Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Local and state governments have outrun the federal government. The EPA has served notice that it will enact a rule requiring CO2… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
My concerns through the years increased about the concerns of an independent judiciary and how we maintain it. Certainly in the states.… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
We're going to restructure the state government into a government that's responsive to the needs of New York state taxpayers. — Carl Paladino Copy Share Image
In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an obsolete 1970s model. We have… — Matt Blunt Copy Share Image
State governments seek local remedies for the globally fabricated deprivations and miseries in vain - just as the individuals-by-the-decree-of-fate (read: by the… — Zygmunt Bauman Copy Share Image
The United States government has always been proud of the welcome it has extended to good men of every nation, seeking freedom… — John Muir Copy Share Image
I know what the counterterrorism feels like because I was there. But I also operated within limits. And within the United States… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Enough of these little kitty cats we keep sending to Washington. David Dewhurst will compromise every day in the U.S. Senate... It's… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
But as the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing is [to] restore a sense of idealism and end the cynicism in state government. Bring to… — Rod Blagojevich Copy Share Image
The biggest threat to the American people today lies with the United States government. ... [T]he long-term solution is to dismantle, not… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
The civil Government, though bereft of every thing like an associated hierarchy, possesses the requisite stability, and performs its functions with complete… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In America, we have anti-nepotism laws in the federal government and in lots of state governments, because the practice of hiring relatives… — Kathleen Clark Copy Share Image
The insurance companies aren't covering that. Should Monsanto be liable for these losses? Should the state government? Who's going to cover the… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
I think that the press has a duty and an obligation to report on local government, state government, federal government - to… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
If the means to which the government of the union may resort for executing the power confided to it, are unlimited, it… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
And under the existing circumstances, I understand there are situations where people indeed need care and need services, but I believe in… — Jan Brewer Copy Share Image
The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy over the National Government, and will for… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
State government has too often been used to look out for the insiders and not the citizens. This has insulated poverty from… — Ernie Fletcher Copy Share Image
The idea that the United States government would have to figure out what to do about the headscarf is simply ludicrous. We… — Diana L. Eck Copy Share Image
The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
Some people think the Federal Reserve Banks are United States Government Institutions. They are private credit monopolies which prey upon the people… — Louis Thomas McFadden Copy Share Image
If I were afraid of polls, I never would've been elected in two landslide elections, leading a highest percentage in our state's… — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
I do not wish to quarrel with any man or nation. I do not wish to split hairs, to make fine distinctions,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image