With respect to the words "general welfare," I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it. — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
Freedom, liberty, individual rights, that idea of dealing with other people in a matter that is not initiating force against them, is… — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
Good intentions will always be pleaded, for every assumption of power; but they cannot justify it ... It is hardly too strong… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
The right to freedom being the gift of God, it is not in the power of man to alienate this gift and… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. — John Adams Copy Share Image
