Mark Levin Quotes

I fear Washington and centralized government more than I do Moscow.

The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded.

Every amendment which I am convinced will have the tendency to lesson the danger of civil liberty by the central government will receive my sincere approbation.

If the General Government should be left dependent on the State Legislatures, it would be happy for us if we had never met in this room.

Taking legislative authority away from the federal government doesn't necessarily mean freer individuals. It might just mean granting vastly more authority to the states--which already have far broader police powers than most of us would care to admit.

The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.

You know, we have three branches of government. We have a House. We have a Senate. We have a President.

Trumpeting the importance of voting deludes people into thinking that they have a leash on the government.

We live under a government of men and morning newspapers.

This administration in Washington that's in power now clearly believes that government is not only the answer to every need, but it's the most qualified to make the most central decisions for every American in every area.

Do you think states' rights would have disappeared if state legislatures still elected our United States senators? Do you think our United States senators would be difficult to contact if they were named by our state legislatures?

Government is not a bottom line enterprise. You can get yourself elected ... but you can't fire the legislature if they won't do what you want.

The Constitution was framed fundamentally as a bulwark against governmental power.

The Congress must regain the will to govern.

Let the national government be armed with positive and complete authority.

Everywhere the "principe de la Monarchie" is called upon to show itself strong. That is why I am so glad at the capital speech you made other day to the deputations in response to some addresses for reform. It was very much to the point and made a deep impression everywhere

I believe that the country should have a strong government but not too strong.

...nations have no command over their governments, & in fact no influence over them, except of a fleeting & rather ineffectual sort.

We seek to restore the Government of the Republic to the hands of the ‘plain people’ with whom it originated,

I think that the more we, as a state, yield and cede decisions to the federal government, the lesser we'll be for it as a state.

If we advert to the nature of republican government, we shall find that the censorial power is in the people over the government, and not in the government over the people.

Let the Democrates go on making its case for more government control over every aspect of our lives. More taxes to pay. More debt to carry. More rules to follow. More judges who just make it up as they go along. We Republicans, we are committed to a federal government that acts again as a servant accountable to the people, following the constitution, and venturing not one inch beyond the consent of the governed. We, we in this party, offer a better way for our country based on fundamentals that go back to the founding generation.

The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working under ground to undermine the foundations of our confederated fabric. They are construing our constitution from a co-ordination of a general and special government to a general and supreme one alone.

It is a misnomer to call a government republican in which a branch of the supreme power is independent of the nation.

The powers of the federal government are enumerated; it can only operate in certain cases; it has legislative powers on defined and limited objects, beyond which it cannot extend its jurisdiction.