Administration Quote by Samuel Adams

The men who administer public affairs must first of all see that everyone holds onto what is his, and that private men are never…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“The public revenues are a portion that each subject gives of his property, in order to secure or enjoy the remainder.”

— Montesquieu

If one is to use public funds he must accept a responsibility to the public.

— Thomas Francis Jr

If the government is injecting public money, it should also take the right to oversee board appointments, executive pay, and future business operations.

— John McDonnell

Every man holds his property subject to the general right of the community to regulate its use to whatever degree the public welfare may…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“Necessary policemen, firemen, street cleaners, health officers, judges, legislators and executives perform productive services as important as those of anyone in private industry. They…

— Henry Hazlitt

When the private does well, there's revenue for the public sector.

— Jim Talent

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to…

— Aristotle

No man should be in public office who can't make more money in private life.

— Anonymous

In the end, the public has the right to know about any undertakings top public officials engage in that may influence how they conduct…

— Mike Quigley

Private property is a necessary institution, at least in a fallen world; men work more and dispute less when goods are private than when…

— R. H. Tawney

A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a judge who…

— Lord Acton