Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2018-03-19 Mar 19, 2018The attributes of sovereignty are now enjoyed by every state in the Union. ~ Alexander HamiltonIn the United States, Sovereignty resides in the people, who act through the organs established by the Constitution.~ Chisholm v. GeorgiaNot only, therefore, can there be no loss of separate and independent autonomy to the states, through their union under the Constitution, but it may be not unreasonably said that the preservation of the states, and the maintenance of their governments, are as much within the design and care of the Constitution as the preservation of the Union and the maintenance of the national government. The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible states.~ Texas v. White Mar 16, 2018I shall not counsel or maintain any suit or proceeding which shall appear to me to be unjust, nor any defense except such as I believe to be honestly debatable under the law of the land.~ American Bar AssociationEqual laws protecting equal rights -- the best guarantee of loyalty and love of country.~ James MadisonThe spirit of liberty is not merely, as multitudes imagine, a jealousy of our own particular rights, but a respect for the rights of others, and an unwillingness that any man, whether high or low, should be wronged and trampled under foot.~ William Ellery Channing Mar 15, 2018Liberty is one of the choicest gifts that heaven hath bestowed upon man, and exceeds in value all the treasures which the earth contains within its bosom, or the sea covers. Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.~ CervantesHe that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.~ Charles Caleb ColtonOur own heart, and not other men's opinions form our true honor.~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge Mar 14, 2018The best way of avenging thyself is not to become like the wrong-doer.~ Marcus Aurelius AntoninusHe therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man...The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy this gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people.~ Samuel AdamsThe main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.~ Steven R. Covey Mar 13, 2018When we think of the past, we forget the fools and remember the sage. We reverse the process for our own time.~ George BoasIn the end it will not matter to us whether we fought with flails or reeds. It will matter to us greatly on what side we fought.~ Gilbert Keith ChestertonWe have no government armed in power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our Constitution was made only for a religious and moral people. It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other.~ John Adams Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print