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"Nothing
is more certain than that a general profligacy and corruption of
manners make a people ripe for destruction. A good form of
government may hold the rotten materials together for some time, but
beyond a certain pitch, even the best constitution will be
ineffectual, and slavery must ensue." --John Witherspoon, The
Dominion of Providence Over the Passions of Men, 1776 |
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PREAMBLE
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We, the people of the United States, in order to
form a more perfect Union, establish justice, insure domestic
tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our
posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United
States of America. |
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