It is my belief there is too much concentration of power…

So, the point I'm making is, we are not going to cut spending in Washington if we think it's the job of every congressman…

— Jim DeMint

If dictatorship is the concentration of power, freedom consists in its diffusion.

— Lord Hailsham

Freedom is a rare and delicate plant. Our minds tell us, and history confirms, that the great threat to freedom is the concentration of…

— Milton Friedman

The problem in this world is to avoid concentration of power - we must have a dispersion of power.

— Milton Friedman

This bill, by vesting the power to withhold or terminate Federal funds, creates a concentration of power of economic coercion unequaled in the history…

— Strom Thurmond

Our volunteer fire departments know their needs better than Washington, D.C. They need more flexibility on spending grant money from FEMA and Homeland Security.

— Mike Ross

This emergency spending measure is certainly only the beginning, since we here in Washington will continue to work closely with the president and emergency…

— Jo Bonner

I think Americans are - particularly, independent voters are looking at Washington, and they see too many taxes, too much spending, too much debt,…

— Lamar Alexander

My goal in getting rid of tax loopholes is not to raise taxes. Our problem in Washington, D.C. is not a revenue problem, it…

— Mike Pompeo

Security is a component of everyday life that one spending time in Washington, D.C., gets accustomed to. Metal detectors, police vehicle barriers and heavily-armed…

— Mike Crapo

I think there are too many bosses in Washington telling Nashville Diesel College and Harvard University how to run - how to run their…

— Lamar Alexander

The reason that last-ditch political maneuvering has become business as usual in Washington is that the actors involved are drunk on blame and are…

— Walter Kirn

We have for too long put vast oil and natural gas reserves off limits to exploration and production, as The Washington Post editorial stated…

— Jim Costa

I have always been a big meta guy because I think the way journalism is practiced in Washington, and the way everyone sort of…

— Mark Leibovich

Nobody can tell me that no changes are necessary in Washington.

— William Weld