Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts…

Thomas Jefferson
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Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1977). The Portable Thomas Jefferson, p.228, Penguin
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