Authority Quote by Alexander Hamilton
![“[W]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government.” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d0b/alexander-hamilton-619_authority_w-e-must-extend-the-authority-of-the-uni_2278986.jpg)
“[W]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government.”
“[W]e must extend the authority of the Union to the persons of the citizens - the only proper objects of government.”
![“[A] power equal to every possible contingency must exist somewhere in the government . . .” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a2a/alexander-hamilton-619_contingency_a-power-equal-to-every-possible-continge_812132.jpg)
![“[T]he powers granted by the proposed Constitution are the gift of the people, and may be resumed by them when perverted to their oppression, and every power not granted thereby remains with the people.” quote by James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0ff/james-madison-373_constitution_t-he-powers-granted-by-the-proposed-cons_3012358.jpg)
![“The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me [as President] according to the safe and honest meaning contemplated by the plain understanding of the people of the United States at the time of its adoption - a meaning to be found in the explanations of those who advocated…” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/759/thomas-jefferson-43_adoption_the-constitution-on-which-our-union-rest_929558.jpg)
![“[W]ar is a question, under our constitution, not of Executive, but of Legislative cognizance. It belongs to Congress to say whether the Nation shall of choice dismiss the olive branch and unfurl the banners of War.” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bd8/alexander-hamilton-619_banner_w-ar-is-a-question-under-our-constitutio_33383.jpg)
![“It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first comports with, the last violates, the fundamental principles of good government; and, whatever may be the forms of the Constitution, unites all power in the same hands.” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/be4/alexander-hamilton-619_body_it-is-one-thing-to-be-subordinate-to-the_129196.jpg)
![“The rationale which accompanies that imposition of male authority euphemistically referred to as 'the battle of the sexes' bears a certain resemblance to the formulas of nations at war, where any heinousness is justified on the grounds that the enemy is either an inferior [part of the] species or…” quote by Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/895/kate-millett-7301_accompany_the-rationale-which-accompanies-that-imp_8896.jpg)