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"Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny."
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"Even though we now have the half-century-old new Constitution, there is a popular sentiment of support for the old one that lives on in reality in some quarters."
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"Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators."
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"This is what you get when you found a political system on the family values of Henry VIII. At a point in the not-too-remote future, the stout heart of Queen Elizabeth II will cease to beat. At that precise moment, her firstborn son will become head of state, head of the armed forces, and head of the Church of England. In strict constitutional terms, this ought not to matter much. The English monarchy, as has been said, reigns but does not rule. From the aesthetic point of view it will matter a bit, because the prospect of a morose bat-eared and chinless man, prematurely aged, and with the most abysmal taste in royal consorts, is a distinctly lowering one."
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"I submit, on the other hand, most respectfully, that the Constitution not merely does not affirm that principle, but, on the contrary, altogether excludes it."
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"But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man."
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"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."
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"The Constitution has not greatly bothered any wartime President."
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"Among the expected glories of the Constitution, next to the abolition of Slavery was that of Rum."
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"My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular, so be it."
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"The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches."
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"Let us not forget that the cultivation of the earth is the most important labor of man. When tillage begins, other arts will follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of civilization."
Civilization
"The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions."
Wealth
"He who tampers with the currency robs labor of its bread."
Labor
"Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders."
Being
"The contest for ages has been to rescue liberty from the grasp of executive power."
Power
"Every unpunished murder takes away something from the security of every man's life."
Life
"How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgment upon that which seems."
Judgment
"Falsehoods not only disagree with truths, but usually quarrel among themselves."
Conflict
"A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures."
Conviction
"One country, one constitution, one destiny."
Constitution
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