Affair Quote by John Bolton

As we face alarming conflicts and unrest around the world, a fully resourced and staffed State Department is critical to American security, our strength…

— Andy Kim

I'm not saying that you need a State Department that looks like the litigation department of a major law firm. But you need people…

— John Bolton

We need nearly every department, with the exception of police, fire and rescue, to look at what they can cut. Maybe there are some…

— Don Williams

Mere administration can no longer be enough. Throughout the world, let us be permanently in a state of mission.

— Pope Francis

You will find that [the] State [Department] is the kind of organisation which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly too.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

We need a government that is what we are at our best. Smart, efficient, pragmatic and compassionate.

— Deval Patrick

We need a new government that works.

— Kellyanne Conway

The State Department desperately needs to be vigorously harnessed. It has too big a role to play in the formulation of foreign policy, and…

— Evan G. Galbraith

We need a Federal government that does what the government needs to do and stops doing what the government ought not to be doing.

— Grover Norquist

Let me be clear: I'm a believer in a robust military, which is essential for backing up diplomacy. But the implication is that we…

— Nicholas D. Kristof

I don't want a lot of bureaucracy... I want to run state government the same way we run a campaign - efficient, effective and…

— Charlie Crist

I want to bring accountability to the federal government. I want the federal government to respect the states.

— Paul Ryan