I am persuaded that a firm union is as necessary to perpetuate our liberties…

“I am persuaded that a firm union is as necessary to perpetuate our liberties…”

I am persuaded that a firm union is as necessary to perpetuate our liberties as it is to make us respectable; and experience will probably prove that the National Government will be as natural a guardian of our freedom as the State Legislatures.

Year: 1788
Context: Speech to the New York Ratifying Convention
Shortlink: http://fq1.us/2g

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Keywords: State Legislatures, Union, experience, freedom, guardian, liberties, national government, perpetuate, prove, respectable

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