States Rights Quotes

14 States Rights quotes by 13 unique authors

The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states rights and walk forthrightly into the bright… — Hubert H. Humphrey
"Family" this and "family" that. If I had a family I'd be furious that moral busybodies are taking the perfectly good word family and using… — John Waters
For states' rights advocates, the Constitution is like a contract that is openly violated by one party with impunity. On paper, the states remain sovereign… — Jonathan Turley
If a radical devolution of powers was possible, it would have been done before. The assumption of states' rights is gone. There's no support for… — James Q. Wilson
Federalism isnâ€™t about statesâ€™ rights. Itâ€™s about dividing power to better protect individual liberty. — Unknown Author
To those who say, my friends, to those who say, that we are rushing this issue of civil rights, I say to them we are… — Hubert H. Humphrey
States Rights died at Appomattox. — Salmon P. Chase
Iâ€™m a strong supporter of statesâ€™ rights to do what they need, — Brian Sandoval
Byrd, the former Klu [sic] Klux Klan Kleagle, is taking a stand over states' rights, or his rights over State, or some such. Whatever the… — Mark Steyn
Principles-and I have in mind such principles as states' rights or national sovereignty or the free market or pacifism-have a way of drying up while… — Max Lerner
I do believe states' rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while - like, 150 years or so.… — John Shelton Reed
And it's absolutely hypocritical for the political party that talks about states rights, to suddenly ignore states rights, that say that the federal government or… — Gary Ackerman
There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights. — Lyndon B. Johnson
States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most frequently about states' rights… — Robert Kennedy

Who Wrote These States Rights Quotes

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