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Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.

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.

Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.

A fundamental duty of government is to protect its people.

The first responsibility of the state is to guarantee the safety of the people.

The first duty of government is to see that people have food, fuel, and clothes. The second, that they have means of moral and intellectual education.

The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead.

Power tends to protect itself merely to maintain its own status and control. Principle gives up power for the sake of creating the best public policy.

It is the government's fundamental duty to ensure the security of every individual citizen.

Governments in countries across the world have a duty to do everything possible to keep the public safe from terrorist attacks.