Betrayed Quote by Robert Kennedy

States' rights, as our forefathers conceived it, was a protection of the right of the individual citizen. Those who preach most frequently about states'…

— Robert Kennedy

From our nation's founding to the Civil Rights movement, Virginians have always stood up to fight for their most foundational right - a voice…

— Abigail Spanberger

The People of Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States…

— Anonymous

That the people have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no government separate from, or independent of the government of Virginia, ought…

— George Mason

Because finally, 'the equal right of every citizen to the free exercise of his religion according to the dictates of conscience' is held by…

— James Madison

Once the state is looked upon as the source of rights, rather than their bound protector, freedom becomes conditional on the pleasure of the…

— Mary McCarthy

Virginians were no more angels or philanthropists than people to the north or to the south of them. They were moved by their affections,…

— John Sergeant Wise

“The Constitution seeks to protect the basic rights of the people and the spirit of human liberty against encroachment by the state. Hence”

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly

Our nation was founded on the notion every American has a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. As legislators, we are…

— Michael Waltz

If state protects the rights of people, they start respecting the state.

— Asma Jahangir

The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the expense of…

— George W. Romney

Virginia was in fact a landowning aristocracy, without nobility or merchant class, or any considerable small peasant farming class; and the other Southern colonies,…

— Carl L. Becker