Federal Quotes - page 4

We know of no more crucial civil rights issue facing Congress today than the need to increase the federal minimum wage and extend its coverage. (Martin Luther King Jr.)
Among the popular and representative systems of government I do not approve of the federal system: it is too perfect; and it requires virtues and political talents much superior to our own. View quote
Simón Bolívar
The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights. View quote
Pierre Trudeau
The Federal Budget can and should be made an instrument of prosperity and stability, not a deterrent to recovery. View quote
John F. Kennedy
A tax cut means higher family income and higher business profits and a balanced federal budget.... As the national income grows, the federal government will ultimately end up with more revenues. Prosperity is the real way to balance our budget. By lowering tax rates, by increasing jobs and income, we can expand tax revenues and finally bring our budget into balance. View quote
John F. Kennedy
Our universities should produce good criticism; they do not-or, at best, they do so only as federal prisons produce counterfeit money: a few hardened prisoners are more or less surreptitiously continuing their real vocations. View quote
Randall Jarrell
There are twenty-seven specific complaints against the British Crown set forth in the Declaration of Independence. To modern ears they still sound reasonable, in large part, because so many of them can be leveled against the federal government of the United States. View quote
P. J. O'Rourke
The Federal Department of Odds and Ends: sweepus underum carpetae. View quote
Shaun Tan
We live in a period in which political disagreements are routinely handed over to the courts. Whenever you think that the president is wrong, you might well cry out that he has violated the Constitution - and ask federal judges to rule accordingly. View quote
Cass Sunstein
The federal government has been a proven failure in picking winners and losers in the energy sector. View quote
Mike Pompeo
I believe the way I describe the problems in Chicago is that it's a metropolitan area. I've said that everywhere. The uneducated child is not just my problem, it's the state's problem. It's also the federal government's problem. (Richard M. Daley)
Why should a city be mandated to do something by the federal government or state government without the money to do it? View quote
Richard M. Daley
Well, the problem of the federal government is that they print money and go in debt. That's their national policy, Democrats and Republicans it doesn't matter. And this is where I differ. View quote
Richard M. Daley
[Voters] "sent me to Washington to vote no against excessive Federal spending, against forced busing of little schoolchildren, and to vote no against the forces who have driven God out of the classroom. View quote
Jesse Helms
In a prime-time address, President Bush said he backed limited federal funding for stem cell research. That's right, the President said, this is a quote, the research could help cure brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and whatever it is I have. View quote
Conan O'Brien
Every American born today owes $43,000 to the federal government the day she or he is born. And we are transferring a tremendous amount of debt to the new generation, much of it owed to overseas creditors who expect to be repaid by our children with interest. View quote
Mark Kirk
Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline. View quote
Mark Kirk
I often quote Ronald Reagan, who is pretty close to my favorite President ever, I will have to say that, but one of my favorite remarks he ever made was that when you look at Federal programs, there is nothing so close to eternal life on Earth as a Federal Government program. View quote
Marsha Blackburn
In his 4 years in the White House, President Carter worked to make the Federal Government more competent and compassionate and more responsive to the American people. View quote
Nathan Deal
The Constitution does not protect the sovereignty of States for the benefit of the States or state governments as abstract political entities, or even for the benefit of the public officials governing the States. To the contrary, the Constitution divides authority between federal and state governments for the protection of individuals. View quote
Sandra Day O'Connor
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)
I find it difficult to believe that God would want us to strip the courts of their powers to interpret the laws of this land, albeit with the divergent opinions. I shudder that my colleagues do not understand the dynamics of the Federal judiciary. View quote
Alcee Hastings
The Middle East is literally going up in flames, as is California, and Katrina's problems haven't been solved, and Congress' response is to criticize Federal judges. View quote
Alcee Hastings
And I always like to stress, it's not a quota, not a set-aside, it's not about race, it's about giving opportunities to demonstrate their abilities to do work with the Federal Government. View quote
Alphonso Jackson
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. View quote
Alphonso Jackson