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Quotation from The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson
“in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil”
The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, Virginia Resolutions (1798), Resolution 3 (Avalon Project transcription)
The central statement of Madison's doctrine of interposition, set within the compact theory of the Constitution.
Citation: "in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states who are parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil" — James Madison and Thomas Jefferson, The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions, Virginia Resolutions (1798), Resolution 3 (Avalon Project transcription). (id virginia-and-kentucky-resolutions-q2)
Portrait: Rembrandt Peale - Thomas Jefferson, Rembrandt Peale, Public domain.
