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The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national no

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

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The loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or imagined, from abroad. – James Madison

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It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood. – James Madison

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A Constitution should be short and obscure. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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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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There is a higher law than the Constitution. – William Seward

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The American Constitution, one of the few modern political documents drawn up by men who were forced by the sternest circumstances to think out what they really had to face, instead of chopping logic in a university classroom. – George Bernard Shaw

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