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Of all the weapons in the Federal Reserve arsenal, words were the the most unpredictable in their consequences.

In the decade before the Civil War various north and south lines of railway were projected and some of these were assisted by grants of land from the Federal Government

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.

The American people and American businesses are looking to the federal government to lead our nation on the path to economic recovery. It is time to stop splitting hairs. It is time to act.

You have safety and soundness as primary purpose of the Federal Reserve, the OCC, and the other agencies which control banking regulation.

If we don't get this economy going, the numbers that represent this stimulus package are going to be small compared to the loss of revenue to the federal government for our economy.

71 percent of the American people think that the federal government should take no more than 20 percent of anybody's paycheck no matter how much they make.

I think we need to make sure that we are putting Social Security on a sustainable path. It's absolutely something that the federal government is going to be involved in, in the future.

The investment banks should either choose to be regulated as banks or should arrange to conduct their affairs to not require the stop-gap support of the Federal Reserve.

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

There are a lot of things that are done in the federal government that are done because Washington did them.

Quebecers have rarely in their history been better represented than they are right now - at the highest levels of the federal government.

There is so much chaos and dysfunction going on with the federal government that Dallas can't wait any longer for federal help.

The federal government has never been known for its sense of humor.

The federal government has failed us, so we, the elected officials of small-town America, are getting tough with illegal immigration.

Ultimately, my proposal isn't intended to increase or decrease the amount of federal spending spent on antipoverty programs.

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.

We had Americans gather together in prayer, before they went to stand before the federal government ... that prayed for peace, that there wouldn't be confrontation.

Ever since the Federal reserve was born, (in 1913) we have been living under a lie.

I am committed to working towards a more transparent, accountable, and ethical federal government worthy of the publics trust.

I introduced the Transparency in Government Act, a multi-faceted transparency bill that would bring unprecedented access and accountability to the federal government.

Since President Obama assumed office three years ago, federal spending has accelerated at a pace without precedent in recent history.

I don't like to have the federal government start pushing its weight deeper and deeper into our schools. Let the states and localities do that.

The federal government should be less important in our lives, not more.

A U.S. dollar is an IOU from the Federal Reserve Bank. It's a promissory note that doesn't actually promise anything. It's not backed by gold or silver.

As a libertarian I believe we should have a federal government simple and circumscribed enough to be run by an average, dull, normal American. With George W. Bush we have half the equation in place.

We should have a very limited federal government.

The federal government is basically an insurance company with an army.

[The US] budget is dominated by the retirement programs, Social Security and Medicare - loosely speaking, the post-cold-war federal government is a big pension fund that also happens to have an army.

Child support should do just that - support children, not the federal government.

I want to bring accountability to the federal government. I want the federal government to respect the states.

Once the government runs out of foreign and private sector bidders for new Treasurys, the Federal Reserve will be the only buyer, and the hyper-inflation cat will be completely out of the bag.

The federal government is the balance wheel of the federal system, and the federal system means using counterweights.

Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.

Arizona seeks only to enforce the nominal immigration policy of the United States. Perhaps the federal government should try it sometime.

It is through states that the American people get the job done every day, often in spite of a deeply flawed bureaucratic federal government.

It's time to believe again in the potential of private enterprise set free from the shackles of over-bearing federal government.

I don't think the federal government or federal candidates should be making decisions on everything and opining on everything.

Bush always has viewed himself as an "activist," which flies in the face of some conservative notions, such as the federal government's role in education.

The Federal Reserve System is nothing more than legalized counterfeit.

The Federal Reserve and Congress have systematically taught the American people to trust the government and that caution in spending is harmful to the economy.

Nothing good can come from the Federal Reserve. It is the biggest taxer of them all. Diluting the value of the dollar by increasing its supply is a vicious, sinister tax on the poor and middle class.

Every dollar the federal government does not take from us, every decision it does not make for us, will make our economy stronger, our lives more abundant, our future more free.

We are going to put an end to the notion that the American taxpayer exists to fund the Federal Government.

There isn't one thing the federal government does that anybody in Big Business would emulate, at least not in the profit sector.

You cannot keep your plan and have Obamacare at the same time. Obamacare, by definition, gets rid of your plan and replaces it with health care run by the federal government.

Resisting overreaching by the federal government is appropriate and, yes, even patriotic.

Unreason is now ascendant in the United States—in our schools, in our courts, and in each branch of the federal government.

Musicians burn through more cash than the Federal Reserve.

Redirect federal spending aimed at fulfilling the terms of the increasingly irrelevant Kyoto Protocol.