Thomas Jefferson Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"[W]hensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers,
its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force."

by:	Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
Source:	Kentucky Resolves
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Categories:	Government, Law, Power, Usurpation
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at law; But then there is always the occupying statist theocracy thugs infesting this land that have more and bigger guns than We The People. -- Mike, Norwalk
And in a perfect world, the Kenyan would be put on trial and every law he signed repealed. -- J Carlton, Calgary
True, lawfully, but how to take back the unlawful powers already assumed by government? That is where we are today -- a police state that knows no bounds and continues to steal the wealth and property of the people while crushing them with unpayable debt. Most of what the state does in America today is unauthoritative and void; however, they have the police and military force, so might makes right ... (from their perspective...) -- E Archer, NYC