272 Federal Government Quotes for You to Enjoy

If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand. Milton Friedman

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The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the state governments, in times of peace and security. James Madison

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Democrats believe that the federal government is not our enemy, it's our partner. George McGovern

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Racism is not first and foremost a skin problem. It is a sin problem. See, when you believe that racism is a skin problem, you can take three hundred years of slavery, court decisions, marches, and the federal government involvement and still not get it fixed right. Tony Evans

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Do you know who the real hypocrite is? It's the federal government and the Justice Department. It's a fraud; it's a lie. They have no interest in the education of black children. They are only interested in the politics of it. James Meredith

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The tenth amendment said the federal government is supposed to only have powers that were explicitly given in the Constitution. I think the federal government's gone way beyond that. The Constitution never said that you could have a Federal Reserve that would have $2.8 trillion in assets. We've gotten out of control. David Malpass

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Poverty is a national issue and needs a federal response. After all, U.S. federal government policies helped produce massive income inequality by lopsided breaks for the super wealthy. Donna Brazile

Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government. Harold Washington

The federal government gets a lot press, and that's what the media talks about, but your state and local governments, in many ways, have more impact on your life than the federal government does. Kane

The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion. Preston Manning

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When the federal government invests in education, it should support quality education and career readiness rather than institutions that make empty promises. Sherrod Brown

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We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens. Ted Cruz

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The Obama administration came into Utah and said, 'We're not going to listen to what the U.S. Supreme Court said. 'We, the federal government, are going to recognize marriages in the state of Utah and Utah state law explicitly does not recognize as marriage,' and that was really, in my view, an abuse of power. Ted Cruz

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One of the specific powers and responsibilities of the federal government is to secure the borders. Property can be taken with due process of law and just compensation. Ted Cruz

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Because Republicans believe that the federal government is limited in its function-some have concluded that Republicans are somehow inherently insensitive to minority rights. Nothing could be further from the truth. Rand Paul

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I will continue to advocate for a strong federal government role to establish the production, storage and distribution networks needed to support a hydrogen economy. Albert Wynn

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As a fiscal conservative, I believe one of the most important roles the federal government can play in assuring that our economy remains strong is to keep our fiscal house in order. Allen Boyd

But I do know this: that the two and a half years that I've been at HUD, I am absolutely convinced that some of the best workers in the world are in Federal Government. Alphonso Jackson

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The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should make every effort to make sure this disease, often referred to as 'progress', doesn't spread. Andy Rooney

I believe the private sector and small businesses drive our economy, and that means the federal government should work to ensure the private sector is as robust as possible. Ann Kirkpatrick

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We're losing jobs in our manufacturing base, and those families that are going to be out of work over the holidays, that is a very sad thing. That is more governmental dependency. That is a reduced tax revenue for the state and for the federal government. Anthony Scaramucci

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To suggest that immigration is the exclusive domain of the federal government, disallowing partnerships with local law enforcement, defies the will of Congress, not to mention reality. Numerous local jurisdictions have laws on the books dealing with immigration in a variety of ways. Asa Hutchinson

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These are the same people who believe, in some cases, the federal government should not play any role in providing health care to our people or protecting the environment. Bernie Sanders

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