This power ought to be coextensive with all the possible combinations of such circumstances; and ought to be under the direction of the same councils which are appointed to preside over the common defense.


The Federalist, on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788 (ed. 1842)


This power ought to be coextensive with all the possible combinations of such circumstances; and ought to be under the direction of the same councils ...

This power ought to be coextensive with all the possible combinations of such circumstances; and ought to be under the direction of the same councils ...

This power ought to be coextensive with all the possible combinations of such circumstances; and ought to be under the direction of the same councils ...

This power ought to be coextensive with all the possible combinations of such circumstances; and ought to be under the direction of the same councils ...