Quotes About Government

Should the federal government be giving people cellphones?

We actually do need a federal government, but we need a limited one.

There are things that should be allocated to states' rights - that's Gryffindor - and certain things allocated to the federal government, which is Slytherin.

Water's about everything. And when the federal government controls water, it controls everything - that's the problem.

Even if it's a national issue, the federal government cannot provide all the answers.

A lot of the basic research that helped us figure out fracking came from the federal government.

The federal government is enormous; it never shrinks. And the interest is killing us.

At the federal level, as a member of Congress, you have one vote out of 435, and in the Senate, it's one out of 100. So, the ability to get some stuff done exists as a much larger opportunity at a local level than in the federal government.

There's a total separation between the federal government and the people. So running for president was an attempt on my part to get people to care enough to go vote. But people just don't bother. And that's why it's not working.

Particularly as a supposed 'conservative,' Trump ought to know something about the relationship between the federal government and the states.

If you look at the casualties, the federal government isn't waging a War on Coal. If anything, coal is waging a war on us.

Let's ensure our federal government works on behalf of all of its citizens - not just the ones with connections to people in power.

You don't cover the federal government or policy-making or legislating, or you shouldn't, I should say, because you are looking for a scandal or you're looking for a personality-driven story, or you're looking for stories about people's love lives. That's not really what we do here.

For too long the federal government has interfered in the lives of working Americans with no purpose, and with little benefit.

In my life, I've seen everything, and one thing I know for sure is you can't win in the federal court. You're going against the government of the United States. You don't beat a federal court, a federal judge, and the FBI - there's no way.

Blue staters tend to send liberal politicians to office, who then vote for bigger federal spending - even though a greater share of the money goes to the red states.

We need to reinstate the idea of federalism.

I'm a federalist.

I don't want to work for the government, the president's administration, the State Duma, or the Federation Council.

Everybody knows Milkha deserves more than a Padma Shri, but it is for others, including the federation, to nominate me to the government for higher awards.

When we feed people, we should only feed them healthy food. They go to the government because they don't have any other choices. So it's almost a betrayal when you know someone has no other choice but to eat what you give them, and you're giving them food that feeds their chronic diseases.

I want to feel good about paying taxes.

We don't want anything from the government but that furtive little fellow called the truth - which, by the way, they'll never give you - which you have to go out and find by talking to people.

I'll just tell you, I'm not a big FEMA fan.