. . . the State Legislatures will jealously and closely watch the operations of this Government, and be … - James Madison

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You must accept it as it is, and hence accept all consequences. A wall is indeed a wall.

James Madison

. . . the State Legislatures will jealously and closely watch the operations of this Government, and be able to resist with more effect every assumption of power, than any other power on earth can do; and the greatest opponents to a Federal Government admit the State Legislatures to be sure guardians of the people's liberty.

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