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Constitution Quotes by Caleb Cushing
- Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued that this House…
- 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…
- I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them…
- The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved by the People…
- Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a recommendation of various additions to the Constitution, which they deemed…
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- A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. — Aristotle
- The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far and no… — Michele Bachmann
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- I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350… — Antonio Banderas
- Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. — John Adams
- All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor… — John Adams
- The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it… — Hugo Black
- And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we… — John Boehner