Federal Government Quotes - Page 21

• Strictly enforce the scale of "fixed responsibility." The first and foremost level of responsibility is with the individual himself; the second level is the family; then the church; next the community, finally the county, and, in a disaster or emergency, the state. Under no circumstances is the federal government to become involved in public welfare. The Founders felt it would corrupt the government and also the poor. No Constitutional authority exists for the federal government to participate in charity or welfare.

  W. Cleon Skousen

  Responsibility, Government, Community

  W. Cleon Skousen “The Making of America”, Verity Publishing

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• Communicating with the federal government is like talking to a computer that's crashing.

  Steve Kluger

  Government, Talking, Computer

  Steve Kluger (2009). “My Most Excellent Year: A Novel of Love, Mary Poppins, and Fenway Park”, p.130, Penguin

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• Revealingly, the central function of the Constitution as law--the supreme law--was to impose limitations not on the behavior of ordinary citizens but on the federal government. The government, and those who ran it, were not placed outside the law, but expressly targeted by it. Indeed, the Bill of Rights is little more than a description of the lines that the most powerful political officials are barred from crossing, even if they have the power to do so and even when the majority of citizens might wish them to do so.

  Glenn Greenwald

  Powerful, Law, Rights

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• ‎"I feel certain that Conservatism is through unless Conservatives can demonstrate and communicate the difference between being concerned with [the unemployed, the sick without medical care, human welfare, etc.] and believing that the federal government is the proper agent for their solution.

  Barry Goldwater

  Believe, Government, Differences

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• Hispanic unemployment is higher than the national average and when the federal government is killing small businesses and killing jobs it is hurting the future of the Hispanic community and we need to carry that message.

  Ted Cruz

  Hurt, Jobs, Government

  "Ted Cruz: 'When Was The Last Time You Saw A Hispanic Panhandler?'". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.realclearpolitics.com. August 6, 2012.

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• The federal government now spends one of every four dollars in the entire economy. It borrows one of every three dollars it spends. No nation, no entity, large or small, public or private, can thrive, or survive intact, with debts as huge as ours.

  Mitch Daniels

  Government, Dollars, Three

  "Transcript: Daniels gives GOP response to State of the Union". edition.cnn.com. January 25, 2012.

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• Our morbidly obese federal government needs not just behavior modification but bariatric surgery.

  Mitch Daniels

  Government, Needs, Behavior

  Keynote Speech to the Conservative Political Action Committee, delivered 11 February 2011, Ronald Reagan Centennial Dinner, Washington, D.C.

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• One of the specific powers and responsibilities of the federal government is to secure the borders. Property can be taken with due process of law and just compensation.

  Ted Cruz

  Taken, Responsibility, Government

  "Ted Cruz Puts Dewhurst on Defensive in Last Debate Before Texas Runoff" by Roque Planas, www.foxnews.com. July 18, 2012.

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• In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants of land from the Federal Government

  John Moody

  War, Land, Government

  John Moody (1921). “The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States”

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• Every year the Federal Government wastes billions of dollars as a result of overpayments of government agencies, misuse of government credit cards, abuse of the Federal entitlement programs, and the mismanagement of the Federal bureaucracy.

  Chris Chocola

  Agency, Government, Years

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• I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is broken.

  Herman Cain

  Order, Government, Broken

  "Exclusive: Herman Cain's First Interview Since Suspending Campaign". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. December 08, 2011.

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• The [Liberal] federal government's trouble is that they have a wishbone where they should have a backbone.

  Tommy Douglas

  Government, Should Have, Political

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• It's the federal government's job to secure the border.

  Carly Fiorina

  Jobs, Government, Borders

  "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. June 13, 2010.

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• I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from Social Security, ending the insane war on drugs, restoring gun rights, and reducing the federal government to just its constitutional functions.

  Harry Browne

  War, Gun, Rights

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• It is the policy of the federal government to use all resources at its disposal to make our financial system stronger.

  Henry Paulson

  Government, Stronger, Use

  "King Henry Might Finally Use His Powers For Good" by Jay Yarow, www.businessinsider.com. October 9, 2008.

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• Although it was created with the best of intentions, the federal government's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program has become one of the worst and most costly boondoggles ever foisted on the American public.

  Bob Beauprez

  Government, Fuel, Intention

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• The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people.

  James Bovard

  Government, Usa, People

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• I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government.

  Joe Arpaio

  Responsibility, Government, Surrender

  "Justice Department cuts off civil rights talks with Sheriff Joe, vows lawsuit". www.foxnews.com. April 4, 2012.

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• The oil companies are regulated by the federal government. They can't drill on land nor in American waters without permission from the feds. Many Republicans want to drill baby drill but what's the point if all the oil goes to China? Increased production obviously doesn't mean lower prices for us.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Baby, Mean, Oil

  "Bill O'Reilly Is Misinforming Americans About Oil Supplies" by Robert Rapier, www.businessinsider.com. March 1, 2012.

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• So you know, I think that the federal government, the Democrats, and President Obama are selling a lot of hope and change, but no delivery of any of those promises.

  Jan Brewer

  Thinking, Government, Promise

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• Big-government proponents embrace both the power of the federal government and the idea that millions of Americans ought to be dependent on its largesse. It's time to return to our Founders' love for small government. More is not always better.

  Gary Bauer

  Government, Ideas, Return

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• Texas has done a very good job of securing their borders with the help of the federal government. California has done a good job.

  Jan Brewer

  Jobs, Government, Texas

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. February 26, 2012.

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• Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.

  Carly Fiorina

  Government, Priorities, Needs

  "Carly Fiorina on 'Your World'". "Your World" with Neil Cavuto, www.foxnews.com. June 21, 2010.

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• I think you may see again a rise at the federal government level for a - a call for the federal constitutional amendment, because people want to make sure that this definition of marriage remains secure, because after all, the family is the fundamental unit of government.

  Michele Bachmann

  Thinking, Government, People

  "Rep. Michele Bachmann Talks Earmarks, Obamacare and Gay Marriage; Sen. Kyl on Debt Talks". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. June 26, 2011.

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• It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.

  Rick Perry

  Jobs, Government, People

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