If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there'd be a shortage of sand.

I don't bow down to the federal government.

But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government.

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

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.

This is an appropriate role for the federal government - to invest in basic research.