State Union Quotes

We are not a nation, but a union, a confederacy of equal and sovereign states.

The first duty of our Government to its own citizens and foreigners within its borders is the preservation of order. Unless and until that duty is met a government is not even eligible for recognition among the family of nations.

The world’s best hope depended on the continued Union of these States.

I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

The union of so many states will be seen in the eyes of the world—a wonder.

Slavery existed before the formation of this Union. It derived from the Constitution that recognition which it would not have enjoyed without the confederation. If the States had not united together, there would have been no obligation on adjoining States to regard any species of property unknown to themselves.

The attributes of sovereignty are now enjoyed by every state in the Union.

It is federal, because it is the government of States united in a political union, in contradistinction to a government of individuals, that is, by what is usually called, a social compact. To express it more concisely, it is federal and not national because it is the government of a community of States, and not the government of a single State or Nation.

I believe that the E.U. should be the union of nation states and that all deepening of ties between the member states cannot go beyond the limits of democracy.

On the distinctive principles of the Government ... of the U. States, the best guides are to be found in ... The Declaration of Independence, as the fundamental Act of Union of these States.

The union of the states is indissoluble; the country is undivided and indivisible forever.

Europe is and will be a Union of States.

By [the] operations [of public improvement] new channels of communication will be opened between the States; the lines of separation will disappear, their interests will be identified, and their union cemented by new and indissoluble ties.

Eligible citizens from any State in the Union can serve in the Border Protection Corps of that State.