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"The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity."
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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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"If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean."
Collision
"Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees. And both the trust and the trustees are created for the benefit of the people."
Trust
"Statistics are no substitute for judgment."
Judgment
"The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity."
Constitution
"Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition."
Competition
"Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character."
Man
"An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters."
People
"Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart."
Heart
"I would rather be right than President."
President
"I had rather be right than be President."
President
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