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title: "6 Constitution Power Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [With regard to the Constitution, the power to create 'a uniform rule of naturalization' does not rest in Article II, but in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kayleigh-mcenany/with-regard-to-the-constitution-the-power-to-create-a-uniform-rule-of/)

[Kayleigh McEnany](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kayleigh-mcenany/)

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> [A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/a-constitution-is-not-the-act-of-a-government-but-of-a-people/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [The fact is there are a lot of things happening at the federal level that are absolutely beyond the jurisdiction of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-huckabee/the-fact-is-there-are-a-lot-of-things-happening-at-the-federal-level/)

[Mike Huckabee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-huckabee/)

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> [Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/government-without-a-constitution-is-a-power-without-a-right/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government; and government without a constitution is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/a-constitution-is-not-the-act-of-a-government-but-of-a-people-2/)

[Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/)

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> [More fundamentally, however, the answer to petitioners' objection is that there can be no impairment of executive power, whether on the state…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-brennan/more-fundamentally-however-the-answer-to-petitioners-objection-is/)

[William J. Brennan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-brennan/)

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