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"One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishonorable or destructive about amending the Constitution."
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"That's the key: get the constitution in place. Get rule of law in place, capital will come, electricity will follow."

"And the president is all wrong when he maintains that a nominee should have an up-or-down vote. The Constitution doesn't say that. The Constitution doesn't say that that nominee shall have any vote at all. There doesn't have to even be a vote."

"I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the Constitution."

"Today's Constitution is a realistic document of freedom only because of several corrective amendments. Those amendments speak to a sense of decency and fairness that I and other Blacks cherish."

"The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is."

"The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it."

"Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative referendum."

"A federal judge did as he was supposed to do and upheld the Constitution. We should be thankful that we have judiciary that will do that."

"Obviously, I'll keep fighting to uphold the Constitution."

"The Constitution has not greatly bothered any wartime President."
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"It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment."

"Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature."

"It's not written in the Constitution or anything else.... Congress, just out of the clear blue sky, said the airwaves belong to the people, which means, in essence, that it belongs to Congress."

"The electronic spectrum is the only natural resource in which there's no such thing as private property rights. You can't own a piece of the spectrum."

"Giving people what they want isn't just good radio; it's also the right way to run a country."

"A corollary is that, when laws are out of touch with the people, those laws can and should be changed - from the most simple local regulations to the highest law of the land, our federal Constitution."

"Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity."
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