The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 3 · paragraph 8
It is of high importance to the peace of America that she observe the laws of nations towards all these powers, and to me it appears evident that this will be more perfectly and punctually done by one national government than it could be either by thirteen separate States or by three or four distinct confederacies.Read in context ›
Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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