The government should act before its people; otherwise it's meaningless.

There are a whole series of things that demonstrate that people want to act and want their government to act.

One of the functions of government is to act as a safeguard not just of property but of our liberties.

The federal standards are simply not good enough. If we can't get the federal government to act, then we have to take action in any way we can.

This is totally inadequate. This should be treated as a national calamity, like an earthquake, and the government should act in the same way.

But we shouldn't act as though the private sector doesn't have its act together and the government does. There are also significant vulnerabilities in government.