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We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all maters of general concern act as a nation,… — George Washington
In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and… — James Madison
It will be well to advert to the proportion between the objects that will require a federal provision in respect to revenue; and those which… — Alexander Hamilton
In this relation, then, the proposed government cannot be deemed a national one; since its jurisdiction extends to certain enumerated objects only, and leaves to… — James Madison
I own myself the friend to a very free system of commerce, and hold it as a truth, that commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive… — James Madison
By multiplying the means of gratification, by promoting the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human avarice and enterprise, it… — Alexander Hamilton
To cherish and stimulate the activity of the human mind, by multiplying the objects of enterprise, is not among the least considerable of the expedients,… — Alexander Hamilton
Who are to be the objects of popular choice? Every citizen whose merit may recommend him to the esteem and confidence of his country. — James Madison
Its objects are CONTRACTS with foreign nations which have the force of law, but derive it from the obligations of good faith. — Alexander Hamilton
In civilized communities, property as well as personal rights are the essential object of the laws, which encourage industry by securing the enjoyment of its… — James Madison
It is sufficiently obvious, that persons and property are the two great subjects on which Governments are to act; and that the rights of persons,… — James Madison
Natural rights [are] the objects for the protection of which society is formed and municipal laws established. — Thomas Jefferson
[W]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government. — Alexander Hamilton
Fewer and fewer Americans possess objects that have a patina, old furniture, grandparents pots and pans - the used things, warm with generations of human… — Susan Sontag
My movie is born first in my head, dies on paper; is resuscitated by the living persons and real objects I use, which are killed… — Robert Bresson
I live for that exhilarating moment when I'm in an airplane rushing down the runway and pull on the stick and feel lift under its… — Gordon Cooper
In societies that worship money and success, the losers become objects of scorn. Those who work the hardest for the least are called lazy. Those… — Michael Parenti
For the same reason that the members of the State legislatures will be unlikely to attach themselves sufficiently to national objects, the members of the… — James Madison
The constitution of the United States is to receive a reasonable interpretation of its language, and its powers, keeping in view the objects and purposes,… — Joseph Story
In the latter sense, a man has a property in his opinions and the free communication of them. He has a property of peculiar value… — James Madison

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