Country Quote by Joe Biden

The major thing of our government is to protect the people.

— John Layfield

It is a dangerous notion that we need a government to protect us from ourselves.

— Ron Paul

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

— Thomas Jefferson

Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.

— Ronald Reagan

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

— Kay Ivey

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

— William Barr

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

— Brad Henry

It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We are able…

— Thomas Jefferson

The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.

— Arlen Specter

No more essential duty of government exists than the protection of the lives of its people. Fail in this, and we fail in everything.

— Francis T Murphy

We strongly feel we have to protect everything.

— Mike Thompson

It is what we prevent, rather than what we do that counts most in Government.

— William Lyon Mackenzie King