I understand that government should live within its means, value the money it holds in trust from you the taxpayer, avoid waste and, above all else, observe the first maxim of good government: namely, do no avoidable harm.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The essence of good government is trust.
A good government implies two things; first, fidelity to the objects of the government; secondly, a knowledge of the means, by which those objects can be best attained.
A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.
There are always ways to make government better, always ways to make sure that the taxes of people are better spent.
The whole purpose of maintaining your power in government is to make sure that you stay in government. You stay in government by finding out who is liable to be against you. To do that, you try and put your finger into every single pie that is available to you.
Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves are its only safe depositories.
A government is for the benefit of all the people.
If we are to attract private investment, if we are to be able to make the legislature feel the moneys from taxpayers are being used properly, we must be ever vigilant of the duty to efficiently use all funds we receive.
The government is best which makes itself unnecessary.
The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.