Officials Quotes

If the law is upheld only by government officials, then all law is at an end.

Marriage equality is the law of the land. Officials should be held to their duty to uphold the law - end of story.

I as an elected official would never recommend anybody to boycott any city or state.

I have never met with or had any conversation with any Russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election in the United States.

Winston County was a pocket of Republicans. Even in the depression days, when Democrats dominated Alabama, Winston County remained a Republican county and all the elected officials were Republican.

WikiLeaks is exposing our government officials for the frauds that they are. They also show us how governments work together to lie to their citizens when they are waging war.

Democrats have chosen not to defend the Marine Corps, but to pander to anti-war protesters and Berkeley officials that are actively trying to impede military recruitment.

Thoughtful criticism and close scrutiny of all government officials by the press and the public are an important part of our democratic society.

Officials at the London Olympics will be conducting 5,000 tests for steroids. Or as Lance Armstrong calls that, 'a Monday.'

One of the little-celebrated powers of Presidents (and other high government officials) is to listen to their critics with just enough sympathy to ensure their silence.

Never try to be witty with U.S. airport officials. It's always lost on them and you'll find yourself being put back on the plane.

It ought to be done by the elected officials themselves because they have the credibility. And it's not like we aren't willing to help.

One of the most lethal mistakes a public official can make is raising taxes and not paying your own.

5,000 years of human history should not be overthrown by the acts of a few liberal judges or by the acts of a few local elected officials.

A 'living constitution' is a dead constitution, because it does not do the one and only thing a written constitution is supposed to do: provide parameters around the power of officials.

I don't like this official/unofficial distinction. It sound, er, officious.

Our people still need support. Support us through writing your government officials. We are still on the verge of extinction, with continued injustices brought against us.

When we demand liberty of a person as a constitutional right, we are taking away from the officials their liberty to chop off people's heads.

The federal government has failed us, so we, the elected officials of small-town America, are getting tough with illegal immigration.

If you must kill English officials, why not kill me instead?

Republican voters are coalescing behind [Donald] Trump, but many Republican elected officials still say they can't support him.

All banks should be under government control. Deposits guaranteed, dividends reduced, officials turned into state servants taking their orders from Washington.

It's fun to play defense. It's fun to watch the opponent sweat on offense, start complaining to the officials, and eventually be taken out of the game because he's making so many offensive mistakes

In all countries, most of the time, official spokesman and official liar are the same thing!

The public wants elected officials who have character. The public wants elected officials who are willing to stand up and say things, even if they don't agree with them.

I knew President Yeltsin well. He would never have tolerated government officials demonstratively showing off the millions they acquired through corruption, the way it's done today.

Many Communist government officials have a rigid, dictatorial power, but they live in constant suspicion and fear of anything that might undermine the power they have.

For decades, the journalistic norm had been that the private lives of public officials remained private unless that life impinged on public performance.

The elected officials should be working for the voters who elected them. Money corrupts the process. Why would you be giving a candidate money unless you expect something in return?

The story of U.S. policy during the genocide in Rwanda is not a story of willful complicity with evil. U.S. officials did not sit around and conspire to allow genocide to happen.

The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions.

I've said we need to look at things from the perspective of working people and taxpayers, not from the perspective of government and government officials.

Official history is believing the murderers at their word.

Talk to the assistant press secretary, the deputy to key administration officials.

We hunt and fish or we'll go nuts dealing with the criminal behavior of our elected officials.

And your dinner for the orchestra officials." "Haven't you ever had people coming over and no time to shop? You have to make do with what's in the fridge, Clarice. May I call you Clarice?

In Washington, officials from the National Rifle Association met with a group of high school students. There were no survivors.

The official strategy is defensive pessimism, always.

The official bio is the wrongest thing you've ever seen in your entire life.

You don't have to be an elected official to be a public servant.

Behind the facade of elected government are a bunch of corporate controlled gangsters running the country.

I wonder how long it takes for these people we elect to forget who they work for?