“When an American government takes on characteristics that elevate the state above the individual, it must be vigorously opposed as a form of, or step toward, tyranny.”
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“When an American government takes on characteristics that elevate the state above the individual, it must be vigorously opposed as a form of, or step toward, tyranny.”
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“Since my election as Oklahoma attorney general in 2010, I have been a proud member of a group of federalism-minded state attorneys general who have methodically, indeed relentlessly, worked...”
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“There simply is no greater threat to individual liberty and the viability of our great nation than the threat that comes from the continued consolidation of power in Washington, a consolidat...”
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“Few things are as sacred and as fundamental to Oklahomans as the constitutional rights of free speech and the free exercise of religion.”
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“EPA's role is even broader than water infrastructure and cleaning up contaminated land - the agency also has a key role in allowing projects to move forward by reviewing environmental impact...”
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“As we do our work in D.C., we should do our work in collaboration and in partnership, in cohesion with states so that we can work on environmental issues from Superfund to air quality to wat...”
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“What is true environmentalism? I think it's environmental stewardship - not prohibition.”
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“The Constitution forbids states from banning all religion from public spaces and from making churches the ghettos of religion where all manifestations of faith are kept separate from public...”
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“Federalism is not one state dictating to the rest of the country what should occur in the area of CAFE.”
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“I've led a grand jury.”
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“The greatest threat we've had to economic growth has been that those in industry don't know what is expected of them. Rules come that are outside of statutes. Rules get changed midway. It cr...”
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“I think the most grievous threat that we have today is this imperialistic judiciary, this judicial monarchy that has it wrong on what the First Amendment's about and has an objective to crea...”
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“The federal government should not be able to hide behind sovereign immunity when the facts don't meet the protections.”
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“There are very important questions around the climate issue that folks really don't get to. And that's one of the reasons why I've talked about having an honest, open, transparent debate abo...”
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“For someone to say that someone's a skeptic or a climate denier about the climate changing, that's just nonsensical. We see that throughout history. We impact the climate by our activity. Ho...”
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“As Oklahomans, we believe in bold entrepreneurship and good stewardship.”
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“As Oklahoma attorney general, it is not my job to formulate or implement Oklahoma's plan, but it is my job to preserve Oklahoma's right to do so - particularly when the Clean Air Act so clea...”
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“Oklahomans care about the environment and the state in which we live.”
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“There are issues the EPA should be dealing with. When I talk about the EPA and its role with the states, it's not an abolitionist view, that we don't need that agency. It's that the agency s...”
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“Ozone is something that we most definitely have to regulate. It's a very important thing to regulate.”
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