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Quote from Virginia’s General Assembly,


"Had the states been despoiled of their sovereignty by the generality of the preamble, and had the Federal Government been endowed with whatever they should judge to be instrumental towards the union, justice, tranquility, common defence, general welfare, and the preservation of liberty, nothing could have been more frivolous than an enumeration of powers."


By:

Virginia’s General Assembly (more quotes by Virginia’s General Assembly or books by/about Virginia’s General Assembly)

Source:

January 23, 1799

Categories:

Constitution

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