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" First, that the general government is not invested with more powers than are indispensably necessary to perform the functions of a good government, and consequently, that no objection ought to be made against the quantity of power delegated to it. "
The Writings of George Washington: pt. III. Private letters from the time ... - Page 308
by George Washington - 1847
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The Citadel of Freedom: A Brief Study of the Constitution and Its Builders ...

Randolph Leigh - United States - 1923 - 168 pages
...government as the best safeguard against oppression in any form: "The general government is not invested with more powers than are indispensably necessary to perform the functions of good government, and consequently no objection should be made to the quantity of power delegated to...
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Annual Report of the American Bar Association: Including ..., Volume 49

American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1924 - 1188 pages
...pivots upon which the whole machine must move are, first, that the general government is not invested with more powers than are indispensably necessary...to perform the functions of a good government; and, second, that these powers are so distributed among the legislative, executive and judicial branches...
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The Constitution of the United States: Its Origin, Meaning and Application

William Backus Guitteau, Hanson Hart Webster - United States - 1926 - 240 pages
...the whole machine must move) , my creed is simply, ^"pst. That the general government is not invested with more' powers, than are indispensably necessary...made against the quantity of power delegated to it. "2dly. That these powers . . . are so distributed among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches...
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Honor to George Washington and Reading about George Washington: Pamphlets 1 ...

Albert Bushnell Hart - 1932 - 220 pages
...simply, "1st. That the general government is not invested with more powers, than are indispensable necessary to perform the functions of a good government;...made against the quantity of power delegated to it. "2ly. That these powers, (as the appointment of all rulers will for ever arise from, and at short,...
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Trust Companies, Volume 43

Trust companies - 1926 - 912 pages
...the whole machine must move), my creed it simply, 1st. That the general government is not invested with more powers, than are indispensably necessary...made against the quantity of power delegated to it. TRUST COMPANIES "'¿dly. That these powers are so distributed among the legislative, executive, and...
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Founding Friendship: George Washington, James Madison, and the Creation of ...

Stuart Leibiger - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 300 pages
...ratif1cation, Washington focused on the Constitution's assets. Because "the general Government is not invested with more Powers than are indispensably necessary to perform [the] functions of a good Government," he believed, "no objections ought to be made against the quantity of Power delegated to it." Because...
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Proceedings of the United States Naval Institute, Volume 48

United States Naval Institute - Naval art and science - 1922 - 1382 pages
...Government is not invested with more powers, than are indispensably necessary to perform the function of a good Government ; and consequently, that no objection...made against the quantity of power delegated to it." Washington again affirms his belief in the powers of the People in these words: The power under the...
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