"The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens." ― Arlen Specter Topic(s): Government Tags: fundamental, government, purpose More From Arlen Specter "The best way to reduce the cost of medical care is to reduce the illness." "Big money is ruining the political system." "It’s inspirational to see someone who is dying smile." More In Government "No government can help the destinies of people who insist in putting sectional and class consciousness ahead of general weal."― Franklin D. Roosevelt "All that a good government aims at… is to add no unnecessary and artificial aid to the force of its own unavoidable consequences, and to abstain from fortifying and accumulating social inequality as a means of increasing political inequalities."― James F. Cooper "You never know what’s going to happen. My mother was an English teacher. If someone had told her that I was going to write a book, she would never have believed that. So you can never say never."― Tony Dungy