Authority Quote by George Haddow

“The gargantuan, ever-growing, ever-less-accountable, impossible-to-uproot federal bureaucracy is actually the sleeper issue of our time. It’s at the heart of the conservative critique of…

— Jim Geraghty

“On the whole, it is difficult to think of another government agency that has failed more consistently on more of its key missions than…

— James Rickards

The federal government is way larger than it should be.

— Ron Johnson

I felt that the Fed had always been the agency that picked up the pieces when there was a financial crisis, and it was…

— Janet Yellen

I've always been fond of the saying that when it comes to oversight and reform, the federal government does two things well: nothing and…

— Darrell Issa

The federal government is a machine designed to increase its control over the lives of average Americans. It is constantly probing here, pushing there,…

— Ed Crane

Literally minutes before the Senate cast its vote, the administration sought to add the words 'in the United States and' after 'appropriate force' in…

— Tom Daschle

The ultimate authority resides in the people, and that if the federal government got too powerful and overstepped its authority, then the people would…

— James Madison

If the Fed is omniscient, why didn't they pull back on the excess money supply that inflated the massive housing bubble that popped so…

— Stephen Moore

“It’s a strange thing. This is only thirty-five years ago—Roosevelt, Wallace. We have a new generation in business today. Successful. It’s surprising how quickly…

— Studs Terkel

I think when you've been exposed to the Creator of the universe, then the federal government doesn't seem very powerful.

— Steve Largent

“I worked for one of those who pushed back against the majority. He was the lone member of the FOMC who voted against the…

— Danielle DiMartino Booth