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On the whole, we think of our consumers - other judges, lawyers, the public. The law that the Supreme Court establishes is… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I wish the government would read the Constitution. I think that would probably help quite a bit. And maybe they did read… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
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I have talked to Barack Obama about Star Wars recently, in the Oval Office, and he is definitely a fan. Article 2,… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
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Science has penetrated the constitution of nature, and unrolled the mysterious pages of its history, and started again many, as yet, unanswered… — Noah Porter Copy Share Image
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Enslave a man and you destroy his ambition, his enterprise, his capacity. In the constitution of human nature, the desire of bettering… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
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Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between Church and State, and that in my action as President of the… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
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[W]ar is a question, under our constitution, not of Executive, but of Legislative cognizance. It belongs to Congress to say whether the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
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