I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which would make our powers boundless.


Memoirs, Correspondence, and Private Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Late President of the United States (ed. 1829)

Thomas Jefferson Quotes

I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which would make our...

I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which would make our...

I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which would make our...

I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a construction which would make our...