Appropriate Money Quotes
- The true test is, whether the object be of a local character, and local use; or, whether it be of general benefit to the states.… — Joseph Story
- When we appropriate money from the public funds to pay for vaccinating a horde of negroes, we do not do it because we have any… — H. L. Mencken
- Congress passes bills that appropriate money. Congress says, 'We're building this bridge or funding that defense project, and they cost this much.' — Jay Carney
- Thomas Jefferson explained, Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated. .. If Congress can determine what… — Bill Drayton
- Congress is always willing to appropriate money for more and bigger paved roads, anywhere -- particularly if they form loops. — Edward Abbey