Best General Government Quotes

39 General Government quotes by 21 unique authors

I do verily believe that if the principle were to prevail of a common law being in force in the United States (which principle possesses… — Thomas Jefferson
...I do not mean to say that this general government is charged with the duty of redressing or preventing all the wrongs in the world;… — Abraham Lincoln
I believe each individual is naturally entitled to do as he pleases with himself and the fruit of his labor, so far as it in… — Abraham Lincoln
The officers of Congress, may come upon you now, fortified with all the terrors of paramount federal authority. Excisemen taxmen may come in multitudes; for… — Patrick Henry
In matters of religion, I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the general government. I… — Thomas Jefferson
The questions which for years were in dispute between the State and General Government, and which unhappily were not decided by the dictates of reason,… — Robert E. Lee
The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded. — Franklin Pierce
I can find no warrant for such an appropriation in the Constitution, and I do not believe that the power and duty of the General… — Grover Cleveland
Nothing can be clearer than that what the Constitution intended to guard against was the exercise by the general government of the power of directly… — Melville Fuller
Of the powers conferred upon the General Government by the Constitution of the United States much the most important are those given to the legislative… — Samuel Freeman Miller
They wish for a general government of unity, as they see that the local legislatures must naturally and necessarily tend to retard the general government. — Henry Knox
I have ever been opposed to banks, - opposed to internal improvements by the general government, - opposed to distribution of public lands among the… — Sam Houston
The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as the general government. — Thomas Jefferson
When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us through the Revolution, in preparing us for the reception of… — George Washington

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