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> [ To make us one nation as to foreign concerns, and keep us distinct in Domestic ones gives the outline of the proper division of powers between the general \[national\] and particular \[state\] governments. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/to-make-us-one-nation-as-to-foreign-concerns-and-keep-us-distinct-in/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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> [“In examining the division of powers, as established by the Federal Constitution, remarking on the one hand the portion of sovereignty which has been reserved to the several States, and on the other, the share of power which has been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexis-de-tocqueville/in-examining-the-division-of-powers-as-established-by-the-federal/)

[Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexis-de-tocqueville/)

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