Commerce Clause Power

Famous quotes containing the words commerce, clause and/or power:

    “On September 16, 1985, when the Commerce Department announced that the United States had become a debtor nation, the American Empire died.”
    —Gore Vidal (b. 1925)

    “Long ago I added to the true old adage of “What is everybody’s business is nobody’s business,” another clause which, I think, more than any other principle has served to influence my actions in life. That is, What is nobody’s business is my business.”
    —Clara Barton (1821–1912)

    “You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother’s milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)