Barriers Quote by Thomas Jefferson

First, we need to focus government on the things that are required of the State. Second, we need to achieve competence in government so…

— Narendra Modi

Strengthening the system and spirit of cooperative federalism, my government is taking the states along to achieve national goals.

— Ram Nath Kovind

The greatest single virtue of a strong legislature is not what it can do, but what it can prevent.

— J. William Fulbright

All of us can agree that we want government to work as well as possible, and we should all applaud efforts to improve it.…

— Chrystia Freeland

Our battle over the size of the state overlooks a problem that is just as important and that may be easier to muster the…

— Chrystia Freeland

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

States would be wise to weaken sovereignty in order to protect themselves.

— Richard N. Haass

... 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

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

All, or nearly all, the advantage there is in fixing any constitutional limits to the power of a government, is simply to give notice…

— Lysander Spooner

We must remove government's smothering hand from where it does harm; we must seek to revitalize the proper functions of government. We do these…

— Ronald Reagan

I think the most important thing is [to] restore a sense of idealism and end the cynicism in state government. Bring to the job…

— Rod Blagojevich