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States Quotes - Page 4

Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government.

James Madison (1836). “The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: As Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. Together with the Journal of the Federal Convention, Luther Martin's Letter, Yates's Minutes, Congressional Opinions, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of '98-'99, and Other Illustrations of the Constitution”, p.431

The state is the servant of the citizen, and not his master.

Kennedy, John F. (1963). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1962”, p.9, Best Books on

The United States is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth

"Mumia Abu-Jamal: "The United States Is Fast Becoming One of the Biggest Open-Air Prisons on Earth"". "Democracy Now!" with Amy Goodman, www.democracynow.org. February 01, 2013.

We are the United States of Amnesia, we learn nothing because we remember nothing.

Gore Vidal (2004). “Imperial America: Reflections on the United States of Amnesia”, p.7, CLAIRVIEW BOOKS

The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their own will, and lives only by their will.

John Marshall, Joseph Potter Cotton (2000). “The Constitutional Decisions of John Marshall”, p.417, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

The main obstacle to a stable and just world order is the United States.

George Soros (2007). “Age of Fallibility: Consequences of the War on Terror”, p.16, PublicAffairs

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.

Alexander Hamilton, Donald R. Hickey, Connie D. Clark (2006). “Citizen Hamilton: The Wit and Wisdom of an American Founder”, p.37, Rowman & Littlefield