The Constitution expressly and exclusively vests in the Legislature the power of declaring a state of war [and] the power of raising… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The Constitution...expressly recognizes the right to hold slaves as property in states where slavery exists. This, then, is not a question of… — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
The property qualifications for federal office that the framers of the Constitution expressly chose to exclude for demonstrating an unseemly "veneration of… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image