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> [If the Constitution is a compact, then the States have a right to secede.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/if-the-constitution-is-a-compact-then-the-states-have-a-right-to/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

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## More by Joseph Story

> [“One of the surest means of preserving peace is always to be prepared for war.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/one-of-the-surest-means-of-preserving-peace-is-always-to-be-prepared/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

> [It was under a solemn consciousness of the dangers from ecclesiastical ambition, the bigotry of spiritual pride, and the intolerance of sects... that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/it-was-under-a-solemn-consciousness-of-the-dangers-from/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

> [This provision (the 4th Amendment) speaks for itself. Its plain object is to secure the perfect enjoyment of that great right of the common…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/this-provision-the-4th-amendment-speaks-for-itself-its-plain-object/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

> [ At the time of the adoption of the constitution, and of the amendment to it, now under consideration \[i.e., the First Amendment\], the general,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/at-the-time-of-the-adoption-of-the-constitution-and-of-the-amendment/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

> [Every successive generation becomes a living memorial of our public schools, and a living example of their excellence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/every-successive-generation-becomes-a-living-memorial-of-our-public/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

> [No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/no-man-can-well-doubt-the-propriety-of-placing-a-president-of-the/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

> [Be brief, be pointed, let your matter standLucid in order, solid and at hand;Spend not your words on trifles but condense;Strike with the mass…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/be-brief-be-pointed-let-your-matter-standlucid-in-order-solid-and-at/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

> [The real object of the First Amendment was not to countenance, much less advance Mohammedanism, or Judaism or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/the-real-object-of-the-first-amendment-was-not-to-countenance-much/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

> [There is not a truth to be gathered from history more certain, or more momentous, than this: that civil liberty cannot long be separated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/there-is-not-a-truth-to-be-gathered-from-history-more-certain-or-more/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

> [It should therefore be difficult in a republic to declare war; but not to make peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/it-should-therefore-be-difficult-in-a-republic-to-declare-war-but-not/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

> [The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect themselves with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/the-state-governments-have-a-full-superintendence-and-control-over/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

> [ \[I\]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it is the especial duty… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/i-t-is-impossible-for-those-who-believe-in-the-truth-of-christianity/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

> [The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/the-powers-not-delegated-to-the-united-states-by-the-constitution-nor/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

> [Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their ancestors; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/let-the-american-youth-never-forget-that-they-possess-a-noble/)

[Joseph Story](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-story/)

> [Temporary delusions, prejudices, excitements, and objects have irresistible influence in mere questions of policy. And the policy of one age may ill suit the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/temporary-delusions-prejudices-excitements-and-objects-have/)

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