Congress Quote by Thomas Jefferson

The construction applied . . . to those parts of the Constitution of the United States which delegate Congress a power . . .…

— Thomas Jefferson

The powers contained in a constitution...ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good.

— Alexander Hamilton

On any other hypothesis, the delegation of judicial power would annul the authority delegating it; and the concurrence of this department with the others…

— James Madison

If [the legislature] will positively enact a thing to be done, the judges are not at liberty to reject it, for that were to…

— William Blackstone

The Constitution does not vest in Congress the authority to protect society from every bad act that might befall it....[I]f followed to its logical…

— Clarence Thomas

If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected…

— George Washington

I consider the foundation of the Constitution as laid on this ground that 'all powers not delegated to the United States, by the Constitution,…

— Thomas Jefferson

If Congress were to censure, fine or otherwise try to punish a president, it would dramatically alter the balance of power between the branches..

— Mike DeWine

The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had…

— Abraham Lincoln

One might plausibly contend that Congress violates the spirit, if not the letter, of the constitutional doctrine of separation of powers when it exonerates…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Power's not what the Constitution was about.

— Roy Moore

To refer the power in question to the clause "to provide for the common defense and general welfare" would be contrary to the established…

— James Madison