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"It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one."
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"As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom."
"Neither James Madison, for whom this lecture is named, nor any of the other Framers of the Constitution, were oblivious, careless, or otherwise unaware of the words they chose for the document and its Bill of Rights."
"I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it."
"Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not be carved into the U.S. Constitution."
"Each state in the Union is honored in the order of when it ratified the Constitution and became a part of the United States. This September it is Iowa's turn. Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the union on December 28, 1846."
"I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the Constitution."
"But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man."
"As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate."
"That's the key: get the constitution in place. Get rule of law in place, capital will come, electricity will follow."
"One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights."
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"Italy is divided between us and them, rich and poor, north and south, young and old, employed and unemployed."
"Foreign policy can mean several things, not only foreign policy in the narrow sense. It can cover foreign policy, relations with the developing world, and enlargement as well."
"Democracies must have equilibrium... and the entanglement of politics and information must be minimized."
"I am not a newcomer, you know, so I want to be judged for what I did when I was prime minister last time in Italy and president of the European Commission for more than five years."
"The problem of Italy is not really a question of age. Japan has an older population, and it is now in full economic recovery. The problem is that Italy is old in the structure of the society."
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