Thomas Jefferson called the Tenth Amendment “the foundation of the Constitution.” It tells us how to read the entire document - the people are the source of all power - and the feds are only authorized to do the stuff the people of the states delegated to them. #constitution #10thAmendment #thomasjefferson #johnjay #founders #liberty #foundingfathers #decentralize #quote #quotes #qotd #history #libertarian #federalism #constitutionalist | Tenth Amendment Center

50K views · 672 reactions | “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.” #constitution #10thAmendment #founders #liberty | Tenth Amendment Center | Facebook

64K views · 586 reactions | Today, you have all kinds of original sources just a mouse-click away. You can read the ratification debates. You have the Federalist Papers in support of the Constitution. You have essays written by opponents. With just a little effort, you can get a very clear understanding of the Constitution - right from the source. #thomasjefferson #constitution #history #founders #10thAmendment #liberty | Tenth Amendment Center | Facebook

839 reactions · 28 comments | Property Rights: Self-Ownership and the Foundation of Liberty (explained) | Tenth Amendment Center | Facebook

791 shares · 73 comments | "The 10th Amendment defines the entire scope of federal power as that which "we the people" of the several states gave to it in the #Constitution.... and nothing more." -Michael Boldin, Tenth Amendment Center (2010) #10thAmendment #liberty #founders | Tenth Amendment Center | Facebook

2.5K reactions · 191 comments | Government schools don’t teach this, but the “father of the Constitution” sure did. Checks and balances aren’t just different federal branches - but the states too. | Tenth Amendment Center | Facebook