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Eighteen months ago, when first I stood before you I called attention, as earnestly and seriously as I knew how, to what… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
I think judges have to have the ability to put aside their personal views and rule on the facts of the case… — Susan Collins Copy Share Image
[An] act of the Congress of the United States... which assumes powers... not delegated by the Constitution, is not law, but is… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
To the security of a free Constitution it [knowledge] contributes in various ways: by teaching the people themselves to know and to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It is not questioned that the Federal Government is one of limited powers. Its powers are such, and such only, as are… — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
The veto is a President's Constitutional right, given to him by the drafters of the Constitution because they wanted it as a… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
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