All time Quote by John Tyler

The government will make use of these powers only insofar as they are essential for carrying out vitally necessary measures.... The separate existence of…

— Adolf Hitler

Whatever power may be necessary for the National Government a certain portion must necessarily be left in the States. It is impossible for one…

— George Mason

In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general government. They can…

— Joseph Story

The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments…

— James Madison

It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system, that the state governments will in all possible contingencies afford complete security…

— Alexander Hamilton

The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy over the National Government, and will for ever preclude…

— Alexander Hamilton

Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few,…

— James Mill

... the State Legislatures will jealously and closely watch the operations of this Government, and be able to resist with more effect every assumption…

— James Madison

Governments can be useful to the governed only so long as inherent tendencies toward tyranny are restrained.

— Frank Herbert

A government, the constitution of which renders it unfit to be trusted with all the powers which a free people ought to delegate to…

— Alexander Hamilton

This balance between the National and State governments ought to be dwelt on with peculiar attention, as it is of the utmost importance. It…

— Alexander Hamilton

Self-imposed limits on sovereign power can disarm mistrust, but provide no guarantee of liberty and property beyond those afforded by the balance between state…

— Anthony de Jasay