George Nicholas

Family

Notable quotes

“The liberty of the press ought to be left where the Constitution has placed it, without any power in Congress to abridge it; that if they abridge it, they will destroy it; and that whenever that falls, all our liberties must fall with it.”
— Letter to a friend in Virginia (1798); cited in The Great Quotations, compiled by George Seldes (1960)
“It is a principle universally agreed upon, that all powers not given are retained.”
— Speech given at the Virginia Ratifying Convention (6-10-1788); per Elliot, Jonathan; The Debates, Resolutions, and Other Proceedings, in Convention, Vol 2; Page 196

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