“The greatest [calamity] which could befall [us would be] submission to a government of unlimited powers.” Thomas Jefferson – Declaration and Protest of Virginia, 1825.
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“[The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress, their acts shall become nullities; to render unnecessary an appeal to the people, or in other words a…
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“Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.” Thomas Jefferson – Draft Kentucky Resolutions, 1798.
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“The issue today is the same as it has been throughout all history, whether man shall be allowed to govern himself or be ruled by a small elite.” Thomas Jefferson James Madison, the Father of the Constitution, elaborated upon this…
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“The tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” Thomas Jefferson
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“When all government, domestic and foreign, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another and will become as venal…
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“A wise and frugal government … shall restrain men from injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has…
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“…the opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves in their own sphere of action but for the Legislature and Executive also in their spheres, would make…