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> [The California constitution provides that our judges are elected, not appointed. They are serving at the pleasure of the people and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michele-landis-dauber/the-california-constitution-provides-that-our-judges-are-elected-not/)

[Michele Landis Dauber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michele-landis-dauber/)

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> [Our Constitution provides the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression and it also enjoins upon citizens the duty to safeguard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ram-nath-kovind/our-constitution-provides-the-fundamental-right-to-freedom-of-speech/)

[Ram Nath Kovind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ram-nath-kovind/)

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> [Don't begin to think you're the President. You're not. The Constitution provides for only one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-rumsfeld/don-t-begin-to-think-you-re-the-president-you-re-not-the-constitution/)

[Donald Rumsfeld](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-rumsfeld/)

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> [ Justice \[Sandra Day\] O'Connor has been a guardian of the protections the Constitution provides the American people. She's come to provide balance… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-leahy/justice-sandra-day-o-connor-has-been-a-guardian-of-the-protections/)

[Patrick Leahy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-leahy/)

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> [And I think we as a people need to stop being disingenuous about what the Constitution provides for. It does not provide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-miller/and-i-think-we-as-a-people-need-to-stop-being-disingenuous-about-what/)

[Joe Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-miller/)

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> [The Constitution provides for one democratic moment, Judge, before a lifetime of judicial independence, when the people of the United States are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joe-biden/the-constitution-provides-for-one-democratic-moment-judge-before-a/)

[Joe Biden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joe-biden/)

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> [We have a democracy within the bounds of a constitution which provides certain guarantees related to the basic humanity of every person.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-shelby-spong/we-have-a-democracy-within-the-bounds-of-a-constitution-which/)

[John Shelby Spong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-shelby-spong/)

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> [The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lamar-s-smith/the-constitution-provides-for-freedom-of-religion-not-freedom-from/)

[Lamar S. Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lamar-s-smith/)

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