Because Republicans believe that the federal government is limited in its function-some have concluded that Republicans are somehow inherently insensitive to minority… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Not all research is going to be turned into some new innovation, but there are some things that can be and that… — Dan Lipinski Copy Share Image
Soon we will be addicted to the federal government, and we will not want to support our local police force. I have… — Paul Orfalea Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks you can pay $3,100 to the federal government and thinks you can get that money back completely in services… — Louie Gohmert Copy Share Image
Where the federal government and the taxpayer has had funds misused, we need to use the full extent of the law to… — Sylvia Mathews Burwell Copy Share Image
I ran for president in order to be able to try to change Washington D.C. from the inside. Our federal government is… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
I believe the federal government has the capacity to help open up opportunity and create ladders of opportunity. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We must move from revenue-neutral to revenue-reducing tax reform, because the federal government spends far too much money. — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
“In the Hawaiian context, the focus of some of these nationalists has been misdirected at tribal nations rather than at the federal… — J. Kēhaulani Kauanui Copy Share Image
When you talk about raising that debt limit, the only way that I would ever support raising the debt limit if we… — Allen West Copy Share Image
The Federal Government is rendered weak to do wrong, and powerful to do right: for, as soon as it begins to go… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
Some people don't mind a little constitutional sophistry in a good cause; and for liberals, centralizing all power in the federal government… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
I think we'll have a bigger conversation first within the Republican Party, then with the American people about what's the proper role… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
Racism is not first and foremost a skin problem. It is a sin problem. See, when you believe that racism is a… — Tony Evans Copy Share Image
Under the United States Constitution, the federal government has no authority to hold states "accountable" for their education performance...In the free society… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
In the creation of the federal government, the states exercised the highest act of sovereignty, and they may, if they please, repeat… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
We need a federal government commission to study the way our financial services system is working - I believe it is working… — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
When the federal government announces indictments, weather it's a terrorism indictment or something else, it's almost like it's taken like gospel. My… — Ethan Brown Copy Share Image
“Why the conservatives, who controlled all three branches of the federal government, were still so enraged--at respectful skeptics of the Iraq War,… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“After 1970, however, many American institutions—corporations, unions, universities, others—were required to set aside what in effect were quotas, a process that engaged… — James T. Patterson Copy Share Image
“Ideally, leaders of the Five Tribes would exercise their sovereignty and be the governments that recognize groups that claim to be their… — Mark Edwin Miller Copy Share Image
Many, if not most, of the difficulties we experience in dealing with government agencies arise from the agencies being part of a… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
“Commerce is considered by classical economists to be a positive-sum game. The act of selling and buying always benefits both the seller… — Ziad K. Abdelnour Copy Share Image
In explaining the Constitution, James Madison, the acknowledged father of the Constitution, wrote in Federalist Paper 45: 'The powers delegated by the… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The Federal government does not have any information about extraterrestrial life to conceal, and there are no secret projects for me to… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
If the federal government believes free contraception is vital, then surely it can find another way to implement it than by forcing… — Luther Strange Copy Share Image
NASA's charter is to give Americans the means to get into the wild, black yonder, beyond even the grasp of the federal… — Homer Hickam Copy Share Image
What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and… — Robert Scheer Copy Share Image
I don't believe the federal government should be involved in the creation of standards directly or indirectly, the creation of curriculum or… — Jeb Bush Copy Share Image
The powers of the federal government ... result from the compact to which the states are parties, [and are] limited by the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The future of healthcare security should include flexibility from the federal government to allow us to serve the state's most vulnerable citizens. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
While the political debate over abortion will continue for a very long time, the federal government can and should be doing more… — Tim Ryan Copy Share Image
Every governor knows better how to manage and provide for quality health care in their respective states than does one-size-fits-all at the… — Kay Ivey Copy Share Image
Oklahoma City bombing was done on purpose. Did you know the Federal Government blew up their own building to blame it on… — Kent Hovind Copy Share Image
The Federal Government is exploiting public fear to redefine the relationship between the rulers and the American people. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
I am not going to use the federal government's authority deliberately to circumvent the natural inclination of people to live in ethnic… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Let the corporations do as they please -- pillage the environment, falsify their advertising, rig the securities markets -- and it is… — Lewis H. Lapham Copy Share Image
Although it was created with the best of intentions, the federal government's Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program has become one of the… — Bob Beauprez Copy Share Image
I believe the private sector and small businesses drive our economy, and that means the federal government should work to ensure the… — Ann Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
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