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> [A 'living constitution' is a dead constitution, because it does not do the one and only thing a written constitution is supposed to do: provide parameters around the power of officials.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-gutzman/a-living-constitution-is-a-dead-constitution-because-it-does-not-do/)

[Kevin Gutzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-gutzman/)

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## More by Kevin Gutzman

> [I don't think America needs 28,000 men on Okinawa. I don't think we need an army in Germany. What's it for, to protect Germans…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-gutzman/i-don-t-think-america-needs-28-000-men-on-okinawa-i-don-t-think-we/)

[Kevin Gutzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-gutzman/)

> [I think there's no doubt that George Washington was the most important American to this time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-gutzman/i-think-there-s-no-doubt-that-george-washington-was-the-most/)

[Kevin Gutzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-gutzman/)

> [In fact, we haven't ever really recalibrated our foreign policy commitments since the end of the Cold War. We still have alliances throughout Asia…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-gutzman/in-fact-we-haven-t-ever-really-recalibrated-our-foreign-policy/)

[Kevin Gutzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-gutzman/)

> [Those who would give us a "living" Constitution are actually giving us a dead one, since such a thing is completely unable to protect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-gutzman/those-who-would-give-us-a-living-constitution-are-actually-giving-us/)

[Kevin Gutzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-gutzman/)

> [Some things have changed, but there's a lot of what went on in the Washington administration that's just been done ever since because that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-gutzman/some-things-have-changed-but-there-s-a-lot-of-what-went-on-in-the/)

[Kevin Gutzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-gutzman/)

> [A 'living constitution' is a dead constitution, because it does not do the one and only thing a written constitution is supposed to do:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-gutzman/a-living-constitution-is-a-dead-constitution-because-it-does-not-do/)

[Kevin Gutzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-gutzman/)

> [What good would it be to fight a war with the British and end up with your own king? Nobody had any idea that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-gutzman/what-good-would-it-be-to-fight-a-war-with-the-british-and-end-up-with/)

[Kevin Gutzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-gutzman/)

> [There are a lot of things that are done in the federal government that are done because Washington did them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-gutzman/there-are-a-lot-of-things-that-are-done-in-the-federal-government/)

[Kevin Gutzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-gutzman/)

> [In fact, I think 500 years from now, the two Americans so far who will be remembered are George Washington and Neil Armstrong, who,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-gutzman/in-fact-i-think-500-years-from-now-the-two-americans-so-far-who-will/)

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