"Lots of countries have great constitutions, but their……" — Adam Davidson

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• A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings… — Joseph Addison
• Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions,… — Thomas Jefferson
• We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We… — James Madison
• I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon law and upon courts. These… — Learned Hand
• Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon… — William Howard Taft
• But while property is considered as the basis of the freedom of the American yeomanry, there are other auxiliary supports;… — Noah Webster
• It will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions,… — James Madison
• It is (our) duty . . . to pay especial attention to the principles of government which shall be inculcated… — Thomas Jefferson
• Men that look no further than their outsides, think health an appurtenance unto life, and quarrel with their constitutions for… — Thomas Browne
• Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish… — Thomas Jefferson
• As a matter of law the states recognized no constraints on their legislative scope other than those that were self-imposed.… — Immanuel Wallerstein
• Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of… — Alexander Hamilton

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