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One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishonorable or destructive about amending the Constitution.

~Adrian Cronauer

Topics: About Constitution Destructive Dishonorable Law Law School Learned Nothing One Of The Things School Things Undesirable Wrong

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It's not written in the Constitution or anything else.... Congress, just out of the clear blue sky, said the airwaves belong to the people, which means, in essence, that it belongs to Congress.

~Adrian Cronauer

Topics: Airwaves Anything Anything Else Belong Belongs Blue Clear Congress Constitution Else Essence Just Means Out People Said Sky Which Written

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A corollary is that, when laws are out of touch with the people, those laws can and should be changed - from the most simple local regulations to the highest law of the land, our federal Constitution.

~Adrian Cronauer

Topics: Changed Constitution Federal Highest Land Law Laws Local Most Our Out People Regulations Should Simple Those Touch

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Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution of the state, whereas the despot and the oligarch find their protection in suspicion and in armed guards.

~Aeschines

Topics: Armed Assured Citizen Citizens Constitution Democracy Despot Fellow Fellow Citizens Find Guard Guards Laws Person Protection State Suspicion Whereas

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Egypt had the first constitution in the Middle East that allowed for liberty. And it had democracy.

~Ahmed Zewail

Topics: Allowed Constitution Democracy East Egypt First Had Liberty Middle Middle East

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Chinese citizens have never had the right to really express their opinions; in the constitution it says you can, but in the real world it is more dangerous. In the west people think it's a right they're born with. Here it's a right given by the government, and one that's not really practised.

~Ai Weiwei

Topics: Born Chinese Citizens Constitution Dangerous Express Given Government Had Here More Never Opinions People Real Real World Really Right Says The Real World Think West World You

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Our laws need to reflect the evolution of technology and the changing expectations of American society. This is why the Constitution is often called a 'living' document.

~Al Franken

Topics: American American Society Changing Constitution Document Evolution Expectations Laws Living Need Often Our Reflect Society Technology Why

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The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers - one that would protect Americans' liberty at all times - both in war, and in peace.

~Al Franken

Topics: American Bill Bill Of Rights Both Careful Constitution Crafted Draft Founders Liberty Limited Our Peace Powers Protect Rights Times War Were Who Would

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When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries.

~Al Franken

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We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.

~Al Sharpton

Topics: Amendment Constitution Federal Federal Government Gives Government Need Protected Right Us Vote

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