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.
The purpose of God is the sovereign cause of all that good that is in man, and of all that external, internal and eternal good that comes to man. Not works past, for men are chosen from everlasting; not works present, for Jacob was loved and chosen before he was born; nor works foreseen, for men were all corrupt in Adam. All a believer's present happiness, and all his future happiness springs from the eternal purpose of God.
...for whether we want to or not, we belong to our time and we share in its opinions, its feelings, even its delusions.
Only the peak feels so sound and stable that the beginning of the falling is hidden for a little while.
Nothing that isn't a real crime makes a man appear so contemptible and little in the eyes of the world as inconsistency.
Some people will say that words like scum and rotten are wrong for Objective Journalism -- which is true, but they miss the point. It was the built-in blind spots of the Objective rules and dogma that allowed Nixon to slither into the White House in the first place.
All around us, aspects of the modern world - diet, exercise, medicine, art, work, family, philosophy, economics, ecology, psychology - have begun a long circle back toward their former coherence. Whether they can arrive before the natural world is damaged beyond repair and madness destroys humanity, we cannot tell.
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