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Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be read more
Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
A Constitution should be short and obscure
A Constitution should be short and obscure
Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am read more
I confess that there are several parts of this Constitution which I do not at present approve, but I am not sure I shall never approve them. For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged by better information, or fuller consideration, to change opinions even on important subjects, which I once thought right, but found to be otherwise.
In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief read more
In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.
From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted read more
From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted again so as to reaffirm that no one - absolutely no one - is above the law.
We have seen that the American Constitution has changed, is changing, and by the law of its existence must continue read more
We have seen that the American Constitution has changed, is changing, and by the law of its existence must continue to change, in its substance and practical working even when its words remain the same.
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.
The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.
