The Origin of Power is the People

Wrote Elbridge Gerry: “the origin of all power is in the people, and that they have an incontestible right to check the creatures of their own creation”

Wrote Elbridge Gerry: “the origin of all power is in the people, and that they have an incontestible right to check the creatures of their own creation”
Jul 17, 2009 | Categories:Founding Fathers, Founding Principles | Tags: Constitution, Elbridge Gerry, Founding Fathers | 7 Comments »
"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
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