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Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the P

Upon the Constitution, upon the pre-existing legal rights of the People, as understood in this country and in England, I have argued that this House is bound to revive the Petition under debate. – Caleb Cushing

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Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith? – Caleb Cushing

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Faith
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Here, again, as I conceive, gentlemen forget that this government is a republican one, resting exclusively in the intelligence and virtue of the People. – Caleb Cushing

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Intelligence
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The Democratic Party looks at massive immigration, legal and illegal, as a source of voters. – Tom Tancredo

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It is high time to compel man by the might of right to give woman her political, legal and social rights. She will find her own sphere in accordance with her capacities, powers and tastes and yet she will be woman still. – Ernestine Rose

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Everywhere among the English-speaking race criminal justice was rude, and punishments were barbarous but the tendency was to do away with special privileges and legal exemptions. – Albert Bushnell Hart

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The only people that should vote should be legal. – Pam Bondi

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