Local Affairs Quotes
- The public affairs of the union are spread throughout a very extensive region, and are extremely diversified by the local affairs connected with them, and… — James Madison
- Are we going to continue to yield personal liberties and community autonomy to the steady inexplicable centralization all political power or restore the Republic to… — Douglas MacArthur
- There’s no point in acting surprised about it. All the planning charts and demolition orders have been on display at your local planning department in… — Douglas Adams
- After four centuries of Spanish rule, Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States in 1898. Residents were granted U.S. citizenship in 1917, and the… — Pedro Pierluisi
- The powers of government exercised locally derive from a federal law authorizing government by consent in local affairs only, unless those affairs are otherwise governed… — Dick Thornburgh
- The capacity of the commonwealth government created under the local constitution to exercise governmental powers in local affairs is like that of local government in… — Dick Thornburgh