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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... "
Pictorial Life of George Washington: Embracing Anecdotes, Illustrative of ... - Page 176
by Horatio Hastings Weld - 1846 - 214 pages
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Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution Authorizing Congress to ..., Volume 4

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - Constitutional amendments - 1999 - 162 pages
...President George Washington, in his farewell address said: 'THE BASIS OF OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IS THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO MAKE AND ALTER THEIR CONSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT." I ask each of you to give the right back to the people to decide if Congress shall have the power to...
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The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation

Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 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...
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The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American ...

John Grafton - History - 2000 - 114 pages
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Lincoln's Sacred Effort: Defining Religion's Role in American Self-government

Lucas E. Morel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 272 pages
...acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true Liberty. . . . But the Constitution which at any time exists, 'till...the whole People, is sacredly obligatory upon all." "Farewell Address (19 September 1796)," George Washington: A Collection, 518. 23. "Inaugural Address...
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J Street

Dorothy Martin - Conspiracies - 2000 - 466 pages
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Presidential Documents: The Speeches, Proclamations, and Policies that Have ...

Jim F. Watts, Fred L. Israel - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 416 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...at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authenticact of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the...
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Unintended Consequences of Constitutional Amendment

David E. Kyvig - Political Science - 2000 - 276 pages
...Washington spoke for the founding generation as well as himself when he said that the Constitution till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. . . . This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full...
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The Lost World of Classical Legal Thought: Law and Ideology in America, 1886 ...

William M. Wiecek - History - 2001 - 300 pages
...that might upset the status quo of wealth and power: The basis of our political systems is the п§Ы of the people to make and alter their constitutions...obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duh of every individual to obey the...
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The Story of the Constitution

Sol Bloom - Education - 2007 - 316 pages
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America Back Then: A Compilation of Historic, Patriotic Literature

Andrew S. Weeks - Literary Collections - 2002 - 216 pages
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