--- title: "9 States Right Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 States Right quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best States Right sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/joseph-story-11919_civil-war_if-the-constitution-is-a-compact-then-th_2113867.png" --- > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/joseph-story-11919_civil-war_if-the-constitution-is-a-compact-then-th_2113867.png) > [The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-constitution-of-the-united-states-was-created-by-the-people-of/) [James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/james-madison-373_composing_the-constitution-of-the-united-states-wa_3146760.jpg) > [States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-w-bush/states-should-have-the-right-to-enact-laws-particularly-to-end-the/) [George W. Bush](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-w-bush/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f0/george-w-bush-64_ends_states-should-have-the-right-to-enact-la_2032529.jpg) > [If the States do not have the right to secede, then they have no rights at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-e-williams/if-the-states-do-not-have-the-right-to-secede-then-they-have-no/) [Walter E. Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-e-williams/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a7/walter-e-williams-2709_ifs_if-the-states-do-not-have-the-right-to-s_1377719.png) > [Every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitt-romney/every-time-you-have-an-occasion-to-take-something-from-the-federal/) [Mitt Romney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitt-romney/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/mitt-romney-268_federal_every-time-you-have-an-occasion-to-take_1917884.png) > [The Supreme Court has been clear that states have the right to protect their citizens against out-of-state regulations that would burden those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-hawley/the-supreme-court-has-been-clear-that-states-have-the-right-to/) [Josh Hawley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-hawley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b3/josh-hawley-12545_burden_the-supreme-court-has-been-clear-that-st_703645.jpg) > [Today neither of our two parties maintains a meaningful commitment to the principle of States' Rights. The 10th Amendment is not a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-goldwater/today-neither-of-our-two-parties-maintains-a-meaningful-commitment-to/) [Barry Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-goldwater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b6/barry-goldwater-3353_amendments_today-neither-of-our-two-parties-maintai_2921199.jpg) > [Abortion is a states' rights issue. Education is a states' right issue. Medicinal marijuana is a states' rights issue. Gay marraige is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wayne-allyn-root/abortion-is-a-states-rights-issue-education-is-a-states-right-issue/) [Wayne Allyn Root](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wayne-allyn-root/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7a/wayne-allyn-root-53970_abortion_abortion-is-a-states-rights-issue-educat_2411859.jpg) > [“The Tenth Amendment recognizes the States' jurisdiction in certain areas. States' Rights means that the States have a right to act or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-m-goldwater/the-tenth-amendment-recognizes-the-states-jurisdiction-in-certain/) [Barry M. Goldwater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-m-goldwater/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/907/barry-m-goldwater-33600_federal-government_the-tenth-amendment-recognizes-the-state_938821.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/states-right/#itemlist", "name": "States Right Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the Constitution is a compact, then the States have a right to secede.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Joseph Story" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-story/if-the-constitution-is-a-compact-then-the-states-have-a-right-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/joseph-story-11919_civil-war_if-the-constitution-is-a-compact-then-th_2113867.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/joseph-story-11919_civil-war_if-the-constitution-is-a-compact-then-th_2113867.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f16/joseph-story-11919_civil-war_if-the-constitution-is-a-compact-then-th_2113867.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the Constitution is a compact, then the States have a right to secede.” — Joseph Story", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had the right.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Madison" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/the-constitution-of-the-united-states-was-created-by-the-people-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/james-madison-373_composing_the-constitution-of-the-united-states-wa_3146760.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/james-madison-373_composing_the-constitution-of-the-united-states-wa_3146760.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dfe/james-madison-373_composing_the-constitution-of-the-united-states-wa_3146760.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the…” — James Madison", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "States should have the right to enact laws... particularly to end the inhumane practice of ending a life that otherwise could live.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George W. 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