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.
Cure yourself of the inclination to bother about how you look to other people. Be concerned only . . . with the idea God has of you.
Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.
In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity.
There is perhaps no better a demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world.
That skull had a tongue in it, and could sing once: how the knave jowls it to the ground, as if it were Cain's jaw-bone, that did the first murder! It might be the pate of a politician, which this ass now o'er-reaches; one that would circumvent God, might it not?
Money alone is absolutely good, because it is not only a concrete satisfaction of one need in particular; it is an abstract satisfaction of all.
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