1/3 "It'll only work if we have people in State government who believe in federalism, who believe as the Constitution says that certain powers are reserved to the States and the people, and not to an all-powerful central government." — Ronald Reagan, October 27, 1981

2/3 "State and local officials believed that they were more capable of making more prudent decisions to run their own jurisdictions than Federal bureaucrats." — Ronald Reagan, Message to Congress Transmitting Proposed Federalism Legislation, 1983