"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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"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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"One country, one constitution, one destiny."

Daniel Webster, American Statesman

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"As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate."

Arlen Specter, American Politician

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

Michael Newdow, American Lawyer

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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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"There are only two ways to remove the president - if he violates the constitution or commits high treason. How could anyone accuse me of treason after I had terminated Israel's occupation of South Lebanon in 2000."

Emile Lahoud, Lebanese Statesman

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"The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble."

Andrew Jackson, American President

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"If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane."

Henry Billings Brown, American Judge

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"The right of election is the very essence of the constitution."

Junius, Roman Satirist

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"Neither James Madison, for whom this lecture is named, nor any of the other Framers of the Constitution, were oblivious, careless, or otherwise unaware of the words they chose for the document and its Bill of Rights."

Diane Wood, American Judge

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"The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks."

Samuel Adams, American Revolutionary

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"An oppressed people are authorized whenever they can to rise and break their fetters."

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"I would rather be right than President."

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"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."

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"Courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest in the grateful and appreciating heart."

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"Of all the properties which belong to honorable men, not one is so highly prized as that of character."

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