Impossible Quote by Alexander Hamilton

I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which…

— Thomas Jefferson

There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover.

— Frank Herbert

The powers of the federal government are enumerated; it can only operate in certain cases; it has legislative powers on defined and limited objects,…

— James Madison

There will be found to exist at all times an imperious necessity for restraining all the functionaries of the Government within the range of…

— John Tyler

Nations, great nations have limitations. All nations have limitations. Even great powers have limitations.

— Chuck Hagel

Arbitrary power has seldom... been introduced in any country at once. It must be introduced by slow degrees, and as it were step by…

— Lord Chesterfield

The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.

— Harold Wilson

The State has invariably shown a striking talent for the expansion of its powers beyond any limits that might be imposed upon it.

— Murray Rothbard

Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with the probable…

— Alexander Hamilton

The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments…

— James Madison

For what purpose could the enumeration of particular powers be inserted, if these and all others were meant to be included in the preceding…

— James Madison

The government will make use of these powers only insofar as they are essential for carrying out vitally necessary measures.... The separate existence of…

— Adolf Hitler