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We current justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as 20th-century Americans. ↗

— William J. Brennan, Jr.

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Indeed, an entire generation of Americans has grown to adulthood since the Roe decision of 1973, which held that the right to choose an abortion was a privacy right protected by our Constitution. ↗

— Robert Casey

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The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States. ↗

— Salmon Portland Chase

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It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America. ↗

— Molly Ivins

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A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue. ↗

— Phillip E. Johnson

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A great number of the women are victims to falling of the womb and weakness in the spine; but these are necessary results of their laborious existence, and do not belong either to climate or constitution. ↗

— Fanny Kemble

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As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

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The case for freedom, the case for our constitutional principles the case for our heritage has to be made anew in each generation. The work of freedom is never done. ↗

— Anthony Kennedy

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I've raised three kids. I'm a lawyer. I've written books on the Constitution. ↗

— Caroline Kennedy

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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

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