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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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As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights. – James Madison

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A popular government without popular information or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce, or a tragedy, or perhaps both. – James Madison

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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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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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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer. – Henry Kissinger

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

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