Thomas Jefferson Quote

Quote from Thomas Jefferson,

"I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground: That 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States or to the people' (10th Amendment). To take a single step beyond the boundaries thus specifically drawn around the powers of Congress, is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible to any definition."

By:	Thomas Jefferson (more quotes by Thomas Jefferson or books by/about Thomas Jefferson)
	(1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President
Source:	Opinion on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, letter to George Washington,15 February 1791, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Boyd, ed., vol. 19 (276)
Categories:	Authority, Banking, Congress, Constitution, Independence, Individual Rights, Power, President, Restraint, Totalitarian, Tyranny, Usurpation
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