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In our administration, we're going to follow the law, and any policy that we move forward will fall well within the law and the Arizona Constitution.

~Doug Ducey

Topics: Administration Any Arizona Constitution Fall Follow Forward Going Law Move Move Forward Our Policy Well Will Within

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I am a forthright defender of the right to bear arms - which is guaranteed not only by the U.S. Constitution, but by the Constitution of Arizona.

~Doug Ducey

Topics: Am Arizona Arms Bear Constitution Defender Guaranteed Only Right U.s. Constitution Which I Am

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The incurably suspicious Arthur Lee, youngest brother of Richard Henry, was of opinion that what others termed 'errors' in the Constitution were a deliberate scheme to create an oligarchy.

~Douglas Southall Freeman

Topics: Arthur Brother Constitution Create Deliberate Errors Henry Lee Oligarchy Opinion Others Richard Scheme Suspicious Were Youngest

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Segregation was a burden for many blacks, because the end of the civil war and the amendments added to the constitution elevated expectations beyond reality in some respects.

~Ed Smith

Topics: Added Amendment Because Beyond Blacks Burden Civil Civil War Constitution Elevated End Expectations Many Reality Respects Segregation Some War

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It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.

~Edmund Burke

Topics: Cannot Constitution Eternal Forge Free Men Minds Ordained Passions Things

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Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence; Madison wrote not only the United States Constitution, or at least most of it, but also the most searching commentary on it that has ever appeared. Each of them served as president of the United States for eight years. What they had to say to each other has to command attention.

~Edmund Morgan

Topics: Also Appeared Attention Command Commentary Constitution Declaration Each Eight Ever Had Independence Jefferson Least Madison Most Only Other President Say Searching Served States Them United United States Wrote Years

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It is unbelievable that the federal court itself ignores that rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution apply in Puerto Rico.

~Eduardo Bhatia

Topics: Apply Constitution Court Federal Guaranteed Ignores Itself Puerto Puerto Rico Rico Rights Unbelievable U.s. Constitution

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The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.

~Edward Gibbon

Topics: Constitution Executive Free Legislative Lost Nominated Power Principles

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The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.

~Edward Kennedy

Topics: Also Constitution Disagree Does Just Protect Protects Share Those Views Whose

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Being a patriot doesn't mean prioritizing service to government above all else. Being a patriot means knowing when to protect your country, knowing when to protect your Constitution, knowing when to protect your countrymen, from the violations of and encroachments of adversaries. And those adversaries don't have to be foreign countries.

~Edward Snowden

Topics: Above Adversaries Being Constitution Countries Country Countrymen Else Foreign Foreign Countries Government Knowing Mean Means Patriot Protect Service Those Violations Your

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