 | Joseph F. Zimmerman - Political Science - 2012 - 304 pages
...the sentiments of the people and to govern accordingly. In Thomas Jefferson's words, the States are "the most competent administrations for our domestic...surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies." (f) The nature of our constitutional system encourages a healthy diversity in the public policies by... | |
 | William Barclay Napton - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 668 pages
...their meddlesome course, and the Union must be destroyed. This would be a most disastrous event. [53] "The support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent administration for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks [54] against anti-republican tendencies;... | |
 | David Edwin Harrell, Edwin S. Gaustad, John B. Boles, Sally Foreman Griffith - History - 2005 - 860 pages
...tendencies," but he also honored and staunchly defended "the preservation of the general government in its constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad." Rights and liberties fought for in the American Revolution, and freedoms guaranteed in the Bill of... | |
 | Robert MC Elroy - 2005 - 376 pages
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 | Mark David Ledbetter - 379 pages
...was closer to the people and therefore the proper center of domestic political power. He offered his ...support of the state governments in all their rights,...surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies. But there is still one more thing, the most important. Libertarian government more than any other will... | |
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Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most... 
