 | Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...maxims of true Liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution...obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the... | |
 | Barry Alan Shain - History - 1996 - 422 pages
...potential elasticity of such appeals. He assured his audience that "the basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and alter their constitutions of government." He then warned that "the constitution which at anytime exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic... | |
 | Veterans - 1996 - 213 pages
...this age and generation: "The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of Government; but the Constitution...the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. Towards the preservation of your Government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is... | |
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The basis of our political Systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole People, is sacredly obligatory... 
