Founding Fathers Quotes on the Dangers of Centralized Power in the Ninth & Tenth Amendments

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“A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth.”

  • Thomas Jefferson, Letter to James Madison, December 1787

If the Crown represented anything to the Founding Fathers, it was the danger of central power – which is why the Constitution gives broad powers to the states while intentionally limiting federal power. These are some of our favorite quotes on why our Founders wanted a decentralized government at Ammo.com.

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