#fede

The taxpayer - that's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#civil #civil service #examination #federal #federal government

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

#been #creator #environmental #federal #federal government

Any Southern nationalist movement, especially one that wraps itself in the Confederate flag, is going to be viewed with suspicion, given the historical record. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#confederate #especially #flag #given #going

I can see why many Southerners, black ones in particular, don't like the implication that Southernness and the Confederate heritage are one and the same, because they're not. On the other hand, there are people who want to extirpate that completely and want folks to spit on the graves of their ancestors. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#because #black #completely #confederate #folks

Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the Confederate past. It's something that's open to both races, a variety of ethnic groups and people who move here. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#been #both #brainwashed #confederate #ethnic

It is important that Congress works to promote home ownership in Indian Country. These federal housing funds and programs will help young Native American families to stay on tribal lands in order to live, work and raise a family. ↗

— Rick Renzi

#american families #congress #country #families #family

The antitrust litigation currently in the federal courts in the U.S. against Monsanto will be the test case in the life sciences, just as the Microsoft case was the test case in the information sciences. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#antitrust #case #courts #currently #federal

The 10 largest antitrust law firms in the United States have gone into the federal courts charging Monsanto with creating a global conspiracy in violation of the antitrust laws, to control the global market in seeds. ↗

— Jeremy Rifkin

#charging #conspiracy #control #courts #creating

Rich people who own mansions on the beach shouldn't get federal subsidies. If you want to stay there, take the risk. ↗

— Geraldo Rivera

#federal #get #mansions #own #people

Mr. President, it may surprise my colleagues, but I am no fan of federal disaster programs for agriculture. They are difficult to pass and often a disaster to implement. ↗

— Pat Roberts

#am #colleagues #difficult #disaster #fan