The President is bound to stop at the limits prescribed by our Constitution and law to the authorities in his hands, [and this] would apply in an occasion of peace as well as war.
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: 1801-1806 (ed. 1897)
The President is bound to stop at the limits prescribed by our Constitution and law to the authorities in his hands, [and this] would apply in an occasion of peace as well as war.
The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: 1801-1806 (ed. 1897)