Federalism Quotations | Page 2

They began to see some advantages to federalism - one of them being that the parties would control the resources.

In my view, federalism is already a fact on the ground (for Kurds) but others in other provinces should have the same right,

It depends on a threshold question: What are you going to rebuild? What is the federal responsibility for rebuilding a city, a metropolitan area or a region? This is where it gets really confused. Federalism is a messy business.

There are no obstacles but discussions on federalism in the south and the relation between religion and state.

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.

Federalism is now the core issue. In light of Kurdish intransigence it makes it difficult to hope for a compromise.

Federalism doesn't have a lot of traction compared to winning the White House. Federalism is very abstract; the White House is quite concrete.

There has been an agreement on the differences including the federalism issue, ... This will give guarantees for the Sunnis.

So that the executive and legislative branches of the national government depend upon, and emanate from the states. Every where the state sovereignties are represented; and the national sovereignty, as such, has no representation.

In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general government. They can exist without the latter, but the latter cannot exist without them.