Federalist and Anti-Federalist Quotes

“The Articles of Confederation have a good foundation and only need to be adjusted, they will work fine.”

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“A President needs to provide strong leadership for the country.”

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“We need to make sure the governments’ power is limited and citizens have guaranteed personal freedoms.”

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“The National Government needs to be stronger in order to function.”

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“States should have more power than the National government.”

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“It must be by this time evident to all men…that (the Articles of Confederation) is a system so radically vicious and unsound as to admit….an entire change.”

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“Our country is too large to have all affairs directed by a single government.”

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“The powers contained in the constitution….should be used liberally to advance the public good.”

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"I had rather be a free citizen of the small republic of Massachusetts, than an oppressed subject of the great American empire."

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“When the government fears the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.”

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