Even a good quote and some paraphrasing in there from Thomas Jefferson. A personal favorite.
"The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a subject of consideration with me in the exercise of official duties. Certainly there is not a word in the Constitution which has given that power to them more than to the Executive or Legislative branches." --Thomas Jefferson to W. H. Torrance, 1815. ME 14:303
"In the words of Thomas Jefferson, 'To consider judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions is a very dangerous doctrine and indeed one that would place us under the despotism of an oligarchy.'" -Walter E. Williams
James Madison quotes.
"If Congress can do whatever in their discretion can be done by money, and will promote the general welfare, the government is no longer a limited one possessing enumerated powers, but an indefinite one subject to particular exceptions." ? James Madison
Walter Williams paraphrases Thomas Jefferson writing to George Washington.
"Thomas Jefferson said the same thing, he says that "Congress does not have the authority to do anything in the General Welfare, but only those that are enumerated in the Constitution.'" -Walter E. Williams
