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The Federalist, on the new constitution, written in 1788, with an appendix, containing the letters of Pacificus and Helvidius on the proclamation of neutrality of 1793, also the original articles of confederation and the constitution of the United States

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The Federalist, on the new constitution, written in 1788, with an appendix, containing the letters of Pacificus and Helvidius on the proclamation of neutrality of 1793, also the original articles of confederation and the constitution of the United States Quotes

“I confess I am at a loss to discover what temptation the persons entrusted with the administration of the general government could ever feel to divest the States of the authorities of that description. The regulation of the mere domestic police of a State appears to me to hold out slender allurements to ambition.”

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“If we are in earnest about giving the Union energy and duration we must abandon the vain project of legislating upon the States in their collective capacities.”

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“The treaties of the United States, to have any force at all, must be considered as part of the law of the land.”

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“Though a wide ocean separates the United States from Europe, yet there are various considerations that warn us against an excess of confidence or security.”

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