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