"A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the governmental exercise of any power not authorized by the constitution is an assumed power, and therefore illegal."

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Source : Thomas Paine, John P. Kaminski (2002). “Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion”, p.69, Rowman & Littlefield

Thomas Paine

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“I believe intelligence and fear are very close together. Guys who say they are not afraid of anything, they are stupid. They are silly to me...I am afraid of everything”
“Remember you have to be comfortable. Golf is not a life or death situation. It's just a game and should be treated as such. Stay loose.”
“It can be a little difficult to command attention when surrounded by lunatics,”

Source : Adam Foulds (2009). “The Quickening Maze”, p.17, Random House
“I never weigh myself. But if I put my trousers on and they don't do up, then I don't eat until I can.”

Source : "Charlie Watts's Guide to Dressing Like a Gentleman". Interview with Mary Kaye Schilling, www.gq.com. June 29, 2012.
“Painting transports me into another dimension which, quite literally, refreshes parts of the soul which other activities can't reach.”
“If it is the case that our activities depend on how we ourselves see them, what we believe about them, then if we have crazy, fuzzy ideas about teaching, we will be likely to do crazy and fuzzy things in its name.”
“Every city is either vibrant these days or is working on a plan to attain vibrancy soon. The reason is simple: a city isn't successful - isn't even a city, really - unless it can lay claim to being 'vibrant.'”
“I am extremely spiritual. I've not gone into this before because it's personal, but faith is the core of my life.”

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