When Americans alert the nation to waste, fraud, and abuse by the federal government, they take immense personal, professional, and emotional risks. — Nancy Mace Copy Share Image
It has been observed, [that for the federal government] to coerce the States is one of the maddest projects that was ever… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
You begin to wonder as we make deals with the Taliban and we leave Afghanistan, if the federal government is not telling… — Will Cain Copy Share Image
Bush always has viewed himself as an "activist," which flies in the face of some conservative notions, such as the federal government's… — Robert Draper Copy Share Image
America is now a socialist economy. The definition of a socialist economy is when 50% or more of your economy is dependent… — Christine O'Donnell Copy Share Image
The federal government must retreat from its hyperactive involvement in areas traditionally under states' authority and refuse future temptations to regulate and… — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
Imagine the uproar if the Federal government tried to make everyone wear a radio transmitter around their neck so we can keep… — Lee Child Copy Share Image
In the distance, I see a frightful storm brewing in the form of un-tethered government debt. I choose the words -“frightful storm'… — Richard W. Fisher Copy Share Image
“When America began, government cost every citizen $20 (in [2003] money) per year. Taxes rose during wars, but for most of the… — John Stossel Copy Share Image
In normal times, at the beginning of each month, the federal government makes a cash advance to the Social Security Trust Fund… — Jerome Powell Copy Share Image
I made a promise to Michael Brown's parents that I would do everything to bring all of the resources of the federal… — William Lacy Clay, Jr Copy Share Image
I believe that the federal government should respect the freedoms that Canadians enjoy to have different beliefs and that by imposing personal… — Andrew Scheer Copy Share Image
The federal government now spends one of every four dollars in the entire economy. It borrows one of every three dollars it… — Mitch Daniels Copy Share Image
“We celebrate together, and that makes sense. And we don’t just gather, we eat. This wasn’t always so. The federal government first… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
“We the people are the United States of America. Not the military, not Washington, DC, not the president, not the Congress. They… — Mike Foster Copy Share Image
“The trial wasn’t the finest hour of American justice as the treatment of the prisoners seemed medieval in its barbarism. Almost all… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
Strictly enforce the scale of "fixed responsibility." The first and foremost level of responsibility is with the individual himself; the second level… — W. Cleon Skousen Copy Share Image
Millions of Americans would still despair in the eight long years of the Depression that lay ahead and many of their individual… — Jonathan Alter Copy Share Image
If the federal government is truly serious about doing something with the AIDS virus, we need to take steps that would isolate… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
One of the prime backers of land bill was a Republican Congressman, a Paul Gosar. And when he was challenged by an… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
There isn't a single government agency that can't function. There's more money in this federal government, there's more money allocated than these… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“I love the Constitution, but it placed ridiculously small limits on the power of the federal government. Taken literally, our total powers… — Erne Lewis Copy Share Image
“As long as it didn't cost white anything American officials were absolutely determined to see justice done for the black Indian. The… — Jonathan D. Greenberg Copy Share Image
Texas has done a very good job of securing their borders with the help of the federal government. California has done a… — Jan Brewer Copy Share Image
Basically, Trump's significant first moves have been twofold. To marginalize the media, and to start dismantling the federal government. — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
The taxing power of the Federal Government, my dear; the taxing power is sufficient for everything you want and need. — Harlan F. Stone Copy Share Image
Wringing your hands about states' rights, forget it. They're gone. Basically, the federal government can do whatever it wants. Who's going to… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
It can take decades for the federal government to fund major construction projects like a new VA facility, and veterans' care suffers… — Ronny Jackson Copy Share Image
If the federal government can mandate what we have to spend our own money on, then the federal government can make us… — Luther Strange Copy Share Image
In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted… — John Moody Copy Share Image
We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
My colleagues on the other side of the aisle forget that while the Federal Government plays a role in securing elections, our… — George Santos Copy Share Image
It is proper that the federal government help alleviate short-term disruptions and price spikes such as those brought about by Hurricane Katrina. — Mel Martinez Copy Share Image
Conservatives believe that from the standpoint of the federal government, life begins at conception and ends at birth. — Barney Frank Copy Share Image
Governor Kempthorne of Idaho, our chairman of the National Governors Association, is doing a great job bringing all of the nation's governors… — James Douglas Copy Share Image
When the federal government settles a case, the settlement dollars should go to the victims or the Treasury - period. — Tommy Tuberville Copy Share Image
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, although they're not officially debt of the federal government, they are off-balance-sheet debt. — John Thune Copy Share Image
Income taxes are responsible for the transformation of the Federal government from one of limited powers into a vast leviathan whose tentacles… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The federal government can't remodel every firehouse and buy every new policeradio in the name of Homeland Security. — Bob Inglis Copy Share Image
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