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.
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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.
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.
Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon
The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon
Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.
The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the Judiciary, which they may read more
The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the Judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.
A Constitution should be short and obscure
A Constitution should be short and obscure
I always say, as you know, that if my fellow citizens want to go to Hell I will help them. read more
I always say, as you know, that if my fellow citizens want to go to Hell I will help them. It's my job.
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.
