Quotes About States

Secession belongs to a different class of remedies. It is to be justified upon the basis that the States are sovereign. There was a time when none denied it. I hope the time may come again when a better comprehension of the theory of our Government, and the inalienable rights of the people of the States, will prevent any one from denying that each State is a sovereign, and thus may reclaim the grants which it has made to any agent whomsoever.

It was in this spirit of patriotism and confidence in the continuance of such abiding good will as would for all time preclude hostile aggression, that Virginia ceded, for the use of the confederated States, all that vast extent of territory lying north of the Ohio River, out of which have since been formed five States and part of a sixth.

There was before the war little powder or ammunition of any kind stored in the Southern States, and this was a relic of the war with Mexico.

There's a thought that the ERA will succeed if three more states ratify, but I don't think you can play the game that way, because a number of states have withdrawn their ratification, so you'd have to count those. It would be better to start over. I hope that that will happen.

The use of the term Dixie as a nickname for the South was inspired by the popularity throughout the United States of the Louisiana "Dix", or $10 banknote, issued by New Orleans firms.

Some states more than others,' said Hooke. 'California ain't so lenient. New York makes it near to impossible to secure a permit. New Jersey, Connecticut, even Hawaii. All these red-blooded Americans are crying out for guns. And if there is one thing

Issues that agitate American politics—who is an American citizen and what rights come along with citizenship, the relative powers of the national government and the states, affirmative action, the relationship between political and economic democracy, the proper response to terrorism—are Reconstruction questions.

By 1940, there were about a million cars in Los Angeles, more cars than in forty-one states.

The most visible and often tragic sacrifice of proletarian socialism - not to mention internationalism - on the altar of nationalism, of course, has been by the states that proclaim themselves to be, or to aspire to become, socialist.

The paradox is that, while these rich states have become more strongly Democratic over time, rich voters have remained consistently more Republican than voters on the lower end of the income scale.

As figure A.6 shows, state-by-state election swings have generally been declining over the past few decades. The red-blue map is much more stable from election to election than it used to be.

In asking why the patterns within states differ from those among states, we are specifically interested in why rich and poor have diverged so much in poor states and so little in rich states.

The poor have been getting richer faster in the poor states and the rich have been getting richer faster in the rich states; see figure 5.3.

Income inequality has been increasing in Democratic-leaning states and decreasing in Republican-leaning states. Tax cuts and deregulation (which have been championed by Republicans and reluctantly accepted by Democrats) have increased inequality in the richest states, while poverty-relief programs (largely instituted in Democratic administrations but generally left standing by Republicans) have decreased inequality in poor states.

Nullification means insurrection and war and the other states have a right to put it down.

Money is power, and in that government which pays all the public officers of the states will all political power be substantially concentrated.

The 21st Amendment gives the states the right to decide what the drinking ages should be and other aspects relative to alcoholic beverages, and I support that. As a United States senator, I want to weigh in - this is not my agenda.

I think movies are good for getting into dream states or exploring weird alternate states of thinking.

Luckily, he was in the process of moving to France at the time, anyway. But if he had stayed in the States, I don't know how he would have handled that, because it was getting pretty crazy. I mean, a celebrity which he really did not welcome. And I can't blame him.

I'm, you know, having begun my public service in state government. I very much respect the authority of states to make the decisions to provide for its citizen - the safety and welfare of its citizens.

The powers of Congress are totally inadequate to preserve the balance between the respective States, and oblige them to do those things which are essential for their own welfare or for the general good.

PM Modi has provided visionary leadership with his focus on the welfare of the poor and inclusive nature taking along his whole team, including states, parties, all schools of thought, all sections of society.

The Republican majority, left to its own devices from 1995 to 2000, was a party committed to limited government and restoring the balances of federalism with the states. Clearly, President Bush has had a different vision, and that vision has resulted in education and welfare policies that have increased the size and scope of government.

What Clinton severed with his welfare reform was the obligation of the federal government to step in when the states failed and to monitor these programs.