The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 19 · paragraph 17
They have no common treasury; no common troops even in war; no common coin; no common judicatory; nor any other common mark of sovereignty.Read in context ›
Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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