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Quote by Walter Lippmann
The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legi

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. – Walter Lippmann

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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. – Walter Lippmann

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Success makes men rigid and they tend to exalt stability over all the other virtues tired of the effort of willing they become fanatics about conservatism. – Walter Lippmann

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A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot. – Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. – Benjamin Franklin

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A Constitution should be short and obscure. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both. – James Madison

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