Compact theory refers to two theories related to the development of federal constitutions.
Read more about Compact Theory: Compact Theory in The United States, Compact Theory in Canada
Famous quotes containing the words compact and/or theory:
“What compact mean you to have with us?
Will you be pricked in number of our friends,
Or shall we on, and not depend on you?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“The weakness of the man who, when his theory works out into a flagrant contradiction of the facts, concludes “So much the worse for the facts: let them be altered,” instead of “So much the worse for my theory.””
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)