"We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution."

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"We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution."

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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."

William H. Seward, American Statesman

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"No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable."

Ferdinand Mount, British Writer

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"The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

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"While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some of the victories throughout this embattled country."

Paul Gillmor, American Politician

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"This revision of the Constitution will not be perfect. But at least the Constitution will not be inflexible. It will be a step towards the Social Europe which we wish."

Laurent Fabius, French Statesman

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"The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be."

Queen Elizabeth II, English Royalty

Constitution, Will

"I believe realism is nothing but an analysis of reality. Film scripts have a synthetical constitution."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

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"Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators."

Will Rogers, American Actor

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"The constitution ought to specifically state that every nation is left entirely independent and supreme in its internal affairs, such as regulating emigration and all other similar matters."

George William Norris, American Politician

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"The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't."

Byron Dorgan, American Politician

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"When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty."

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"War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals."

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"I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation."

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"A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company."

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"Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day."

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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."

"No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable."

"The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest."

"While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some of the victories throughout this embattled country."

"This revision of the Constitution will not be perfect. But at least the Constitution will not be inflexible. It will be a step towards the Social Europe which we wish."

"The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be."

"I believe realism is nothing but an analysis of reality. Film scripts have a synthetical constitution."

"Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators."

"The constitution ought to specifically state that every nation is left entirely independent and supreme in its internal affairs, such as regulating emigration and all other similar matters."

"The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't."

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"When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty."

"War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals."

"I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation."

"The power to wage war is the power to wage war successfully."

"The first lesson in civics is that efficient government begins at home."

"In a number of cases dissenting opinions have in time become the law."

"Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry."

"When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free."

"A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company."

"Dissents are appeals to the brooding spirit of the law, to the intelligence of another day."