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- All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor… — John Adams
- The father of confederation is deadlock. — Goldwin Smith
- The power of the people pervading the proposed system, together with the strong confederation of the states, will form an adequate security… — John Dickinson
- As in forming a political society, each individual contributes some of his rights, in order that he may, from a common stock… — John Dickinson
- Jealousy, and local policy mix too much in all our public councils for the good government of the Union. In a words,… — George Washington
- [M]y wish is, that the Convention may adopt no temporizing expedient, but probe the defects of the Constitution [i.e., the Articles of… — George Washington
- I am for world-control of production and of trade and transport, for a world coinage, and the confederation of mankind. I am… — H.G. Wells
- I fear a permanent Confederation will never be settled; tho the most material articles are I think got thro', so as to… — William Whipple
- To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray… — Kim Campbell
- There, I was just a secretary-shaped confederation of atoms, fighting the inevitability of mediocrity and decay. But here, in the Juliaverse... energy… — Julie Powell
- Well, what there ought to be is an international labor organization, a confederation of the trade unions of all the countries speaking… — Richard Rorty
- When the Canadian confederation took place in 1867, a lot of people in Quebec said, 'Could we have a referendum?' They said,… — Jacques Parizeau