Does it want to federalize us in order to weaken us and to rule more surely by our divisions: or does it really desire our independence and welfare, and is its delay only the result of its doubts as to the true wishes of the Helvetic nation?"
"The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2)"
John Holland Rose
"They want to federalize the Empire and get rid of the Imperial Family.
"The Unnecessary Man"
Gordon Randall Garrett
It would indeed be practicable to federalize the United Kingdom by one Legislative Act, but the prior right to and fitness for complete Home Rule on the part of each of the component parts would have to be implicitly recognized.
"The Framework of Home Rule"
Erskine Childers