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The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't.

~Byron Dorgan

Topics: Amend Basic Colleagues Constitution Democracy Earth Easy Find Framework Greatest Some U.s. Constitution

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The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable roots in the language or design of the Constitution.

~Byron White

Topics: Constitution Constitutional Court Deals Design Having Language Law Little Most Nearest Roots Vulnerable

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The whole edifice of modern physics is built up on the fundamental hypothesis of the atomic or molecular constitution of matter.

~C. V. Raman

Topics: Atomic Built Constitution Edifice Fundamental Hypothesis Matter Modern Molecular Physics Up Whole

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No power on earth is greater than a mind and soul reawakened. Our Constitution begins 'we the people', not 'us the government'.

~Cal Thomas

Topics: Begins Constitution Earth Government Greater Mind Our People Power Soul Than Us

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I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate.

~Caleb Cushing

Topics: After Bound Constitution Deciding Dictate House Maintain Method Principle Reason Receive Shall Take Them Which Will

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Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a recommendation of various additions to the Constitution, which they deemed essential to the preservation of the rights of the States, or of the People.

~Caleb Cushing

Topics: Acceptance Accepting Constitution Coupled Deemed Essential Government People Plan Preservation Proposed Recommendation Rights Some States Them Various Which

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The right of petition, I have said, was not conferred on the People by the Constitution, but was a pre-existing right, reserved by the People out of the grants of power made to Congress.

~Caleb Cushing

Topics: By The People Conferred Congress Constitution Grants Made Out People Petition Power Reserved Right Said

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Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued that this House is bound to revive the Petition under debate.

~Caleb Cushing

Topics: Argued Bound Constitution Country Debate England House Legal People Petition Revive Rights Understood

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You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.

~Caleb Cushing

Topics: Adoption Constitution Conventions Debates Know People Rejection Respective Several Sir State States Submitted Well You

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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.

~Calvin Coolidge

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