Top 13 Federalism Quotes

Words matter. These are the best Federalism Quotes from famous people such as Joy Reid, Scott Pruitt, Khil Raj Regmi, Ben Sasse, Jeff Fortenberry, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

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Too great a love for the presidency has caused Democrats to neglect state and local politics and to overly prize compromise and a futile quest for bipartisanship. It has made liberals too allergic to federalism and too shy about grassroots politics.
Joy Reid
Federalism is not one state dictating to the rest of the country what should occur in the area of CAFE.
Scott Pruitt
Federalism should be a meeting point of all groups.
Khil Raj Regmi
I don’t trust that the big-business part of our coalition is ever going to defend federalism and argue against regulatory capture. I don’t trust that populists are going to defend religious liberty and the rights of creedal minorities.
Ben Sasse
We need to reinstate the idea of federalism.
Jeff Fortenberry
Kerala has been one of the most vocal voices of federalism, and it will remain so.
Pinarayi Vijayan
At no time during the period intervening between the ratification of the Constitution and the inauguration of the new government were the leaders in Federalism certain that the agrarian party, which had opposed the Constitution, might not render the instrument ineffectual by securing possession of Congress.
Charles A. Beard
The combination of Federalism and Republicanism which formed the substance of the system, did not constitute a progressive and formative political principle, but it pointed in the direction of a constructive formula.
Herbert Croly
The interest which lay behind Federalism was that of well-to-do citizens in a stable political and social order, and this interest aroused them to favor and to seek some form of political organization which was capable of protecting their property and promoting its interest.
Herbert Croly
‘Federalism’, in the context of political and media usage in Britain, has come to mean the creation and imposition of a European superstate, one centralised in Brussels.
Charles Kennedy
At school, everything was left v. right, communists and fascists; what interested me was the discussion of identity, autonomy, federalism, and community.
Matteo Salvini
Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or ‘the ability to vote with your feet.’ If you don’t support the death penalty and citizens packing a pistol – don’t come to Texas. If you don’t like medicinal marijuana and gay marriage, don’t move to California.
Rick Perry
Whenever there is a threat to cooperative federalism, the TDP will certainly raise its voice.
N. Chandrababu Naidu