Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2018-03-20 Mar 20, 2018But as the plan of the [Constitutional] convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all the rights of sovereignty which they before had, and which were not, by that act, EXCLUSIVELY delegated to the United States.~ Alexander HamiltonIf the Union was formed by accession of States then the Union may be dissolved by the secession of States.~ Daniel Webster[We should be] determined... to sever ourselves from the union we so much value rather than give up the rights of self-government... in which alone we see liberty, safety and happiness.~ Thomas Jefferson 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 Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print