Below the surface Quote by Gar Alperovitz

The federal government must retreat from its hyperactive involvement in areas traditionally under states' authority and refuse future temptations to regulate and legislate on…

— Scott Pruitt

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

— William F. Buckley, Jr

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power…

— Lord Acton

The fact is there are a lot of things happening at the federal level that are absolutely beyond the jurisdiction of the Constitution. This…

— Mike Huckabee

I am proud to say that the Federalist Society was founded in part at the University of Chicago, and one of its best characteristics…

— Cass Sunstein

What we try to do at 'The Federalist' is to provide opinion and analysis that brings in a lot of different perspectives from across…

— Ben Domenech

I think direct political action, civil disobedience, in particular, is something to be taken very seriously.

— Terry Tempest Williams

We've got ourselves into a situation where government service is somehow seen to be a political act rather than an act of civic duty…

— Fiona Hill

The federal government is a machine designed to increase its control over the lives of average Americans. It is constantly probing here, pushing there,…

— Ed Crane

In fact, it is often times a detriment for the Government to preemptively legislate on an issue before we can either define it or…

— Steve Buyer

“The gargantuan, ever-growing, ever-less-accountable, impossible-to-uproot federal bureaucracy is actually the sleeper issue of our time. It’s at the heart of the conservative critique of…

— Jim Geraghty

A government which uses force to maintain its rule teaches the oppressed to use force to oppose it.

— Nelson Mandela