To have the nation unified under a strong central power, it leads us to be stronger as a country and within our military force. ... See, here's where Anti-Federalist ideas intertwine with the views of the Federalists; we all want to prevent the government from attaining too much power and abusing it. ... The Bill of Rights absolutely gave us more power as the people, and also provided ramifications if the bill was not abided by. ... "Here, in strictness, the people surrender nothing, and as they retain everything, they have no need of particular reservations," a final quote from...

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The power of taxation and tariffs were given to the states, and each state had its own currency, which made it difficult to interstate trade. ... Some people were afraid to let the national government have a lot of power of the economy. ... By granting to Congress a power to collect moneys from the commerce of these states, indefinitely as to time and quantity, and for the expenditure of which they are not to be accountable to the states, they would become independent of their constituents; and so the proposed impost is repugnant to the liberty of the United States. " (Document A) This quote f...

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Document 1, a quote from the editor of a newspaper who fully supported the ratification of the Constitution, felt that it was needed because the country was in distress and no one had respect for their country. ... It formed a loose government in which state governments had more power than the national government. ... She opposed it because she felt there was no security in the system, providing no balance of power or protection of basic rights. ... Most anti-federalists believed that the states should hold the power or the rule over the national government. ... Although it was written in 178...

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Justice O"Connor's "protect us from our own best intentions" quote very plainly points out the importance of federalism. The overwhelming significance of the each decision made concerning federalism must be consistent with this notion of protecting ourselves for our "own best interests" that is to say from the centralization of power. Chief Justice Marshall's ideals are set forth in the given quote as he explains the reasoning and need for vagueness in the Constitution (and therefore federalism). ... Justice Marshall wrote that the power to tax involves the power to destroy. ......

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He goes into detail about how he came into power and the occurrences that led to his impeachment. ... (Benedict 60) What I did not like about Benedict's writing style was how he used many outside sources and direct quotes throughout his book which seem to be from long ago and are hard to read and understand. Nor did he paraphrase or clarify any quotes in his book. ...

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After the compromise the South was no longer defending its power as a large state, but instead defended its power as a slave-holding state. ... This fear of the majority explains why the larger states conceided power during the Great Compromise. ... With the power of the Senate laid out the delegates from each state now had an idea of how the central government affected their states and ambitions. ... The large states fought for the lower house to have the final decision on the executive and eventually received this power. ... He often used direct quotes and summarized statements from dele...

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This speech revealed the ambitions of the Republican Party, which was, to extend the United States power to the Philippines and have complete supremacy over the smaller Spanish possessions of the Caribbean. This can be quoted on the speech by Hoar, "When you raise the flag over the Philippine Islands as an emblem of dominion and acquisition you take it down from Independence Hall". ... Republicans were vastly the ones in power during late 19th century. ...

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He feels that no one branch should have excessive power when it comes to the process of choosing the affiliates of the other two branches. ... Every man, including those in power need to be supervised otherwise a government would not be essential in the first place. ... The quote goes on to say that main members of the convention did not own significant property as Beard had claimed in his writing (Beard, 30). ...

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For why declare that things shall be done for which there is no power to do"(The Constitution that Delicate Balance page 13). ... On June 8th Madison quoted; "It cannot be a secret to the gentlemen in this House, that, notwithstanding the ratification of this system of government yet still there is a great number of our Constituents who are dissatisfied with it We ought not to disregard their inclination but conform to their wishes and expressly declare the great rights of man kind."...

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The record shows that a man identified as the appellant, distributed to the inhabitants of his predominantly Middle-Eastern New York City neighborhood, pamphlets stating "the American government is controlled by Zionist agents and is using it's arrogant power to murder believers around the world." ... The People Of New York, 268 US 652 This quote directly illustrates the court's opinion in this case. ...

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