...possibility of forgetting or misunderstanding—"I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might 1 become lawful by becoming indispensable to the preservation...Constitution through t;he preservation of the nation." It was from those shingles that he learned, too, the place of the State in this nationalism. Its paternalism...

...general law, life and limb must be protected; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life, but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt...the preservation of the Nation. Right or wrong, I assume this ground, and now avow It." I told the President that In order to preserve our larger constitutional...

...letter written April 4, 1864, by Mr. Lincoln to Mr. George C. Hodges of Frankfort, Kentucky, he said: "I felt that measures otherwise unconstitutional might...constitution through the preservation of the nation." Each generation has the power to shape the constitution and the laws of the United States to suit its...

...general law life and limb must be protected; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life, but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt...could not feel that, to the best of my ability. I had ever tried to preserve the constitution, if, to save slavery, or any minor matter, I should permit...

...Francisco Chronicle, 21 May 1977, p. 8. 5. Frost, NYT, 20 May 1977, p. 16. Lincoln actually wrote, "I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional,...constitution, through the preservation of the nation" (Abraham Lincoln to Albert G. Hodges, 4 April 1864, in Roy P. Easier, ed., Abraham Lincoln, Collected...

...general law life and limb must be protected; yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life, but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt...might become lawful, by becoming indispensable to Ihe preservation of Ihe constitution through the preservation of the nation. Right or wrong, I assumed...

...TR, Lincoln was a presidential activist, who described his conception of executive power this way: "I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional,...Constitution through the preservation of the nation." 71 Presidents who are activists are more likely either to call Congress into special session, as did...

...which dictators suspend constitutions, our first "constitutional dictator" felt that "measures, however unconstitutional, might become lawful by becoming...Constitution through the preservation of the nation." . dJThe 16th Amendment gives Congress the power to tax incomes, Thus modifying the "no capitation"...

...observed, wished to protect life and limb. "Yet often a limb must be amputated to save a life; but a life is never wisely given to save a limb. I felt...the preservation of the constitution, through The Federal Phoenix. Like the fabled bird of ancient Egyptian mythology, the re-elected Lincoln rises from...

...Constitution was the organic law. Was it possible to lose the nation and yet preserve the Constitution? ... I felt that measures, otherwise unconstitutional,...becoming indispensable to the preservation . . . of the nation.20 Lessons to Be Unlearned Our ambivalence about power also comes from lessons we learn in school....