Federalist Quotes
15 quotes by 13 authors
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But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have been called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are…
— Thomas Jefferson
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World federalists hold before us the vision of a unified mankind living in peace under a just world order... The heart of their program-a world…
— U Thant
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In Madison's famous formulation in the Federalist, constitutional restrictions on government assume that we "first enable the government to control the governed." If the public…
— Stephen Holmes
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Can the real Constitution be restored? Probably not. Too many Americans depend on government money under programs the Constitution doesn't authorize, and money talks with…
— Joseph Sobran
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The first phase of American political history was characterized by the conflict between the Federalists and the Republicans, and it resulted in the complete triumph…
— Herbert Croly
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The whole basis of the Constitution was a restriction of power, and the whole basis of the federalist system was that there was not one…
— Roy Moore
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You know, we have main English language parties, federalist parties, and traditionally the ones to watch would be the Conservatives, who form the government, and…
— Rick Mercer
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When Jefferson and the Republicans rallied to the Union and to the existing Federalist organization, the fabric of traditional American democracy was almost completely woven.
— Herbert Croly
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I think that decisions should rest in the hands of the states. I'm a federalist.
— John McCain
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Our country, if you read the 'Federalist Papers,' is about disagreement. It's about pitting faction against faction, divided government, checks and balances. The hero in…
— Jonah Goldberg
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The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success…
— Sandra Day O'Connor
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...We are all Federalists,and we are all Republicans.
— Thomas Jefferson
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If your friend wishes to read your 'Plutarch's Lives,' 'Shakespeare,' or 'The Federalist Papers,' tell him gently but firmly, to buy a copy. You will…
— Mortimer Adler
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Democracy is an experimental system. I like it when states try out new ideas. I think we ought to expand, not contract, our federalist system.
— Alex Tabarrok
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The rich and the well-born, according to the Federalist Papers, was greatly feared by the founders.
— John Jay Hooker
Who Wrote These Federalist Quotes
13 authors contributed a total of 15 Federalist Quotes as follows: