Quote 4: “Our country is too large to have all its affairs directed by a single government. Public servants at such a distance, and from under the eye of their constituents, must, from the circumstance of distance, be unable to administer [direct] and overlook all the details necessary for the good government of the citizens.”

Federalist or Anti-Federalist?
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Quote 4 is from an Anti-Federalist. The quote expresses concerns about the centralization of power in a single government and argues for the importance of local government that is accountable to its constituents.