Abroad Quote by Amber Rudd

The first duty of government is to protect the powerless from the powerful.

— Anonymous

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

— Brad Henry

I have long believed that the first duty of government is to protect the safety of our citizens.

— William Barr

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

— Ronald Reagan

The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a…

— Donald Trump

“The first duty of the sovereign [is] that of protecting the society from the violence and invasion of other independent societies, [which] can be…

— Adam Smith

The first duty of government is to protect the citizen from assault. Unless it does this, all the civil rights and civil liberties in…

— Richard Viguerie

The most important duty of government is to keep our people safe.

— Kay Ivey

The first duty of a government is to maintain law and order so that the life, property, and religious beliefs of its subjects are…

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

It is the government's fundamental duty to ensure the security of every individual citizen.

— Charles Kennedy

The first responsibility of any just government is to defend the defenseless.

— Mike Johnson

Well, first let's say that the fundamental responsibility of any government is national security - in the preamble to the Constitution, provide for the…

— Angus King