Federal Government Quotes - Page 4

• With respect to our State and federal governments, I do not think their relations correctly understood by foreigners. They generally suppose the former subordinate to the latter. But this is not the case. They are co-ordinate departments of one simple and integral whole.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Thinking, Simple, Government

  Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Caldwell Calhoun (1832). “The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and '99: With Jefferson's Original Draught Thereof. Also, Madison's Report, Calhoun's Address, Resolutions of the Several States in Relation to State Rights. With Other Documents in Support of the Jeffersonian Doctrines of '98”, p.65

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• Dubai must crack down on rampant smuggling, and the U.A.E. federal government has significantly stepped up pressure.

  Elliott Abrams

  Government, Dubai, Cracks

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• Perhaps Americans should recognize that if they want to keep their privacy, they should ask the federal government to do only the things that the Constitution allows.

  Dave Kopel

  Government, Want, Privacy

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

  Preston Manning

  Government, Culture, Roles

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• I am not going to use the federal government's authority deliberately to circumvent the natural inclination of people to live in ethnic homogeneous neighborhoods.

  Jimmy Carter

  Government, People, Use

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• Cities have to realize that whatever the federal government is going to do, its not going to be enough. And cities that proactively take control of their own quality of life initiatives are going to be the cities that ultimately attract the highly talented young people and create the jobs.

  Mick Cornett

  Jobs, Government, Cities

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• Según la Constitución, nunca debió existir una policía federal. Incluso un FBI limitado sólo a investigaciones no fue aceptado hasta este siglo. Sin embargo, hoy en día, alimentados por la mal dirigida guerra del gobierno federal contra las drogas, el ecologismo radical y el comportamiento agresivo del Estado niñera, hemos sido testigos de la acumulación masiva de un ejército virtual de reguladores armados que merodean por los Estados donde no tienen autoridad legal. El sacrificio de la responsabilidad individual y del concepto de gobierno local por parte de la mayoría de los ciudadanos estadounidenses ha permitido que el ejército de burócratas prospere.

  Ron Paul

  Guerra, Responsabilidad, Ejército

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• We start with first principles. The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers.

  William Rehnquist

  Power, Government, Principles

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• The first ten amendments were proposed and adopted largely because of fear that Government might unduly interfere with prized individual liberties. The people wanted and demanded a Bill of Rights written into their Constitution. The amendments embodying the Bill of Rights were intended to curb all branches of the Federal Government in the fields touched by the amendments-Legislative, Executive, and Judicial.

  Hugo Negro

  Derechos, Gobierno, Personas

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• The simple index fund solution has been adopted as a cornerstone of investment strategy for many of the nation's pension plans operated by our giant corporations and state and local governments. Indexing is also the predominant strategy for the largest of them all, the retirement plan for federal government employees, the Federal Thrift Savings Plan (TSP). The plan has been a remarkable success, and now holds some $173 billion of assets for the benefit of our public servants and members of armed services.

  David F. Swensen

  Jubilación, Simple, Gobierno

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• Our environment is too important to neglect and it's time for the federal government to focus on real solutions and live up to their promises.

  Barack Obama

  Real, Government, Focus

  "Obama ventures into swamp, and enemy political territory, to deliver Earth Day message". www.foxnews.com. April 22, 2015.

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• El papel del gobierno federal, si es que tiene alguno, es crear más opciones escolares.

  Jeb Bush

  Escuela, Gobierno, Opciones

  "Jeb Bush sobrevive", por Jonathan Topaz, www.politico.com. 27 de febrero de 2015.

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• I think we'll have a bigger conversation first within the Republican Party, then with the American people about what's the proper role of the federal government, i do hope that Common Core will be one more, one more reason for us to have this bigger debate, this bigger conversation about the proper role of the federal government in local education.

  Bobby Jindal

  Education, Party, Thinking

  "Common Core fight a larger battle over the size of government" by Jeremy Diamond, www.cnn.com. February 9, 2015.

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• They really do feel under attack, rank-and-file officers and much of American police leadership, that they feel they're under attack from the federal government at the highest levels. So that's something we need to understand also, this sense of perception that becomes a reality.

  William Bratton

  Leadership, Reality, Government

  "NYC police commissioner says cops 'feel under attack' from White House, Justice Department". www.foxnews.com. December 28, 2014.

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• I am thankful for the strong, united response of our university community to the desecration of the James Meredith statue last year, confirming our university values of civility and respect. what it is saying is that the only possible justice for a black in the state of Mississippi is the federal government and if there's anything that we don't need it's that being our only means of expecting justice.

  James Meredith

  Strong, Mean, Government

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• I wouldn't want the federal government dictating how I use my cameras, every community has their own issues and their own dynamics.

  Kenneth R. Miller

  Gobierno, Asuntos, Comunidad

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• El gobierno federal ha declarado hoy que ha iniciado sesiones de formación para los trabajadores de seguridad de los aeropuertos con el fin de proporcionar lo que denominan más satisfacción al cliente en los viajes, quieren ponérnoslo más fácil. Están dando instrucciones a los guardias de seguridad para que echen un vistazo a las etiquetas de tu equipaje y así poder llamarte por tu nombre de pila. ¿No es espeluznante? El tipo que toca a tu mujer, llamándola por su nombre de pila.

  Jay Leno

  Nombres, Aeropuertos, Gobierno

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• I am designating a new Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers to cut through red tape and ensure that the full resources of our federal government are leveraged to assist the workers, communities, and regions that rely on our auto industry.

  Barack Obama

  Recovery, Cutting, Government

  "Obama Announces GM, Chrysler Restructuring Plan (FULL TEXT)", www.huffingtonpost.com. April 30, 2009.

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• I think that local school districts - not the federal government - should make the decision about how they teach science, biology, economics. I want my kids to be taught about evolution; I want my kids to be taught about other theories.

  Bobby Jindal

  Familia, Educación, Escuela

  "Bobby Jindal: Republican who brought creationism into schools to join election" by Tom Dart, www.theguardian.com. June 24, 2015.

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• Any bailout of a private company is a bad decision by our federal government. Private companies have the right to succeed, but they also should have the right to fail.

  Matt Salmon

  Should Have, Government, Decision

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• Thanks in part to the Patriot Act, the federal government has been able to demand some details of your online activities from service providers - and not to tell you about it.

  Jonathan Zittrain

  Government, Details, Demand

  "Lost in the Cloud". www.nytimes.com. July 19, 2009.

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• The Constitution simply does not authorize the federal government to own any of this land.

  Andrew Napolitano

  Government, Land, Doe

  "Judge Napolitano Rips "Massive, Stalinistic-Like Use Of Force" In Nevada Ranch Standoff" by Ian Schwartz, www.realclearpolitics.com. April 24, 2014.

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• The federal government has been a proven failure in picking winners and losers in the energy sector.

  Mike Pompeo

  Government, Energy, Loser

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• So if Arizona sees the federal government isn't assuming its responsibilities, it creates local laws. But migration and keeping security on the borders is not a local or state issue, it's a federal issue.

  Vicente Fox

  Responsibility, Government, Law

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• Los poderes del gobierno federal ... resultan del pacto en el que los estados son partes, [y están] limitados por el sentido claro y la intención del instrumento que constituye ese pacto.

  James Madison

  Party, Government, Intention

  Virginia. General Assembly. House of Delegates, J. W. Randolph, James Madison (1850). “The Virginia Report of 1799-1800: Touching the Alien and Sedition Laws; Together with the Virginia Resolutions of December 21, 1798, Including the Debate and Proceedings Thereon in the House of Delegates of Virginia and Other Documents Illustrative of the Report and Resolutions”, p.190

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