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States Quotes by Joseph Story
- It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the public worship of God, and…
- Piety, religion, and morality are intimately connected with the well being of that state, and indispensable to the administration of civil justice.
- So that the executive and legislative branches of the national government depend upon, and emanate from the states. Every where the state sovereignties are represented;…
- The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect themselves with the…
- In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general government. They can exist…
- The true test is, whether the object be of a local character, and local use; or, whether it be of general benefit to the states.…
- The promulgation of the great doctrines of religion, the being, and attributes, and providence of one Almighty God: the responsibility to him for all our…
- In a general sense, all contributions imposed by the government upon individuals for the service of the state, are called taxes, by whatever name they…
- 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,…
- Without justice being freely, fully, and impartially administered, neither our persons, nor our rights, nor our property, can be protected. And if these, or either…
- At the time of the adoption of the constitution, and of the amendment to it, now under consideration [i.e., the First Amendment], the general, if…
- If the Constitution is a compact, then the States have a right to secede.
- No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend…
- No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend…
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- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. — Richard Bach
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. — Karen Armstrong
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. — Chester A. Arthur