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There could be a 'community of communities' rather than a state. They would be united in some way but without any governing body. It…

— Dorothy Day

It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.

— Earl Warren

If the General Government should be left dependent on the State Legislatures, it would be happy for us if we had never met in…

— John Dickinson

If the States were not left to leave the Union when their rights were interfered with, the government would have been National, but the…

— Daniel Webster

If the states had to vote on slavery, we would have lost the vote.

— Jesse Jackson

I'd like to see a revival of state legislatures, in which I am a true Jeffersonian.

— Gore Vidal

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…

— James Q. Wilson

Legislators could easily be out-voted if people voted in midterm elections. The fact that we don't talk about all this stuff [ abortion rights,…

— Lizz Winstead

Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.

— F. Lee Bailey

If I were a Democrat, I'd siphon the power of states to the federal government. I'd ignore the Constitution and prevent states from determining…

— Lauren Boebert

... the State Legislatures will jealously and closely watch the operations of this Government, and be able to resist with more effect every assumption…

— James Madison

But as the plan of the convention aims only at a partial union or consolidation, the State governments would clearly retain all the rights…

— Alexander Hamilton