Weaker Central Government

Famous quotes containing the words weaker, central and/or government:

    “Let the erring sisters depart in peace; the idea of getting up a civil war to compel the weaker States to remain in the Union appears to us horrible to the last degree.”
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)

    “My solitaria
    Are the meditations of a central mind.
    I hear the motions of the spirit and the sound
    Of what is secret becomes, for me, a voice
    That is my own voice speaking in my ear.”
    —Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)

    “In the relations of a weak Government and a rebellious people there comes a time when every act of the authorities exasperates the masses, and every refusal to act excites their contempt.”
    —John Reed (1887–1920)