Every power vested in a government is in its nature sovereign, and inc…

Alexander Hamilton
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Every power vested in a government is in its nature sovereign, and includes by force of the term a right to employ all the means requisite . . . to the attainment of the ends of such power. ✨ Opinion on the Constitutionality of the Bank, 23 Feb. 1791
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