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Quotation from The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson
“That this assembly most solemnly declares a warm attachment to the Union of the States, to maintain which it pledges all its powers”
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, Virginia Resolutions (1798), Resolution 2 (Avalon Project transcription)
Madison opens with professions of loyalty to the Union before stating Virginia's objections.
Citation: "That this assembly most solemnly declares a warm attachment to the Union of the States, to maintain which it pledges all its powers" — James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, Virginia Resolutions (1798), Resolution 2 (Avalon Project transcription). (id virginia-and-kentucky-resolutions-q1)
Portrait: Rembrandt Peale - Thomas Jefferson, Rembrandt Peale, Public domain.
