Government Quote by John C. Calhoun

So that the executive and legislative branches of the national government depend upon, and emanate from the states. Every where the state sovereignties are…

— Joseph Story

Each state enjoys sovereign power.

— Gouverneur Morris

In this relation, then, the proposed government cannot be deemed a national one; since its jurisdiction extends to certain enumerated objects only, and leaves…

— James Madison

The Government made by a number of Sovereign States.

— Roger Sherman

To make us one nation as to foreign concerns, and keep us distinct in Domestic ones gives the outline of the proper division of…

— Thomas Jefferson

“A state is a sovereign political entity like the United Kingdom, Kenya, Panama, or New Zealand, eligible for membership in the United Nations and…

— Colin Woodard

The sovereignty of states must be subordinated to international law and international institutions.

— George Soros

We are a nation that has a government-not the other way around. And that makes us special among the nations of the earth.

— Ronald Reagan

We are a nation of United States - a constitutional republic made up of individually governed states empowering three equal branches of government to…

— Phil Scott

The States are separate and independent sovereigns. Sometimes they need to act like it.

— John Roberts

The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments…

— James Madison

In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general government. They can…

— Joseph Story