A concern for states rights, local self government and regional identity used to be taken for granted everywhere in America. But the United States is no longer, as it once was, a federal union of diverse states and regions. National uniformity is being imposed by the political class that runs Washington, the economic class that owns Wall Street and the cultural class in charge of Hollywood and the Ivy League.
~ Michael Hill, professor of British History, University of Alabama
Federalism is not when the central government graciously allows the states to do this or that. That is just another form of administration. True federalism is when the people of the states set limits to the central government. Fundamentally, federalism means states' rights. The cause of states' rights is the cause of liberty. They rise or fall together.
~ Clyde C. Wilson
John 12:24 "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit."
2 comments:
WOW, Rev. Paul
Thank you!
gfa
Kindly read ALL of Amendments nine and ten!
Yes, States have rights - but primarily it is the citizens (and their voluntary or natural groupings) that have rights!
(The groupings I'm thinking of, are families, churches, parties, companies, and associations of various kinds (and obviously, only when their purpose is lawful).)
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