Congress Quote by James Madison

The frame of mind in the local legislatures seems to be exerted to prevent the federal constitution from having any good effect.

— Henry Knox

The most numerous objects of legislation belong to the States. Those of the National Legislature [are] but few.

— Rufus King

So that the executive and legislative branches of the national government depend upon, and emanate from the states. Every where the state sovereignties are…

— Joseph Story

It may pass for a maxim in State, that the administration cannot be placed in too few hands, nor the legislature in too many.

— Jonathan Swift

In a federal structure such as ours, state governments are imperative for the smooth functioning of our overall polity. They can't just be wished…

— Pinarayi Vijayan

In this relation, then, the proposed government cannot be deemed a national one; since its jurisdiction extends to certain enumerated objects only, and leaves…

— James Madison

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

If you have a federal government that's not enforcing the law and does not preserve the integrity of its own borders, then naturally, states…

— Pat Toomey

The accountability of state legislators is so much more than federal legislators.

— Rob Woodall

I am unable to conceive that the state legislatures which must feel so many motives to watch, and which possess so many means of…

— James Madison

Our legislatures are not built to allow working people to participate as members. Neither, for that matter, is our political system writ large.

— Jamelle Bouie

The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are…

— Henry Knox