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> [The core idea that underlies all of our democratic states, the core political idea, is this idea that it's not that one person is the sovereign; it's that all of the people are sovereign.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noah-feldman/the-core-idea-that-underlies-all-of-our-democratic-states-the-core/)

[Noah Feldman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noah-feldman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/548/noah-feldman-12383_core_the-core-idea-that-underlies-all-of-our_1338823.png)

> [The First Amendment is really at the very core of political speech, and political speech is at the core of the First Amendment. So, we want to be very careful to make sure that candidates for office are free to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kozinski/the-first-amendment-is-really-at-the-very-core-of-political-speech/)

[Alex Kozinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kozinski/)

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