Government Quote by Anonymous

Whenever the powers of government are placed in any hands other than those of the community, whether those of one man, of a few,…

— James Mill

The power under the Constitution will always be in the people. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period,…

— George Washington

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

Have no power, by taxation or otherwise, to retard, impede, burden or in any manner control the operations of the constitutional laws enacted by…

— John Marshall

Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of…

— Cory Doctorow

In this distribution of powers the wisdom of our constitution is manifested. It is the province and duty of the Executive to preserve to…

— Alexander Hamilton

To maintain the ascendancy of the Constitution over the lawmaking majority is the great and essential point on which the success of the [American]…

— John C. Calhoun

A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government; and government without a constitution is power without…

— Thomas Paine

Every power vested in a government is in its nature sovereign, and includes by force of the term a right to employ all the…

— Alexander Hamilton

Whenever any form of government shall become destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alteror to abolish it, &…

— Anonymous

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

Government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit and security of the people, nation or community; whenever any government shall be…

— George Mason