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"One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights."
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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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"Simultaneously with the establishment of the Constitution, Virginia ceded to the United States her domain, which then extended to the Mississippi, and was even claimed to extend to the Pacific Ocean."
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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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"Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law."
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"The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree."
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"The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be."
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"Well may the boldest fear and the wisest tremble when incurring responsibilities on which may depend our country's peace and prosperity, and in some degree the hopes and happiness of the whole human family."
Family
"Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States."
People
"There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S."
Integrity
"One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights."
Constitution
"It becomes us in humility to make our devout acknowledgments to the Supreme Ruler of the Universe for the inestimable civil and religious blessings with which we are favored."
Gratitude
"Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression."
Constitution
"Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good."
God
"No president who performs his duties faithfully and conscientiously can have any leisure."
Dedication
"Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government."
Government
"With me it is exceptionally true that the Presidency is no bed of roses."
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