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Best Powers Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- It is not by the consolidation or concentration of powers but by their distribution that good government is effected.
- The error seems not sufficiently eradicated, that the operations of the mind, as well as the acts of the body, are subject to the coercion…
- Unless the mass retains sufficient control over those entrusted with the powers of their government, these will be perverted to their own oppression, and to…
- The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers.
- The government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that…
- I see,... and with the deepest affliction, the rapid strides with which the federal branch of our government is advancing towards the usurpation of all…
- 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…
- And where else will [Hume,] this degenerate son of science, this traitor to his fellow men, find the origin of just powers, if not in…
- Both of our political parties, at least the honest portion of them, agree conscientiously in the same object: the public good; but they differ essentially…
- 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…
- [An] act of the Congress of the United States... which assumes powers... not delegated by the Constitution, is not law, but is altogether void and…
- I know of no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves; and if we think them not enlightened enough…
- To make us one nation as to foreign concerns, and keep us distinct in Domestic ones gives the outline of the proper division of powers…
- Congress has not unlimited powers to provide for the general welfare, but only those specifically enumerated.
- I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution, nor…
- It is not by consolidation, or concentration of powers, but by their distribution, that good government is effected.
- The legitimate powers of government extend to such acts only as they are injurious to others.
- Believing with you that religion is a matter which lies solely between man and his God, that he owes account to none other for his…
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- The colour of the skin is in no way connected with strength of the mind or intellectual powers. — Benjamin Banneker
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- The actor is too prone to exaggerate his powers; he wants to play Hamlet when his appearance is more suitable to King… — Sarah Bernhardt
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- As civilisation advances, the deities lessen in number, the divine powers become concentrated more and more in one Being, and God rules… — Annie Besant
- The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder in fruitless… — Conrad Black
- The threat today is not that of the 1930s. It's not big powers going to war with each other. The ravages which… — Tony Blair