I always remind Quebecers: hey, wait a minute - federalism works. If you look at the fiscal arrangements, the economic arrangements, the… — Philippe Couillard Copy Share Image
I confess I am at a loss to discover what temptation the persons entrusted with the administration of the general government could… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
So far I, at least, have no fault to find with implications of Hamilton's Federalism, but unfortunately his policy was in certain… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
I tell the story of eight forgotten founders, people like Canassatego, an Iroquois Indian Chief, who taught Benjamin Franklin about federalism, about… — Mike Lee Copy Share Image
The local interest of a State ought in every case to give way to the interests of the Union. For when a… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It will be well to advert to the proportion between the objects that will require a federal provision in respect to revenue;… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
To attach full confidence to an institution of this nature, it appears to be an essential ingredient in its structure, that it… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The scheme of separate confederacies, which will always multiply the chances of ambition, will be a never failing bait to all such… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
“In examining the division of powers, as established by the Federal Constitution, remarking on the one hand the portion of sovereignty which… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy over the National Government, and will for… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
[T]he States can best govern our home concerns and the general government our foreign ones. I wish, therefore . . . never… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I am unable to conceive that the state legislatures which must feel so many motives to watch, and which possess so many… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I don't trust that the big-business part of our coalition is ever going to defend federalism and argue against regulatory capture. I… — Ben Sasse Copy Share Image
Since my election as Oklahoma attorney general in 2010, I have been a proud member of a group of federalism-minded state attorneys… — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
American federalism was the embodiment of political tolerance and decentralization - the expression of the liberal conviction that society can manage itself… — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
The appointment of senators by the state legislatures . . . is recommended by the double advantage of favoring a select appointment,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The power of the people pervading the proposed system, together with the strong confederation of the states, will form an adequate security… — John Dickinson Copy Share Image
While the constitution continues to be read, and its principles known, the states, must, by every rational man, be considered as essential… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
But ambitious encroachments of the federal government, on the authority of the State governments, would not excite the opposition of a single… — James Madison Copy Share Image
And it's absolutely hypocritical for the political party that talks about states rights, to suddenly ignore states rights, that say that the… — Gary Ackerman Copy Share Image
When you assemble from your several counties in the Legislature, were every member to be guided only by the apparent interest of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general government.… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
Another advantage accruing from this ingredient in the constitution of a senate, is the additional impediment it must prove against improper acts… — James Madison Copy Share Image
When I talk about secularism, I'm talking about theories today. To give you for example, one example: Those who consider themselves followers… — Akbar Ganji Copy Share Image
Kerala has been one of the most vocal voices of federalism, and it will remain so. — Pinarayi Vijayan Copy Share Image
Federalism isn’t about states’ rights. It’s about dividing power to better protect individual liberty. — Elizabeth Price Foley Copy Share Image
It's all about defending the core of India: democracy, secularism and our pluralistic society, not to mention the principle of federalism... from… — M. K. Stalin Copy Share Image
Canadian federalism is more than a form of government. It's also a system of values that allows different people in diverse communities… — Jean Chretien Copy Share Image
Socialism and federalism are necessarily political opposites, because the former demands that centralized concentration of power which the latter by definition denies. — Felix Morley Copy Share Image
Strengthening the system and spirit of cooperative federalism, my government is taking the states along to achieve national goals. — Ram Nath Kovind Copy Share Image
The federalism term is a good term, but it's just below the surface; it's just about to come up into wider public… — Gar Alperovitz Copy Share Image
There is no salvation for civilization, or even the human race, other than the creation of a world government. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
'Federalism', in the context of political and media usage in Britain, has come to mean the creation and imposition of a European… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
I wish not to be regarded as an advocate for the particular organizations of the several state governments . . . they… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It may be laid down as a general rule, that their confidence in and obedience to a government, will be commonly proportioned… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Federalism is no longer the fault line of Centre-State relations but the definition of a new partnership of Team India. Citizens now… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
As Liberal Democrats and proponents of federalism, we must put our heads above the parapet and recapture and disseminate the true meaning… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
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