“I do believe states' rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while - like, 150 years or so. I'm professionally obliged to believe that knowledge is better than ignorance, but some kinds of forgetting are OK with me.” YearsBelieveKindStatesSoundForgetRightsIgnoranceCustomersDoctrineObligedStates RightsSound Doctrine Author:John Shelton Reed
“And it's absolutely hypocritical for the political party that talks about states rights, to suddenly ignore states rights, that say that the federal government or federalism has no business in this kind of business.” KindStatesGovernmentPoliticalPartyRightsFederal GovernmentPolitical PartiesHypocriticalFederalismStates Rights Author:Gary Ackerman
“There is no issue of States' rights or National rights. There is only the struggle for human rights.” HumansStatesStruggleIssuesRightsHuman RightsStates RightsVoting Rights Act Author:Lyndon B. Johnson