Federal government Quote by Scott Pruitt

I think that decisions should rest in the hands of the states. I'm a federalist.

— John McCain

We want a state wise in its contemplation - just in its actions - and moderate in the reach of government into our lives.

— Sonny Perdue

The federal government should be less important in our lives, not more.

— Neal Boortz

The less government we have the better.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

— Calvin Coolidge

From cutting back on state contracts to reducing the number of state cars, We're making state government smaller, smarter, more efficient, and more accountable.

— Jim Doyle

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

— Thomas Jefferson

We should have a very limited federal government.

— Paul Broun

We won't accomplish our goals by creating a new federal bureaucracy or by bribing states with their own taxpayers' money.

— Betsy DeVos

The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy over the National Government, and will for ever preclude…

— Alexander Hamilton

The idea of the state is, or should be, a very limited, prescribed idea. The state looks after the defense of the realm, and…

— Tom Stoppard

We have to allow people in the states to make their own decisions, to get government agencies out of the way and let local…

— Pete Sessions