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Here is no compact or league between States, involving the recognition of State Rights, but a government ordained and established by the people of the United States for themselves and their posterity.
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gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
This quote highlights the idea that the U.S. government was created by the people for their own benefit, not merely as an agreement between states.
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