If the Constitution is adopted (and it was) the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States or a Confederacy.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the idea that the Constitution solidifies the United States as a union of states, both in practical terms and theoretical principles.
Alexander Hamiltonβs quote reflects the foundational concept of the United States as a union of states, which is established through the adoption of the Constitution. He implies that this agreement is not only a legal document but also a theoretical framework that binds the states together, creating a cohesive entity that balances the interests of individual states with the overall unity of the nation.
In practice
This quote can be mentioned during a debate about federalism and state rights.
When men, engaged in unjustifiable pursuits, are aware that obstructions may come from a quarter which bare apprehension of opposition from doing what they would with eagerness rush into if no such external impediments were to be feared.
The tendency of a national bank is to increase public and private credit. The former gives power to the state, for the protection of its rights and interests: and the latter facilitates and extends the operations of commerce among individuals. Industry is increased, commodities are multiplied, agriculture and manufacturers flourish: and herein consists the true wealth and prosperity of a state.
It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government.
The Achaeans soon experienced, as often happens, that a victorious and powerful ally is but another name for a master.
The people are turbulent and changing; they seldom judge right or make good decision.
The true principle of a republic is that the people should choose whom they please to govern them. Representation is imperfect, in proportion as the current of popular favor is checked. The great source of free government, popular election, should be perfectly pure, and the most unbounded liberty allowed.
Time goes faster the more hollow it is. Lives with no meaning go straight past you, like trains that donβt stop at your station.
The world is a sacred vessel. It should not be meddled with. It should not be owned. If you try to meddle with it you will ruin it. If you try to own it you will lose it
Liberty without discipline cannot survive. Without order and authority in the spirit of man the free way of life leads through weakness, disorganization, self-indulgence, and moral indifference to the destruction of freedom itself. The tragic ordeal through which the Western world is passing was prepared in the long period of easy liberty during which men forgot the elementary truths of human existence. They forgot that their freedom was achieved by heroic sacrifice.
What's lost is nothing to what's found, and all the death that ever was, set next to life, would scarcely fill a cup.
It is hard to interest those who have everything in those who have nothing.
Nothing is forgotten in the processes of idealization. Reveries of idealization develop, not by letting oneself be taken in by memories, but by constantly dreaming the values of a being whom one would love. And that is the way a great dreamer dreams his double. His magnified double sustains him.
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