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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…

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Our attitude towards immigration reflects our faith in the American ideal. We have always believed it possible for men and women who…
We in Government have begun to recognize the critical work which must be done at all levels-local, State and Federal-in ending the…
...if we want to meet the obligations of our civilization and our culture which are to create communities for our children that…
Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America's water pollution.
Each time a man stands up for an ideal or acts to improve the lot of others or strikes out against injustice,…
The future does not belong to those who are content with today, apathetic toward common problems and their fellow man alike, timid…
Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
This much is clear: violence breeds violence, repression brings retaliation, and only a cleansing of our whole society can remove this sickness…
If freedom makes social progress possible, so social progress strengthens and enlarges freedom. The two are inseparable partners in the great adventure…
At the heart of western freedom and democracy is the belief that the individual man ... is the touchstone of value, and…
What we need in the United States is not division; what we need in the United States is not hatred; what we…
...the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of…

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The time has arrived in America for the Democratic Party to get out of the shadows of states rights and walk forthrightly… — 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… — John Waters
For states' rights advocates, the Constitution is like a contract that is openly violated by one party with impunity. On paper, the… — 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… — James Q. Wilson
Federalism isn’t about states’ rights. It’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… — Hubert H. Humphrey
States Rights died at Appomattox. — Salmon P. Chase
I’m a strong supporter of states’ 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… — 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… — Max Lerner
I do believe states' rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while - like, 150… — 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… — Gary Ackerman

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