“Resolved, That the General Assembly of Virginia, doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the Constitution of this State, against every aggression either foreign or domestic, and that they will support the Government of the United States in all measures warranted by the former.” StatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesSupportConstitutionFormerFirmResolutionAggressionAssemblyVirginiaConstitution Of The United StatesGeneral Assembly Book:Selected Writings of James Madison Source: Selected Writings of James Madison
“The First Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment rights in the United States Constitution were being violated in Albany again and again - freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, the equal protection of the laws - I could count at least 30 such violations. Yet the president, sworn to uphold the Constitution, and all the agencies of the United States government at his disposal, were nowhere to be seen.” FirstsStatesGovernmentLawPresidentUnitedUnited StatesRightsEqualSpeechConstitutionProtectionAgencyAmendmentsFreedom Of SpeechAgain And AgainViolationFirst AmendmentAssemblyState GovernmentUnited States GovernmentEqual ProtectionAlbanyFreedom Of AssemblyFourteenth Amendment Author:Howard Zinn
“I look upon parliamentary government as the noblest government in the world, and certainly one most suited to England. But without the discipline of political connection, animated by the principle of private honor, I feel certain that a popular assembly would sink before the power or the corruption of a minister.” WorldFeelsLooksGovernmentPoliticalCertainPrinciplesDisciplineHonorConnectionsEnglandCorruptionMinistersLook UpAnimatedAssemblyParliamentaryParliamentary Government Author:Benjamin Disraeli