The first responsibility of the state is to guarantee the safety of the people.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.
My first responsibility is to keep America safe.
State and local law enforcement are the primary protectors of the health, safety, and welfare of the people in the individual states.
The first duty of a government is to maintain law and order so that the life, property, and religious beliefs of its subjects are fully protected by the State.
Every State has the primary duty to protect its own population from grave and sustained violations of human rights, as well as from the consequences of humanitarian crises, whether natural or man-made.
Well the first order of government is to preserve the public order and safety.
A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion.
Self-preservation is the first responsibility.