2000s, The Real Abraham Lincoln: A Debate (2002), Q&A
“The 43rd Federalist deals definitively with this question. There was no question but that the Constitutional Convention, simply as a convention, had no authority of any kind. It did not form a government. But it said that the ratification of nine states shall then bring this new government into existence. The Congress of the Confederation transmitted the results to the country, the ratifications took place, and the government came into existence.”
2000s, The Real Abraham Lincoln: A Debate (2002), Q&A
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2000s, The Real Abraham Lincoln: A Debate (2002), Q&A
Source: The Income Tax: Root of All Evil (1954), p. 16
The 5,000 Year Leap (1981)
1920s, Ordered Liberty and World Peace (1924)
Signing statement on the ratification of the United Nations Convention on Torture http://deadconfederates.com/2014/12/10/prosecute-them/ (1984)
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)
Context: The United States participated actively and effectively in the negotiation of Convention. It marks a significant step in the development during this century of international measures against torture and other inhuman treatment or punishment. Ratification of the Convention by the United States will clearly express United States opposition to torture, an abhorrent practice unfortunately still prevalent in the world today. The core provisions of the Convention establish a regime for international cooperation in the criminal prosecution of torturers relying on so-called "universal jurisdiction." Each State Party is required either to prosecute torturers who are found in its territory or to extradite them to other countries for prosecution.
Source: The Expanse, Tiamat's Wrath (2019), Chapter 34 (p. 357)
“There never can be a convention… that shall bind my vote against my will on any question whatever.”
Speech at the 1880 Republican National Convention http://fairfaxfreecitizen.com/2015/07/02/22640/
1880s
Speech in Berlin (17 May 1933), quoted in The Times (26 September 1939), p. 9
1930s