Pulling Quote by George Washington

Our political machine, composed of thirteen independent sovereignties, have been perpetually operating against each other and against the federal head ever since the peace.

— Henry Knox

The Thirteen States are Thirteen Sovereign bodies.

— Oliver Ellsworth

Even this nation (the US) will be on the very verge of crumbling to pieces and tumbling to the ground, and when the Constitution…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

The government is becoming the family of last resort.

— Jerry Brown

Since they are our right, let us be vigilant to preserve them uninfringed, and free from encroachments. If animosities arise, and we should be…

— Benjamin Franklin

“Finally, when the State close to ruin subsists only on an illusory and vain form, when the social bond is broken in all hearts,…

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

We're going to capture the lost sovereignty of our country... And when we get there, my friends, we will only be obedient to one…

— Pat Buchanan

Statesmen have to bend to the collective will of their peoples or be broken

— Anonymous

The imperialists and domestic reactionaries will certainly not take their defeat Lying down and they will struggle to the last ditch. After there is…

— Mao Zedong

The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of…

— Robert E. Lee

“When they crash the United States dollar, and they will, we will fall into utter chaos……..and the nationwide martial law and FEMA camps that…

— J. Micha-el Thomas Hays

The nation which reposes on the pillow of political confidence, will sooner or later end its political existence in a deadly lethargy.

— James Madison