Federal Quotes

Having federal officials, whether judges, bureaucrats, or congressmen, impose a new definition of marriage on the people is an act of social engineering profoundly hostile to liberty. (Ron Paul)
The president has very little effect on the economy. If you want to put blame or credit, the main person who influences the business cycle is the head of the Federal Reserve Bank. View quote
Robert Fogel
Perhaps you should say there should be mandatory retirement even of members of the court, members of the federal judiciary. I'm sure there can be questions about whether one does as good work when you get into your-you know, I'm 67. View quote
William Rehnquist
We worship an awesome God in the Blue States, and we don't like federal agents poking around our libraries in the Red States. We coach Little League in the Blue States and have gay friends in the Red States. View quote
Barack Obama
But I am sure also that from a political point of view, and from a social point of view the federal link, without infringing the sovereignty of any of the nations which might take part in such as association, could be beneficial. View quote
Aristide Briand
We borrowed money, it helped us with bonds and what not, and the Federal Government backed it, but it was a guarantee, it was not a grant. And we not only paid it off, but we paid it off ahead of time. View quote
David Dinkins
Our Federal Union it must be preserved. View quote
Andrew Jackson
It is imperative to take the initiative, to build firewalls around Alberta, to limit the extent to which an aggressive and hostile federal government can encroach upon legitimate provincial jurisdiction. View quote
Stephen Harper
...they want the federal government controlling Social Security, like it's some kind of federal program. View quote
George W. Bush
Most Americans have no real understanding of the operations of the international moneylenders... the accounts of the Federal Reserve have never been audited. It operates outside the control of Congress and... manipulates the credit of the United States. View quote
Barry Goldwater
The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern. (Ronald Reagan)
Federal legislation is urgently needed to stop this insanity of wild animals in captivity. View quote
Tippi Hedren
Among peoples who are geographically grouped together like the peoples of Europe there must exist a sort of federal link. It is this link which I wish to endeavour to establish. View quote
Aristide Briand
State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for employment and provide them with financial assistance, as needed, until they reach age 21. View quote
Charles Bass
Every year the Federal Government wastes billions of dollars as a result of overpayments of government agencies, misuse of government credit cards, abuse of the Federal entitlement programs, and the mismanagement of the Federal bureaucracy. View quote
Chris Chocola
I believe the public's confidence would be increased if the federal government took over the functions of airport security screening for all passengers. View quote
David Neeleman
However, the sovereignty of the states is constitutionally defined and recognized, while the powers of the local government in Puerto Rico are defined by, and subject to alteration under, federal statutory law. View quote
Dick Thornburgh
We must work to stabilize Social Security. We must not gamble with our nation's social insurance program, one of our most popular and effective federal programs that has remained dependable and stable for the past 70 years. View quote
Grace Napolitano
Farmers in Missouri and across the country must comply with a variety of federal, state, and local regulations as they grow the crops and raise the livestock that we depend on to feed the nation and the world. View quote
Ike Skelton
Too many vital education dollars that should be spent in the classroom are bouncing around in the federal bureaucracy. View quote
Mark Kennedy
Especially today, given the tight fiscal situation that many States and localities face, the use of transportation facilities that pay for themselves without additional Federal funding is essential. (Michael Burgess)
History has shown us that, on extraordinarily rare occasions, it becomes necessary for the federal government to intervene on behalf of individuals whose 14th Amendment rights to legal due process and equal protection may be violated by a state. View quote
Michael K. Simpson
The president has been a true friend of the ag industry, because he continues to invest large amounts of money at a time when savings is really the goal of the federal government to deal with the deficit. View quote
Mike Johanns
Peace and commerce with foreign nations could be more effectually and cheaply cultivated by a common agent; therefore they gave the Federal Government the sole management of our relations with foreign governments. View quote
Robert Toombs
Clinton was a president who used his office, in creative ways, to try to reinvigorate the federal government to benefit the majority. View quote
Sidney Blumenthal