Difficulty Quote by Everett Dirksen

Secure against the designs of men, secure against the malignity of the Gods, they have accomplished a thing of infinite difficulty; that to them…

— Tacitus

One must bear in mind that the expansion of federal activity is a form of eating for politicians.

— William F. Buckley, Jr

The Constitution does not vest in Congress the authority to protect society from every bad act that might befall it…[I]f followed to its logical…

— Clarence Thomas

I was disappointed in how [Bill] Clinton, like [Jimmy] Carter, used the founders to argue for huge expansions in federal power, clearly beyond what…

— Paul Kengor

I looked at No Child Left Behind after it was enacted and saw what happened and saw the expansion of the federal government and…

— Rick Santorum

In America, we divide federal power between the legislative, executive and judicial branches so that no one holds too much power. This is sixth-grade…

— Ben Sasse

If the Bill of Rights was intended to place strict limits on federal power and protect individual and locality from the national government the…

— Ilana Mercer

The Tea Party movement as I perceive it is all about recognizing the difference between state and federal powers. And that there are limits…

— Mike Lee

“The 1965 Voting Rights Act greatly extended federal power in the United States. A frankly regional measure, it took aim at Deep South states…

— James T. Patterson

Not surprisingly, the federal judiciary nearly always rules in favor of the federal government. Judicial review, contrary to the assurances of its advocates, has…

— Joseph Sobran

“As Ilya Shapiro of the Cato Institute says, what these cases have in common is a view by the Justice Department that “federal power…

— John Fund

The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus much more…

— Barbara Ann Radnofsky