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> [The tenth amendment said the federal government is supposed to only have powers that were explicitly given in the Constitution. I think the federal government's gone way beyond that. The Constitution never said that you could have a Federal Reserve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-malpass/the-tenth-amendment-said-the-federal-government-is-supposed-to-only/)

[David Malpass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-malpass/)

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> [It would reduce the whole instrument to a single phrase, that of instituting a Congress with power to do whatever would be for the good of the United States; and as they would be the sole judges of the good…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-jefferson/it-would-reduce-the-whole-instrument-to-a-single-phrase-that-of/)

[Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-jefferson/)

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