Confederacy Quotes

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The constitution of human nature" teaches us not to expect "that the persons, entrusted with the administration of the affairs of the particular members of… — Alexander Hamilton
The defect of power in the existing confederacy, to regulate the commerce between its several members is in the number of those which have been… — James Madison
The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence… — Mercy Otis Warren
Propaganda is a weapon that the Confederacy wields best, and wields heaviest. It is their hammer. And when all you have is a hammer, then… — Jeff Grubb
For as to the strength of body, the weakest has strength enough to kill the strongest, either by secret machination or by confederacy with others… — Thomas Hobbes
There are among us those that would criticize our Confederate ancestors. Would you allow a stranger to come into your house and criticize your little… — Calvin Johnson
Now itâ€™s either about technology that doesnâ€™t work or about technology thatâ€™s used in bad ways. The anthology of the top twenty-five sci-fi stories in… — Peter Thiel
I think slavery was an awful, awful period in our history, but when I look at what's become of black culture since emancipation, I think… — Zach Braff
Self-determination could mean independence, confederacy, federal and autonomy. — Jalal Talabani
If the Constitution is adopted (and it was) the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States or a Confederacy. — Alexander Hamilton
I tell our sisters in the South that so far as Tennessee is concerned she will not be dragged into a Southern or any other… — Andrew Johnson
The Society of North American Magic Realists welcomes its newest, most dazzling member, Louis Maistros. His debut novel is a thing of wonder, unlike anything… — Donald Harington
Waiting for the Electricity is a wildly original and ambitious debut, a novel that tackles cultural clashes with satirical hilarity. I haven't read a first… — Jill Ciment
Yeah, I think A Confederacy of Dunces is probably the perfect New Orleans book. — Poppy Z. Brite
Honest and outspoken, honorable and uncompromising, Jubal A. Early epitomized much that was the Southern Confederacy. His self-reliance, courage, sagacity, and devotion to the cause… — James I. Robertson, Jr.
The flags of the Confederate States of America were very important and a matter of great pride to those citizens living in the Confederacy. They… — Winston Churchill
The sovereignty of the States is the language of the Confederacy and not the language of the Constitution. The latter contains the emphatic words. This… — Andrew Johnson
A daughter is a mother's gender partner, her closest ally in the family confederacy, an extension of herself. -Author Unknown As long as a woman… — Oscar Wilde
We are not a nation, but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign states. — John C. Calhoun
I never use the word nation in speaking of the United States. I always use the word Union or Confederacy. We are not a nation… — John C. Calhoun

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