by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, Government, James Madison, President, Quotes
If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the General Welfare, the Government is no longer a limited one, possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one, subject to particular exceptions. James Madison: letter to...
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Constitution, Founders, Government, President, Quotes, Thomas Jefferson
Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare but only those specifically enumerated.” Thomas Jefferson, from Transcending Time With Thomas Jefferson, Stephen D. Hanson, p. 82.
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Founders, Government, John Jay, Quotes
Those who own the country ought to govern it. Courtesy of BrainyQuote
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Founders, Government, John Jay, Natural Law, President, Quotes
No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent. Courtesy of BrainyQuotes
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Alexander Hamilton, Founders, Quotes
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything. Courtesy of BrainyQuote
by Mike Van Schoiack | Oct 4, 2013 | Education, Founders, George Washington, President, Quotes
There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness. Courtesy of BrainyQuote
