We know what the Dixie flag represents and its heritage; the Civil War was fought over States rights. — Gary Rossington Copy Share Image
Federalism isn’t about states’ rights. It’s about dividing power to better protect individual liberty. — Elizabeth Price Foley Copy Share Image
Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“defense of states and rights is impossible to undertake if no one learns from the past or believes in the future.” — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights. — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
“Your right of religious freedom ends where my right of religious abstinence begins...” — T. Rafael Cimino Copy Share Image
I mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo, — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states rights and walk forthrightly… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
"Family" this and "family" that. If I had a family I'd be furious that moral busybodies are taking the perfectly good word… — John Waters Copy Share Image
People don't realize that almost two-thirds of the population in the United States lives in a state where either medical or recreational… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
Medicaid is one of the rare times where Democratic governors are saying, "Hey, states' rights." We don't want the federal government coming… — John Hickenlooper Copy Share Image
I do believe states' rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while - like, 150… — John Shelton Reed Copy Share Image
The Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Principles-and I have in mind such principles as states' rights or national sovereignty or the free market or pacifism-have a way of… — Max Lerner Copy Share Image
“Truth be told, the party was moving in entirely the wrong direction. Ever since 1964, when Barry Goldwater championed “states’ rights”—understood to… — Joshua Green Copy Share Image
Demographically, I'm a hippie from San Francisco and I'm not culturally inclined to be sympathetic to states' rights. My cultural heritage is… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
Under the Constitution, federal law trumps both state and city law. But antitrust law allows states some exceptional leeway to adopt anticompetitive… — Marvin Ammori Copy Share Image
There is no Constitutional issue here. The command of the Constitution is plain. There is no moral issue. It is wrong -… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Virginia States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Abortion is a states' rights issue. Education is a states' right issue. Medicinal marijuana is a states' rights issue. Gay marraige is… — Wayne Allyn Root Copy Share Image
My friends, to those who say that we are rushing this issue of civil rights, I say to them we are 172… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“Country jakes are always whining about the sanctity of states' rights and individual freedoms. Yet when a couple of queers want to… — Chuck Thompson Copy Share Image
“In his campaign for the presidency, Reagan mastered the "excision of the language of race from conservative public discourse"… For example, when… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
If we stuck to the Constitution as written, we would have: no federal meddling in our schools; no Federal Reserve; no U.S.… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
“The Tenth Amendment recognizes the States' jurisdiction in certain areas. States' Rights means that the States have a right to act or… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
“In examining the division of powers, as established by the Federal Constitution, remarking on the one hand the portion of sovereignty which… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Wringing your hands about states' rights, forget it. They're gone. Basically, the federal government can do whatever it wants. Who's going to… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
[Refugees] cannot be stopped, but they can and must be managed better, more humanely, protecting migrants' human rights whilst accepting states' rights… — Kofi Annan Copy Share Image
Do you think states' rights would have disappeared if state legislatures still elected our United States senators? Do you think our United… — Rob Woodall Copy Share Image
I'm deeply concerned about Jeff Sessions, who has clearly expressed opposition to the use of consent decrees and has advanced a lot… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
And as a Member of this body, I believe firmly that States do have rights, and I believe that local communities have… — Jon Porter Copy Share Image
The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the… — George W. Romney Copy Share Image
If a radical devolution of powers was possible, it would have been done before. The assumption of states' rights is gone. There's… — James Q. Wilson Copy Share Image
And it's absolutely hypocritical for the political party that talks about states rights, to suddenly ignore states rights, that say that the… — Gary Ackerman Copy Share Image
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