Proposed Constitution Quotes
10 quotes by 3 authors
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I propose . . . . The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government.
— Alexander Hamilton
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I trust that the proposed Constitution afford a genuine specimen of representative government and republican government; and that it will answer, in an eminent degree,…
— Alexander Hamilton
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The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition of the State governments, makes them constituent parts of the national sovereignty, by allowing them a…
— Alexander Hamilton
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The proposed constitution, therefore, even when tested by the rules laid down by its antagonists, is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution;…
— James Madison
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I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended for, are not only…
— Alexander Hamilton
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The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are…
— James Madison
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I think that the proposed constitution is one of the European legal documents with the strongest social dimension I have seen since I began following…
— Jean-Pierre Raffarin
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The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both.
— James Madison
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[T]he powers granted by the proposed Constitution are the gift of the people, and may be resumed by them when perverted to their oppression, and…
— James Madison
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The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are…
— James Madison
Who Wrote These Proposed Constitution Quotes
3 authors contributed a total of 10 Proposed Constitution Quotes as follows: