Government Levels Quotes

I happen to be one who believes very strongly that state and local governments have their proper roles.

At the federal level, as a member of Congress, you have one vote out of 435, and in the Senate, it's one out of 100. So, the ability to get some stuff done exists as a much larger opportunity at a local level than in the federal government.

The cooperation of government at its different levels is important and can only be achieved as long as the people of Chicago are directly involved in our efforts and supportive of our goals.

Society and government at all levels - the state level, the local level and, of course, the federal level - really needs to redouble its efforts if we're really going to make a difference in combating autism.

So, all levels of government should be working on tax relief. That's important.

You have the biggest impact on controlling, on affecting local lives as mayor. It's so much more important than being a state legislator.

In fact, the most important reforms are those needed, without new laws, at various levels of Government, in work practices and procedures.

It’s more difficult to get people on board at the Federal level than it is locally.

It's one thing to change regulations on the city level, another on the state, and still another on the federal. The higher the levels are, the more difficult change gets.

The vicious cycle that is bringing down European states is not going to hit us [the USA], at least not for a while, at the level of the federal government. The same cannot be said of state and local governments.