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Letter "C" » constitution
«The Constitution does not grant rights, it recognizes them»
«The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.»
Author: Patrick Henry
(Lawyer)
| About:
Constitution,
Government,
People
| Keywords:
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«The Constitution shall never be construed... to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.»
Author: Samuel Adams
(Politician)
| About:
Constitution
| Keywords:
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«The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| Keywords:
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«The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections.»
Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
(Historian, Political scientist)
| Keywords:
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«The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon»
Author: George Washington
(President)
| About:
Constitution
| Keywords:
abandon, constitution, guide, The Guide
«The Constitution preserves the advantage of being armed which Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation where the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms.»
Author: James Madison
(President)
| About:
America and Americans,
Constitution
| Keywords:
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«The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document: it is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spirit of the age»
Author: Woodrow T. Wilson
(President)
| Keywords:
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«The Constitution of the United States is the result of the collected wisdom of our country»
«The foundation on which all our constitution are built is the natural equality of man»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| Keywords:
constitution, equality, foundation, The Foundation, The Natural
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