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> [My ascension as interim president is based on Article 233 of the Venezuelan Constitution, according to which, if at the outset of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-guaido/my-ascension-as-interim-president-is-based-on-article-233-of-the/)

[Juan Guaido](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/juan-guaido/)

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> [The public welfare demands that constitutional cases must be decided according to the terms of the Constitution itself, and not according to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugo-black/the-public-welfare-demands-that-constitutional-cases-must-be-decided/)

[Hugo Black](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugo-black/)

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> [As the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial departments of the United States are co-ordinate, and each equally bound to support the Constitution, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/as-the-legislative-executive-and-judicial-departments-of-the-united/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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> [Now, take the Constitution according to its plain reading, and I defy the presentation of a single pro-slavery clause in it. On…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-douglass/now-take-the-constitution-according-to-its-plain-reading-and-i-defy/)

[Frederick Douglass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-douglass/)

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> [Living political constitutions must be Darwinian in structure and in practice. Society is a living organism and must obey the laws of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/living-political-constitutions-must-be-darwinian-in-structure-and-in/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

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> [Is there a Legislative power in fact, not expressly prohibited by the Constitution, which might not, according to the doctrine of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-madison/is-there-a-legislative-power-in-fact-not-expressly-prohibited-by-the/)

[James Madison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-madison/)

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