Federal Government Quotes - Page 4

• With respect to our State and federal governments, I do not think their relations correctly understood by foreigners. They generally suppose the former subordinate to the latter. But this is not the case. They are co-ordinate departments of one simple and integral whole.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Thinking, Simple, Government

  Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Caldwell Calhoun (1832). “The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and '99: With Jefferson's Original Draught Thereof. Also, Madison's Report, Calhoun's Address, Resolutions of the Several States in Relation to State Rights. With Other Documents in Support of the Jeffersonian Doctrines of '98”, p.65

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• Dubai must crack down on rampant smuggling, and the U.A.E. federal government has significantly stepped up pressure.

  Elliott Abrams

  Government, Dubai, Cracks

  5 Copy quote

• Perhaps Americans should recognize that if they want to keep their privacy, they should ask the federal government to do only the things that the Constitution allows.

  Dave Kopel

  Government, Want, Privacy

  6 Copy quote

• The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion.

  Preston Manning

  Government, Culture, Roles

  5 Copy quote

• I am not going to use the federal government's authority deliberately to circumvent the natural inclination of people to live in ethnic homogeneous neighborhoods.

  Jimmy Carter

  Government, People, Use

  10 Copy quote

• Cities have to realize that whatever the federal government is going to do, its not going to be enough. And cities that proactively take control of their own quality of life initiatives are going to be the cities that ultimately attract the highly talented young people and create the jobs.

  Mick Cornett

  Jobs, Government, Cities

  4 Copy quote

• Under the constitution, there was never meant to be a federal police force. Even an FBI limited only to investigations was not accepted until this century. Yet today, fueled by the federal government's misdirected war on drugs, radical environmentalism, and the aggressive behavior of the nanny state, we have witnessed the massive buildup of a virtual army of armed regulators prowling the States where they have no legal authority. The sacrifice of individual responsibility and the concept of local government by the majority of American citizens has permitted the army of bureaucrats to thrive.

  Ron Paul

  War, Responsibility, Army

  4 Copy quote

• We start with first principles. The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers.

  William Rehnquist

  Power, Government, Principles

  22 Copy quote

• The first ten amendments were proposed and adopted largely because of fear that Government might unduly interfere with prized individual liberties. The people wanted and demanded a Bill of Rights written into their Constitution. The amendments embodying the Bill of Rights were intended to curb all branches of the Federal Government in the fields touched by the amendments-Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.

  Hugo Black

  Rights, Government, People

  23 Copy quote

• The simple index fund solution has been adopted as a cornerstone of investment strategy for many of the nation's pension plans operated by our giant corporations and state and local governments. Indexing is also the predominant strategy for the largest of them all, the retirement plan for federal government employees, the Federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The plan has been a remarkable success, and now holds some $173 billion of assets for the benefit of our public servants and members of armed services.

  David F. Swensen

  Retirement, Simple, Government

  6 Copy quote

• Our environment is too important to neglect and it's time for the federal government to focus on real solutions and live up to their promises.

  Barack Obama

  Real, Government, Focus

  "Obama ventures into swamp, and enemy political territory, to deliver Earth Day message". www.foxnews.com. April 22, 2015.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The role of the federal government, if any, is to create more school choice.

  Jeb Bush

  School, Government, Choices

  "Jeb Bush survives" by Jonathan Topaz, www.politico.com. February 27, 2015.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think we'll have a bigger conversation first within the Republican Party, then with the American people about what's the proper role of the federal government, i do hope that Common Core will be one more, one more reason for us to have this bigger debate, this bigger conversation about the proper role of the federal government in local education.

  Bobby Jindal

  Education, Party, Thinking

  "Common Core fight a larger battle over the size of government" by Jeremy Diamond, www.cnn.com. February 9, 2015.

  5 Copy quote

  Show source

• They really do feel under attack, rank-and-file officers and much of American police leadership, that they feel they're under attack from the federal government at the highest levels. So that's something we need to understand also, this sense of perception that becomes a reality.

  William Bratton

  Leadership, Reality, Government

  "NYC police commissioner says cops 'feel under attack' from White House, Justice Department". www.foxnews.com. December 28, 2014.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I am thankful for the strong, united response of our university community to the desecration of the James Meredith statue last year, confirming our university values of civility and respect. what it is saying is that the only possible justice for a black in the state of Mississippi is the federal government and if there's anything that we don't need it's that being our only means of expecting justice.

  James Meredith

  Strong, Mean, Government

  37 Copy quote

• I wouldn't want the federal government dictating how I use my cameras, every community has their own issues and their own dynamics.

  Kenneth R. Miller

  Government, Issues, Community

  4 Copy quote

• The federal government said today they've begun training sessions for airport security workers to provide what they call more customer satisfaction to the travels, they want to make it easier for us. They're instructing security guards to glance at your luggage tags so that they can call you by your first name. Isn't that creepy? The guy touching your wife, calling her by her first name.

  Jay Leno

  Names, Airports, Government

  14 Copy quote

• I am designating a new Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers to cut through red tape and ensure that the full resources of our federal government are leveraged to assist the workers, communities, and regions that rely on our auto industry.

  Barack Obama

  Recovery, Cutting, Government

  "Obama Announces GM, Chrysler Restructuring Plan (FULL TEXT)", www.huffingtonpost.com. April 30, 2009.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• I think that local school districts - not the federal government - should make the decision about how they teach science, biology, economics. I want my kids to be taught about evolution; I want my kids to be taught about other theories.

  Bobby Jindal

  Family, Education, School

  "Bobby Jindal: Republican who brought creationism into schools to join election" by Tom Dart, www.theguardian.com. June 24, 2015.

  7 Copy quote

  Show source

• Any bailout of a private company is a bad decision by our federal government. Private companies have the right to succeed, but they also should have the right to fail.

  Matt Salmon

  Should Have, Government, Decision

  4 Copy quote

• Thanks in part to the Patriot Act, the federal government has been able to demand some details of your online activities from service providers - and not to tell you about it.

  Jonathan Zittrain

  Government, Details, Demand

  "Lost in the Cloud". www.nytimes.com. July 19, 2009.

  4 Copy quote

  Show source

• The Constitution simply does not authorize the federal government to own any of this land.

  Andrew Napolitano

  Government, Land, Doe

  "Judge Napolitano Rips "Massive, Stalinistic-Like Use Of Force" In Nevada Ranch Standoff" by Ian Schwartz, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 24, 2014.

  12 Copy quote

  Show source

• The federal government has been a proven failure in picking winners and losers in the energy sector.

  Mike Pompeo

  Government, Energy, Loser

  6 Copy quote

• So if Arizona sees the federal government isn't assuming its responsibilities, it creates local laws. But migration and keeping security on the borders is not a local or state issue, it's a federal issue.

  Vicente Fox

  Responsibility, Government, Law

  56 Copy quote

• The powers of the federal government ... result from the compact to which the states are parties, [and are] limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact.

  James Madison

  Party, Government, Intention

  Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates, J. W. Randolph, James Madison (1850). “The Virginia Report of 1799-1800: Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws; Together with the Virginia Resolutions of December 21, 1798, Including the Debate and Proceedings Thereon in the House of Delegates of Virginia and Other Documents Illustrative of the Report and Resolutions”, p.190

  4 Copy quote

  Show source