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• No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises… — Thomas Jefferson
• [T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws… — Alexander Hamilton
• The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be… — Alexander Hamilton
• The constitution ought to secure a genuine militia and guard against a select militia. ...All regulations tending to render this general militia… — Richard Henry Lee
• The aspirations and expectations of a virtuous people, environed with so wise, so liberal, so deep, so broad, and so high a… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
• The constitution ought to specifically state that every nation is left entirely independent and supreme in its internal affairs, such as regulating… — George William Norris
• A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain… — Alexander Hamilton

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