Avoided Quote by Thabo Mbeki

Quite frankly, the federal government needs - as it needs to on so many levels - to be a better partner to provinces and…

— Justin Trudeau

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

— Calvin Coolidge

That's what mayors do. They lobby Congress to provide resources for their city

— Maxine Waters

Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it?

— Richard M. Daley

Lots of things are not possible for municipalities, suburbs, or collections of them now. They are not possible and they would become possible, because…

— Jane Jacobs

What we should be doing is opening up this process much more, having a vote of the Legislature, the City Council, the state Legislature…

— Anthony D Weiner

We are looking at how you change the relationship between central and local government and how to use public resources to the best effect…

— Hilary Benn

My government has been playing catch-ups building the schools, hospitals, roads and transport links our state needs to deal with our growing population after…

— Gladys Berejiklian

How much should the state be involved in regulating the growth in communities when you already have a county doing it, or a city…

— Rick Scott

The bottom line is that we have entered an age when local communities need to invest in themselves. Federal and state dollars are becoming…

— Mick Cornett

As a country, Americans have to find a way to keep our cities solvent. If large numbers of cities no longer have the necessary…

— Sasha Abramsky

I hope that we increasingly shift power to local governments.

— Zephyr Teachout