"But as the plan of the 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 Hamilton

#Rights Quotes #Government Quotes #Unions Quotes

“A lot of people in the crowd want to be told what to do; if you just put your hands up, they do it.”
“I was under the librarians' protection. Civil servants and servants of civility, they had my back. The would be whatever they needed to be that day: information professionals, teachers, police, community organizers, computer technicians, historians, confidantes, clerks, social workers, storytellers, or, in this case, guardians of my peace.”
“Real excellence, indeed, is most recognized when most openly looked into.”
“Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.”
“Religions are many and diverse, but reason and goodness are one.”
“I never had a connection like that to anyone, where every day you think about what youâ€™ll tell them and you wonder what theyâ€™re doing, and you know theyâ€™re wondering what youâ€™re doing.”
“If the EU and its 25 member states make a clever use of all policy instruments, broadband for all Europeans is certainly not out of reach by 2010.”
“The government cannot love you, and any politics that works on a different assumption is destined for no good.”

Source : Jonah Goldberg (2008). “Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning”, p.160, Crown Forum

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