“This government is acknowledged by all, to be one of enumerated powers.”

– Justice John Marshall (1755-1835) US Supreme Court Chief Justice Source: McCulloch v. Maryland http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/John.Marshall.Quote.A3D9

“If any state in the Union will declare that it prefers separation… to a continuance in union… I have no hesitation in saying, ‘let us separate.’ “

– Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President Source: letter to W. Crawford, June 20, 1816 http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Thomas.Jefferson.Quote.2551

“We start with first principles. The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers.”

– William H. Rehnquist Chief Justice, U. S. Supreme Court Source: United States v. Lopez http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/William.Rehnquist.Quote.ECFF