Boundless Quote by Thomas Jefferson

To take a single step beyond the boundaries specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of…

— Thomas Jefferson

There is a transcendent power in example.

— Sophie Swetchine

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

Power is not a material possession that can be given, it is the ability to act. Power must be taken, it is never given.

— William Powell

“thinking about power as an attribute or even a verb (‘to power’), not as a possession.”

— Mary Beard

Obtain power, then, by all means; power is the law of man; make it yours.

— Maria Edgeworth

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.

— Simone Weil

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard, very liable to be broken.

— Abigail Adams

Power is a complicated word and can take many forms.

— Robert Greene

The only limits of power are the bounds of belief.

— Harold Wilson

The way to have power is to take it.

— Boss Tweed

Power is the ability to take one's place in whatever discourse is essential to action and the right to have one's part matter.

— Carolyn Heilbrun