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Definition of Federalist |
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Federalist
An advocate of confederation; specifically (Amer. Hist.), a friend of the Constitution of the United States at its formation and adoption; a member of the political party which favored the administration of president Washington. Related Definitions: Administration, Adoption, Advocate, An, And, At, Confederation, Constitution, Favored, Formation, Friend, Hist, Member, Of, Party, Political, President, Specifically, The, United, Which |
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Federalist Quotations
The whole basis of the Constitution was a restriction of power, and the whole basis of the federalist system was that there was not one sovereign centralized power from which all authority flows. Roy Moore The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation. Sandra Day O'Connor When Jefferson and the Republicans rallied to the Union and to the existing Federalist organization, the fabric of traditional American democracy was almost completely woven. Herbert Croly The rich and the well-born, according to the Federalist Papers, was greatly feared by the founders. John Jay Hooker |
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