Quotes about Public Safety

In the little town where I live in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, we now have a 'Public Safety Complex' around the corner from what used to be our hokey Andy Griffith-esque fire station. Votes: 5

I have left my balls to Robespierre and my legs to Couthon. That should help the Committee of Public Safety for a while. Votes: 4

Within minutes of the attack, your Department of Public Safety mobilized its Operations Center, headed by a national expert on weapons of mass destruction. Votes: 4

Cravats grow higher, as if they mean to protect the throat. The highest cravats in public life will be worn by Citizen Antoine Saint-Just, of the National Convention and the Committee of Public Safety. In the dark and harrowing days of '94, an obscene feminine inversion will appear: a thin crimson ribbon, worn round a bare white neck. Votes: 4

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety. Votes: 3

The 21st Century has begun as an era of uncertainty, with a heightened focus on security and public safety. Votes: 3

In my home State of Minnesota, I have seen firsthand the importance of Byrne grants to local police in reducing crime and drugs and improving public safety. Votes: 3

With four of the top ten most violent cities in America, Michigan will never fully flourish unless our governments can fulfill their basic task: protecting public safety. Votes: 3

By working to ensure we live in a society that prioritizes public safety, education, and innovation, entrepreneurship can thrive and create a better world for all of us to live in. Votes: 3

Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an effect on local economies, schools, health care delivery, and public safety all across the country. Votes: 3

As state and federal lawmakers debate the country's energy policies and Colorado's role in the ever-expanding energy economy, let's hope they remember that unnecessary regulations stifle growth while doing nothing for public safety or health. Votes: 3

The arts can play a vital role in revitalizing neighborhoods, using and improving vacant space, bringing new jobs and new sense of opportunity, and improving public safety by generating more foot traffic and more eyes on the street. Votes: 3

Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened. They need all the help that they can get. Votes: 3

Well, you know, I think in conversations with members of the Senate and others, they all recognize that the issue of immigration is important. It's important to our nation, it's important to our public safety, it's important to our security, it's important to our economic well-being moving forward. And it's not something that's going to go away. Votes: 3

Increasing public safety almost always means restricting liberties. Votes: 2

There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time. Votes: 2

We should not be scrimping on investments in public safety. The lack of infrastructure spending is costing us lives in America. It's costing every commuter. Votes: 2

Human beings will generally exercise power when they can get it, and they will exercise it most undoubtedly in popular governments under pretense of public safety. Votes: 2

When I was perceived as a black man I became a threat to public safety. When I was dressed as myself, it was my safety that was threatened. Votes: 2

No outward doors of a man's house can in general be broken open to execute any civil process; though in criminal cases the public safety supersedes the private. Votes: 2

One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report. [Lat., Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Non ponebat enim rumores ante salutem.] Votes: 2

Policy is largely set by economic elites and organized groups representing business interests with little concern for public attitudes or public safety, as long as the public remains passive and obedient. Votes: 2

[The] penalty of death was abolished in the Roman empire, a law of mercy most delightful to the humane theorist, but of which the practice, in a large and vicious community, is seldom consistent with the public safety. Votes: 2

The urgent consideration of the public safety may undoubtedly authorize the violation of every positive law. How far that or any other consideration may operate to dissolve the natural obligations of humanity and justice, is a doctrine of which I still desire to remain ignorant. Votes: 2

The ruling class doesn't care about public safety. Having made it very difficult for States and localities to police themselves, having left ordinary citizens with no choice but to protect themselves as best they can, they now try to take our guns away. In fact they blame us and our guns for crime. This is so wrong that it cannot be an honest mistake. Votes: 2

Public trust is essential to public safety. Votes: 1

What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology. Votes: 1

I feel like I've got feet firmly in different camps. Between the right of gun ownership and public safety. Votes: 1

Governors of both political parties face a stark choice between unpopular tax increases and drastic cuts in Medicaid, education, public safety and other essential services. Votes: 1

The idea that public safety, the safety of the innocent, is an absolute which trumps every other consideration, is tacitly abandoned in the way we live. Votes: 1

I'll continue to work to ensure that safety and I am honored to have earned the endorsement of the men and women who provide public safety in our city. Votes: 1

While different states and cities might look to different strategies for protecting public safety, we all can agree on this: we lose too many American lives to gun violence. Votes: 1

The true legacy of 9-11 cannot be found among political leaders of the day, but in the citizen soldiers and public safety personnel who answered that day with courage and selflessness. Votes: 1

Besides taking jobs from American workers, illegal immigration creates huge economic burdens on our health care system, our education system, our criminal justice system, our environment, our infrastructure and our public safety. Votes: 1

Understand, our police officers put their lives on the line for us every single day. They've got a tough job to do to maintain public safety and hold accountable those who break the law. Votes: 1

In Philadelphia, our public safety, poverty reduction, health and economic development all start with education. We can't grow the middle class if we don't give our kids the tools they need to innovate and invent. Votes: 1

Let's talk about policing and public safety. Let's debate what works and what does not. We must abandon practices that do not work, and do more of the things that actually do work to save lives. Votes: 1

2008 was to the American economy what 9/11 was to national security. Yet while 9/11 prompted the U.S. government to tear up half the Constitution in the name of public safety, after 2008, authorities went in the other direction. Votes: 1

Whenever we have had a need for a national security or public safety issue, Congress has always followed the recommendations of the White House, regardless of who is in control, giving them the resources to keep America safe and to enforce our laws. Votes: 1

Unite for the public safety, if you would remain an independent nation. Votes: 0

Well the first order of government is to preserve the public order and safety. Votes: 0

There is no justification for taking away individuals' freedom in the guise of public safety. Votes: 0

I have no faith in the USA corporate government systems of protection of public health and safety. Votes: 0

We are not for disarming people. When you have an epidemic it's a public health issue, a safety issue. Votes: 0

I'm active in PAX, which is a gun awareness organization. We treat gun safety as a public health issue. Votes: 0

I feel like Ive got feet firmly in different camps. Between the right of gun ownership and public safety. Votes: 0

REVOLUTION, n. A bursting of the boilers which usually takes place when the safety valve of public discussion is closed. Votes: 0

As politicians we have to make very difficult decisions and one...is when freedom of speech actually insults public safety. Votes: 0

And then the conditions of safety - or lack of safety - for teachers in public schools, and the disparity between public schools and private schools is shameful. Votes: 0

Religion is of general and public concern, and on its support depend, in great measure, the peace and good order of government, the safety and happiness of the people. Votes: 0

If the public safety be provided, liberty and propriety secured, justice administered, virtue encouraged, vice suppressed, and the true interest of the nation advanced, the ends of government are accomplished . . . Votes: 0

We have discovered with our new information systems that we can make all the appropriate checks and ensure public safety is not dented in any way in a much shorter time frame. Votes: 0

The right of the police of Boston to affiliate has always been questioned, never granted, is now prohibited.... There is no rightto strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, any time. Votes: 0

My goal in signing these [gun control ] bills is to enhance public safety by tightening our existing laws in a responsible and focused manner, while protecting the rights of law-abiding gun owners. Votes: 0