Quotes about Federal

The whole frame of the Federal Constitution proves that the government which it creates was intended to be one of limited and specified powers.

The federal government did not create the states; the states created the federal government.

The taxpayer: That's someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination.

The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty with the Constitution

It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.

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

I think it's important to remember that the court itself, the federal government itself belongs to the American people.

As quickly as you start spending federal money in large amounts, it looks like free money.

I'll change the posture of our federal government from being one of the most anti-science administrations in American history to one that embraces science and technology.

The second place, it has, on another occasion, been shown that the federal legislature will not only be restrained by its dependence on its people, as other legislative bodies are, but that it will be, moreover, watched and controlled by the several collateral legislatures, which other legislative bodies are not.

Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own voluntary act. In this relation, then, the new Constitution will, if established, be a federal, and not a national constitution.

The fact is there are a lot of things happening at the federal level that are absolutely beyond the jurisdiction of the Constitution. This is power that should be shifted back to the states.