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It yet remains a problem to be solved in human affairs, whether any free government can be permanent, where the public worship…
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[I]t is impossible for those, who believe in the truth of Christianity, as a divine revelation, to doubt, that it is the…
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One of the ordinary modes, by which tyrants accomplish their purposes without resistance, is, by disarming the people, and making it an…
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The militia is the natural defense of a free country against sudden foreign invasions, domestic insurrections, and domestic usurpations of power by…
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Temporary delusions, prejudices, excitements, and objects have irresistible influence in mere questions of policy. And the policy of one age may ill…
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Piety, religion, and morality are intimately connected with the well being of that state, and indispensable to the administration of civil justice.
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Let the American youth never forget, that they possess a noble inheritance, bought by the toils, and sufferings, and blood of their…
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Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of meaning, or…
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[The necessary and proper clause] neither enlarges any power specifically granted; nor is it a grant of any new power to Congress;…
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So that the executive and legislative branches of the national government depend upon, and emanate from the states. Every where the state…
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The state governments have a full superintendence and control over the immense mass of local interests of their respective states, which connect…
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In the next place, the state governments are, by the very theory of the constitution, essential constituent parts of the general government.…
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
— Sitting Bull
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We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the…
— Martin Van Buren
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Those of us who submitted or surrendered our ideas and dreams and identities to the 'leaders' must take back our rights, our…
— Maya Angelou
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The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all…
— George Washington
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Through electing officials that will protect the Constitution and commit themselves to the rights of the people and the health of the…
— Harry Belafonte
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Our privileges can be no greater than our obligations. The protection of our rights can endure no longer than the performance of…
— John F. Kennedy
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The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization, is entirely with ourselves.
— William Wells Brown
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We need common-sense judges who understand our rights were derived from God
— George W. Bush
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The crisis is arrived when we must assert our rights, or submit to every imposition, that can be heaped upon us, till…
— George Washington
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It's only merit was in being the first publication which carried the claim of our rights their whole length, and asserted that…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Until the day arrives when all women decide that our rights are not negotiable, our future choices will not be secure.
— Faye Wattleton
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We should distinguish at this point between "government" and "state" ... A government is the consensual organization by which we adjudicate disputes,…
— David Boaz
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