About Quote by Pete Sessions

Our issue is local control, local government by local elected people.

— John Wall

States know better than the federal government how to allocate and manage resources to address the needs of their people.

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government.

— Calvin Coolidge

In a federal structure such as ours, state governments are imperative for the smooth functioning of our overall polity. They can't just be wished…

— Pinarayi Vijayan

Everything we do in public policy prevents us from doing something else. To govern is to choose.

— Richard Lamm

States have the responsibility to create rules and conditions for growth and development, and to channel the benefits to all citizens by providing education…

— Anna Lindh

First, we need to focus government on the things that are required of the State. Second, we need to achieve competence in government so…

— Narendra Modi

We must create a state that responds to the citizens' needs, and we need citizens who feel committed to their state because that state…

— Carlos Mesa

For too long, infrastructure needs in this state have been ignored, but by partnering with state, local and federal officials, we can make a…

— John Bel Edwards

We're not the States of America; we're the United States of America. If states don't get what they need, we're not going to have…

— Anna Eshoo

I believe the states can best govern our home concerns and the federal government our foreign ones.

— Thomas Jefferson

State-building can not be imposed. Its foundation must be a shared understanding between those who govern, and those who give their consent to be…

— Hilary Benn