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Proposed Constitution Quotes by James Madison
- 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;…
- 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…
- The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both.
- [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…
- 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…
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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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- The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition of the State governments, makes them constituent parts of the national sovereignty, by… — Alexander Hamilton
- The proposed constitution, therefore, even when tested by the rules laid down by its antagonists, is, in strictness, neither a national nor… — James Madison
- I go further, and affirm that bills of rights, in the sense and to the extent in which they are contended for,… — Alexander Hamilton
- The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the… — James Madison
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- The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both. — James Madison
- [T]he powers granted by the proposed Constitution are the gift of the people, and may be resumed by them when perverted to… — James Madison
- The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the… — James Madison