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General Government Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the states are independent as to everything within themselves and united as…
- I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results…
- Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.
- Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the General Government.
- [T]he States can best govern our home concerns and the general government our foreign ones. I wish, therefore . . . never to see all…
- The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government
- The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the States are independent as to everything within themselves, and united as…
- 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…
- 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…
- The States should be left to do whatever acts they can do as well as the general government.
More General Government Quotes
- The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the states are independent as to everything within themselves… — Thomas Jefferson
- I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or… — Thomas Jefferson
- Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force. — Thomas Jefferson
- Human rights can only be assured among a virtuous people. The general government . . . can never be in danger of… — George Washington
- The error is in the assumption that the General Government is a party to the constitutional compact. The States ... formed the… — John C. Calhoun
- Certainly, no power to prescribe any religious exercise, or to assume authority in religious discipline, has been delegated to the General Government. — Thomas Jefferson
- There is not a shadow of right in the general government to intermingle with religion. Its least interference with it would be… — James Madison
- I could not do otherwise without transcending the limits prescribed by the Constitution for the President and without feeling that I might… — Andrew Jackson
- [T]he States can best govern our home concerns and the general government our foreign ones. I wish, therefore . . . never… — Thomas Jefferson
- In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general government.… — Joseph Story
- In the first place, it is to be remembered, that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power… — James Madison
- I confess I am at a loss to discover what temptation the persons entrusted with the administration of the general government could… — Alexander Hamilton