"You well know, sir, that when the Constitution……" — Caleb Cushing
"You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions."
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24 Quotes by Caleb Cushing
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Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your…
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Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I…
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Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting exclusively in the intelligence and…
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And if this House is to be scared, by whatever influences, from its duty, to receive and hear the petitions…
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It is impossible, in my mind, to distinguish between the refusal to receive a petition, or its summary rejection by…
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I declare and protest in advance, that I do not intend, at this time at least; to be drawn or…
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The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
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Entertaining these opinions of the course to be pursued, I beg of gentlemen to look at the question, as I…
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Sir, I am a republican; and I desire to see this House observe the principles of that democracy which is…
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I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such…
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The proceedings of this House in 1790, in reference to petitions on the matter of the slave trade, and of…
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The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing…
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Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
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Nothing is impossible,' said one of the seven sages of Greece, 'to industry.' Let us change the word, 'industry,' to…
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Abortion is an act of desperation. It's an awful solution to a situation that God can work out for good…
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Gay adoption is discrimination against children
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Next came the patent laws. These began in England in 1624, and in this country with the adoption of our…
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You see how many are the benefits of baptism, and some think its heavenly grace consists only in the remission…
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We have been adopted as sons by the Lord with this one condition; that our life expresses Christ, the bond…
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I definitely thought about it long and hard, about if I wanted to keep the baby or not, and I…
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