“Our citizens have wisely formed themselves into one nation as to others, and several states as among them selves. To the united nation belong our external and mutual relations; to each state severally the care of our persons, our property, our reputation and religious freedom. This wise distribution, if carefully preserved, will prove, I trust from […]
Category: Notable Quotables of the Constitution
Duty to Study Government – Founding Fathers
John Adams was a Federalist, and while Jefferson refused to be labeled as anything, he was viewed as an Anti-Federalist and clearly opposed John Adams presidential platform. Yet, both of them agreed on the duty to study government imposed on all citizens. “The science of government is my duty to study, more than all other […]