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Construed Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- On every unauthoritative exercise of power by the legislature must the people rise in rebellion or their silence be construed into a surrender of that…
- The construction applied . . . to those parts of the Constitution of the United States which delegate Congress a power . . . ought…
- Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning is not to…
- [The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress, their acts shall…
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- Laws are made for men of ordinary understanding and should, therefore, be construed by the ordinary rules of common sense. Their meaning… — Thomas Jefferson
- In those days, our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all, and thought to include all; but now, to aid in… — Abraham Lincoln
- Worship ought not to be construed in a utilitarian way. Its purpose is not to gain numbers nor for our church to… — Marva Dawn
- Construed as a means instead of an end, history is the weapon with which we defend the future against the past. — Lewis H. Lapham
- The Constitution shall never be construed . . . to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from… — Samuel Adams
- And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights… — Samuel Adams
- The days of the Mosaic creation are not to be strictly construed as implying the same length of time which is at… — William Buckland
- How often-even before we began-have we declared a task 'impossible'? And how often have we construed a picture of ourselves as being… — Piero Ferrucci