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)

    “Sweet weight,
    in celebration of the woman I am
    and of the soul of the woman I am
    and of the central creature and its delight
    I sing for you. I dare to live.”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)

    “War ... should only be declared by the authority of the people, whose toils and treasures are to support its burdens, instead of the government which is to reap its fruits.”
    —James Madison (1751–1836)