Thomas Jefferson Quote

That the several states who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction; and that a nullification, by those sovereignties, of all unauthorized acts done under colour of that instrument, is the rightful remedy.


The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and '99 (ed. 1832)


That the several states who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction; and...

That the several states who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction; and...

That the several states who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction; and...

That the several states who formed that instrument, being sovereign and independent, have the unquestionable right to judge of its infraction; and...