It is to be remembered that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws. Its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects
Nothing can be more evident than that the thirteen States will be able to support a national government better than one half, or one third, or any number less than the whole.
A nation cannot long exist without revenues. Destitute of this essential support, it must resign its independence, and sink into the degraded condition of a province.
Under a vigorous national government, the natural strength and resources of the country, directed to a common interest, would baffle all the combinations of European jealousy to restrain our growth.
The influence of factious leaders may kindle a flame within their particular States, but will be unable to spread a general conflagration through the other States.
So far are the suggestions of Montesquieu from standing in opposition to a general Union of the States, that he explicitly treats of a CONFEDERATE REPUBLIC as the expedient for extending the sphere of popular government, and reconciling the advantages of monarchy with those of republicanism.
Democracy requires more than energetic campaigns and partisan battles. A democracy cannot function if its citizens never learn its history and how to use it.
What inducements could the States have, if disunited, to make war upon each other? [P]recisely the same inducements which have, at different times, deluged in blood all the nations in the world.
There have been, if I may so express it, almost as many popular as royal wars.
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected to reflect that Associate Justice Robin Hudson was elected to the N.C. Supreme Court in 2006, and took office in 2007. A correction has also been added to reflect that Hudson spent six years, not five, on the N.C. Court of Appeals. We sincerely apologize for the errors. ...
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