Quotes about Local Government

A Local Government Stationery Store is something to behold. It's like walking through the back of a cupboard into a really dull Narnia. Votes: 6

We believed that growth through Local Government, and perhaps through some special machinery for bringing the wishes and influence of women of all classes to bear on Parliament, other than the Parliamentary vote, was the real line of progress. Votes: 6

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too. Votes: 4

Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it. Votes: 4

As more and more women, men and young people raise their voices and become active in local government, and more local leaders take action for the safety of women and girls, change happens. Votes: 4

In some of the middle colonies the towns and counties were both active and had a relation with each other which was the forerunner of the present system of local government in the Western States. Votes: 4

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. Votes: 3

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system. Votes: 2

As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions. Votes: 2

I know people don't like America very much, but the one thing it's very good on is local government. Votes: 2

A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence. Votes: 2

Congress seems to thrive on breaking promises and passing unfunded mandates down to local government. It's really just a matter of priorities. Votes: 2

We have been getting ready to recycle more e-waste by investing in infrastructure, providing grants to local government and working with industry. Votes: 2

There's much more we can be doing in Parliament, we could be giving more power back to people at local government level, through local referendums. Votes: 2

We have this idea of bureaucracy in local government, and it's generally things that we're frustrated at. It doesn't work the way we like it to work. Votes: 2

In 2003, I introduced and passed The Tornado Shelters Act, which allows local governments to use Community Development Block Grant funds to construct storm shelters in manufactured housing communities. Votes: 2

From the earliest colonial days [in America], local governments took responsibility for their poor. However, able-bodied men and women generally were not supported by the taxpayers unless they worked. Votes: 2

The poor don't live in functional market economies as the rest of us do, but in political economies where corruption and broken systems extend from local government to moneylenders. Votes: 2

Local government in England is simply too big. Our lowest tier serves an average population of 118,500, while in the U.S. and across continental Europe the figures are more like several thousand. Votes: 2

There are 10,000 local governments in the state of New York. Ten thousand! Town, village, lighting district, water district, sewer district, a special district to count the other districts in case you missed a district. Votes: 2

Every family in America knows they have to do a budget. Every small business in America knows they have to do a budget. Every local government, every state, knows they have to do a budget. Votes: 2

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. Votes: 2

The majority of Taiwan people cannot accept Taiwan becoming a second Hong Kong, nor can we accept Taiwan becoming a local government of the People's Republic of China or a Special Administrative Region of China. Votes: 2

I think that the press has a duty and an obligation to report on local government, state government, federal government - to be aggressive, to do its job. And its job is to report on whatever it's covering. Votes: 2

The capacity of the commonwealth government created under the local constitution to exercise governmental powers in local affairs is like that of local government in the states of the union in regard to non-federal affairs at the local level. Votes: 2

At the local government level, policies must be championed to increase the number of instructional hours in our schools as well as make the process of admission easier in order to enroll and keep a higher number of students in class. Votes: 2

While I believe our Constitution allows for State and local governments to execute the power of eminent domain for those purposes that specifically serve the public good, condemning property solely to implement economic development plans is not serving the public good. Votes: 2

I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. There's where we have to go in local government, in not only the philosophy but the creativity in people around you. They have to go to the edge. Votes: 2

We are reorganizing how we work with state and local governments to make sure that we are not prioritizing families [for deportation], and you are gonna see, I think, a substantial change even as the case works its way through the courts. Votes: 2

From the late 1940s, into and through the '50s, there developed a complex interaction between federal government, state and local government, real-estate interests, commercial interests and court decisions, which had the effect of undermining the mass transit system across the country. Votes: 2

Some land surveyors delve into land development advocacy, working with local government on behalf of clients in order to facilitate progress on a project. Others stick to strictly surveying. The approach depends on the individual firm and the needs of the local area. Votes: 2

The U.S. government uses cash accounting. That is illegal for any enterprise of any size in America except for the U.S. government. Every for-profit business, every not-for-profit business, every state and local government has to use real accounting except for Uncle Sam. Votes: 2

People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I was the first woman in history on the Senate Finance Committee - not to mention the diplomatic international experience. Votes: 2

Building sustainable cities - and a sustainable future - will need open dialogue among all branches of national, regional and local government. And it will need the engagement of all stakeholders - including the private sector and civil society, and especially the poor and marginalized. Votes: 2

I think it true that, you know, sometimes things start to change even before a government changes and, actually, I think you can begin to see even the Labour machine beginning to understand that it has become over-reliant on targets and processes, that local governments have been over-bossed and bullied. Votes: 2

At one end of the spectrum are the terrorist gangs within our borders, and the terrorist states which finance and arm them. At the other are the hard left operating inside our system, conspiring to use union power and the apparatus of local government to break, defy and subvert the law. Votes: 2

The seemingly omnipresent storm clouds hanging over the Constitution often make it hard to find a silver lining. Every day, the front page of The Drudge Report is littered with stories of government assaults on our civil liberties - from local government officials all the way up to the Oval Office. Votes: 2

The user of land should not be allowed to acquire rights of indefinite duration for single payments. For efficiency, for adequate revenue and for justice, every user of land should be required to make an annual payment to the local government equal to the current rental value of the land that he or she prevents others from using. Votes: 2

Government is best which is closest to the people. Yet that belief is betrayed by those State and local officials who engage in denying the right of citizens to vote. Their actions serve only to assure that their State governments and local governments shall be remote from the people, least representative of the people's will and least responsive to the people's wishes. Votes: 2

It is a travesty, in my mind, for the state and local governments on the one hand to expect the Federal government to reimburse them for costs attributable to illegal immigrants, when on the other hand the State and local governments prohibit their own law enforcement and other officials from cooperating with the Immigration and Naturalization Service to locate or apprehend or expel illegal aliens. Votes: 2

Local self-government"¦is the life-blood of liberty. Votes: 0

The government bugged the men's room in the local disco lounge. Votes: 0

Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system Votes: 0

Almost all government starts at a very local level at some point. Votes: 0

What we need is not more Federal government, but better local government. Votes: 0

There is no central government database that allows officials to monitor water tests by local systems. Votes: 0

It actually turns out to be much harder to really understand government across state local and federal. Votes: 0

No matter how much you like your local school teacher, he or she is a government agent. Votes: 0

We need to find a way of having a conversation across the parties on how you fund local government. Votes: 0

I am not about to let the people who so mismanaged the state budget now try to manage local government. Votes: 0

Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly. Votes: 0

A true libertarian supports free enterprise, opposes big business; supports local self-government, opposes the nation-state; supports the National Rifle Association, opposes the Pentagon. Votes: 0

During the election in 1989, there was the first Soviet election with alternative candidates to local government. I myself arranged special training for them. Votes: 0

[J]ust because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right... Votes: 0

[M]ore Americans work for federal, state or local government than work in any form of manufacturing. We crossed that Rubicon about 10 years ago. Votes: 0

We have our differences since the beginning of America. It's a legitimate difference. What is the role of government, et cetera, federal, state, local? Votes: 0

We are very grateful for what the Ontario provincial government is doing, and for cooperation from provincial and local police forces all across Canada. Votes: 0

The history of African-American repression in this country rose from government-sanctioned racism. Jim Crow laws were a product of bigoted state and local governments. Votes: 0

For the ANC to cry 'sabotage' the night before crucial local government elections shows just how desperate they are to disguise their incompetence and mismanagement. Votes: 0

All of us, the government, parliament, local authorities and the society must demonstrate determination and readiness to use knowledge and capabilities... toward full European integration. Votes: 0

They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government. Votes: 0

We believe that government in Britain should improve the quality of people's lives and improve the quality of our public services in every local community. Votes: 0

In Memory of BPP Comrades Fred Hampton & Mark Clark, both assassinated by the US Government via the state and local government of Chicago, Illinois, December 4, 1969. Votes: 0

Many in local government will ask why should only a few areas have the freedoms and benefits of Enterprise Zone status while the majority lose out? Votes: 0

We in Government have begun to recognize the critical work which must be done at all levels-local, State and Federal-in ending the pollution of our waters. Votes: 0

We do need the federal government to share information with us. We need local governments to increase supply. We need affordable places for people to live. Votes: 0

I actually think that working in the federal government, or state or local, is one of the most significant things that a technical person can do. Votes: 0

When justices seize authority from the other branches of the federal government, as well as state and local governments, under the rubric of judicial review, that's tyranny. Votes: 0

When your government, employer, landlord, merchant, banker and local sports team gang up to picture, digitize and permanently record your every activity, you are placed under unprecedented control. Votes: 0

But I think it's up to a local congregation to determine whether or not a marriage should be blessed of God. And it shouldn't be up to the government. Votes: 0

Gordon Ramsay grew up in a tourist town, Stratford-Upon-Avon, but in a part tourists don't visit - a council estate: a concrete bunker subsidized by the local government, synonymous with deprivation and blight. Votes: 0

It's time to start bringing the congregations down to City Hall and to ask the mayors, the city councils and the school boards, "What's the plan? What's the local government going to do for us?" Votes: 0

I think very highly of Expo and all is going well. We've seen big problems with [corruption] scandals [at local government level], but it is going forward, with the highest number of participants ever expected. Votes: 0