#constitution

They had no right, as it seems to me, to prosecute me in these Halls; nor have you the right in law or under the Constitution, as I respectfully submit, to take jurisdiction over offenses committed against them. ↗

— Preston Brooks

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I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of heaven. Let us destroy the Constitution and build on its ruins the temple of liberty. I have brothers in slavery. I have seen chains placed on their limbs and beheld them captive. ↗

— William Wells Brown

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None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly. The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is time to act. ↗

— Sam Brownback

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I found that I was getting a warm reception for my message of freeing you from the income tax, releasing you from Social Security, ending the insane war on drugs, restoring gun rights, and reducing the federal government to just its constitutional functions. ↗

— Harry Browne

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The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English. ↗

— Harry Browne

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Many people don't understand how disciplined you have to be to play jazz... And that is really the idea of democracy - freedom within the Constitution or discipline. You don't just get out there and do anything you want. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#constitution #democracy #discipline #disciplined #freedom

It is the Constitution of the United States that has been undermined, undercut, and is under attack. It is the American people's liberties that is in jeopardy. That is why I wrote 'Losing America.' ↗

— Robert Byrd

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I would have to have people totally committed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this United States. And many of the Muslims, they are not totally dedicated to this country. They are not dedicated to our Constitution. Many of them are trying to force Sharia law on the people of this country. ↗

— Herman Cain

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For the life of me, I don't understand what honest motive there is in putting this in front of this body to philosophically debate marriage on a constitutional amendment that is not going to happen, and which is enormously divisive in all of our communities. ↗

— Dianne Feinstein

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The Constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself. ↗

— John Ciardi

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