself in his \[Tony Blair's\] shoes and be inside his head but what I can say is that… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrea-leadsom/i-can-t-possibly-put-myself-in-his-tony-blair-s-shoes-and-be-inside/)

[Andrea Leadsom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrea-leadsom/)

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> [“Increasing numbers of Americans are subscribing to the myth that you can get something for nothing—as long as the government is footing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-taft-benson/increasing-numbers-of-americans-are-subscribing-to-the-myth-that-you/)

[Ezra Taft Benson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-taft-benson/)

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> [If you give the government the right to determine the consumption of the human body, to determine whether one should smoke or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/if-you-give-the-government-the-right-to-determine-the-consumption-of/)

[Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/)

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> [The first duty of a government is to give education to the people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-bolivar/the-first-duty-of-a-government-is-to-give-education-to-the-people/)

[Simon Bolivar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-bolivar/)

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> [The most important duty of government is to keep our people safe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kay-ivey/the-most-important-duty-of-government-is-to-keep-our-people-safe/)

[Kay Ivey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kay-ivey/)

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> [It is the duty of the government to guarantee maximum security, and this is not an easy task.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yitzhak-rabin/it-is-the-duty-of-the-government-to-guarantee-maximum-security-and/)

[Yitzhak Rabin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yitzhak-rabin/)

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> [A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brad-henry/a-fundamental-duty-of-government-is-to-protect-its-people/)

[Brad Henry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brad-henry/)

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> [Improving the quality of life for people of this country is perhaps the most important duty of Government](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-prescott/improving-the-quality-of-life-for-people-of-this-country-is-perhaps/)

[John Prescott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-prescott/)

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> [The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/the-first-duty-of-government-is-to-see-that-people-have-food-fuel-and/)

[John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/)

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> [It is only the novice in political economy who thinks it is the duty of government to make its citizens happy -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walt-whitman/it-is-only-the-novice-in-political-economy-who-thinks-it-is-the-duty/)

[Walt Whitman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walt-whitman/)

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> [Even though the party or ideology of government is important, after the formation of the government it's the duty of the government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/uddhav-thackeray/even-though-the-party-or-ideology-of-government-is-important-after/)

[Uddhav Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/uddhav-thackeray/)

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> [I believe deeply that the first duty of government is providing for the personal security of its citizens. Therefore I would naturally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barr/i-believe-deeply-that-the-first-duty-of-government-is-providing-for/)

[William Barr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barr/)

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> [It is a duty for any government to uphold the rule of law, and this sometimes requires the proportionate use of force.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frans-timmermans/it-is-a-duty-for-any-government-to-uphold-the-rule-of-law-and-this/)

[Frans Timmermans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frans-timmermans/)

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> [The first duty of government is to protect the citizen from assault. Unless it does this, all the civil rights and civil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-viguerie/the-first-duty-of-government-is-to-protect-the-citizen-from-assault/)

[Richard Viguerie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-viguerie/)

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> [The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-trump/the-most-basic-duty-of-government-is-to-defend-the-lives-of-its-own/)

[Donald Trump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-trump/)

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