Aim Quote by Alexander Hamilton

The principal purposes to be answered by union are these the common defense of the members; the preservation of the public peace as well…

— Alexander Hamilton

It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to the nature…

— Alexander Hamilton

An enlarged Union based on Nice is not in the interest of any Member State ... This is not a threat. This is a…

— Joschka Fischer

The danger in our system is that the general government, which represents the interests of the whole, may encroach on the states, which represent…

— John C. Calhoun

For more than half a century... this Union has stood unshaken. Whatever dangers may threaten it, I shall stand by it and maintain it…

— Zachary Taylor

The Constitution itself, plainly written as it is, the safeguard of our federative compact, the offspring of concession and compromise, binding together in the…

— James K. Polk

It will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions, and particularly by our…

— James Madison

[M]y wish is, that the Convention may adopt no temporizing expedient, but probe the defects of the Constitution [i.e., the Articles of Confederation] to…

— George Washington

“Let this constitution go forth from this convention, and from the new state, a model instrument of liberal and enlightened principles.”

— H.W. Brands

The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me [as President] according to the safe and honest meaning contemplated by the…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Among the most formidable of the obstacles which the new Constitution will have to encounter may readily be distinguished the obvious interest of a…

— Alexander Hamilton

Our articles of confederation ought to be revised and measures immediately taken to invigorate the Continental Union. Depend upon it: there lies the danger…

— Marquis de Lafayette