Best Federalism Quotes

47 Federalism quotes by 13 unique authors

I confess I am at a loss to discover what temptation the persons entrusted with the administration of the general government could ever feel to… — Alexander Hamilton
The administration of private justice between the citizens of the same state, the supervision of agriculture and of other concerns of a similar nature, all… — Alexander Hamilton
The variety of more minute interests, which will necessarily fall under the superintendence of the local administrations . . . cannot be particularized without involving… — Alexander Hamilton
It may be laid down as a general rule, that their confidence in and obedience to a government, will be commonly proportioned to the goodness… — Alexander Hamilton
The Convention probably foresaw what it has been a principal aim of these papers to inculcate that the danger which most threatens our political welfare… — Alexander Hamilton
It will be well to advert to the proportion between the objects that will require a federal provision in respect to revenue; and those which… — Alexander Hamilton
Nothing can be more evident, than that an exclusive power of regulating elections for the National Government, in the hands of the State Legislatures, would… — Alexander Hamilton
The scheme of separate confederacies, which will always multiply the chances of ambition, will be a never failing bait to all such influential characters in… — Alexander Hamilton
The power of the people pervading the proposed system, together with the strong confederation of the states, will form an adequate security against every danger… — John Dickinson
The proposed constitution, therefore, even when tested by the rules laid down by its antagonists, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution;… — James Madison
In this relation, then, the proposed government cannot be deemed a national one; since its jurisdiction extends to certain enumerated objects only, and leaves to… — James Madison
So far I, at least, have no fault to find with implications of Hamilton's Federalism, but unfortunately his policy was in certain other respects tainted… — Herbert Croly
Federalism isn’t about states’ rights. It’s about dividing power to better protect individual liberty. — Unknown Author
Socialism and federalism are necessarily political opposites, because the former demands that centralized concentration of power which the latter by definition denies. — Felix Morley
With calm, knowledgeable precision, Daniel Ziblatt wades into the adjacent swamps of federalism and nineteenth-century European history, emerging with hands full of gems. Beneath the… — Charles Tilly
Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of… — Lord Acton
The interest which lay behind Federalism was that of well-to-do citizens in a stable political and social order, and this interest aroused them to favor… — Herbert Croly
The combination of Federalism and Republicanism which formed the substance of the system, did not constitute a progressive and formative political principle, but it pointed… — Herbert Croly
And it's absolutely hypocritical for the political party that talks about states rights, to suddenly ignore states rights, that say that the federal government or… — Gary Ackerman
Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If you don't support… — Rick Perry
The operations of the federal government will be most extensive and important in times of war and danger; those of the State governments, in times… — James Madison
Brandon McCaw did a question about Federalism is a politicial system in which two or more distinct levels of government share and except power over… — Brandon Mccaw

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