Use "constitution" in a sentence

1. “If he put more points in constitution, he wouldn’t have choked to death on the smoke

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2. Still the prime governor wasted his time with the nationality issue, siding with the Colonel and Waldeis more often than not and urged Herndon in joining them within a boundary and constitution

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3. Jake felt that you had a strong constitution, and would survive

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4. The difference between the genius of the British constitution, which protects and governs North America, and that of the mercantile company which oppresses and domineers in

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5. Workmen, on the contrary, when they are liberally paid by the piece, are very apt to overwork themselves, and to ruin their health and constitution in a few years

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6. They neither work so well, nor look so well; and as there is not the same difference between the people of fashion in the two countries, experience would seem to shew, that the food of the common people in Scotland is not so suitable to the human constitution as that of their neighbours of the same rank in England

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7. No food can afford a more decisive proof of its nourishing quality, or of its being peculiarly suitable to the health of the human constitution

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8. Two empty packs of cigarettes and three empty wine bottles bore testament to his cast iron constitution

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9. project of European Constitution, even if the majority

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10. made a constitution; by his reforms stopped the

11. Like the unknown principle of animal life, it frequently restores health and vigour to the constitution, in spite not only of the disease, but of the absurd prescriptions of the doctor

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12. 8th Amendment to the United States Constitution states this

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13. Every such regulation introduces some degree of real disorder into the constitution of the state, which it will be difficult afterwards to cure without occasioning another disorder

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14. The enemy, informed of the constitution of the bank, might even buy them up, in order to prevent the carrying away of the treasure

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15. constitution are fixed, that our own egos are as stable as the Matterhorn

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16. The constitution of those who have been born in the temperate climate of Europe could not, it is supposed, support the labour of digging the ground under the burning sun of the West Indies ; and the culture of the

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17. Though the Roman constitution, therefore, was necessarily ruined by the union of Rome with the allied states of Italy, there is not the least probability that the British constitution would be hurt by the union of Great Britain with her colonies

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18. constitution, on the contrary, would be completed by it, and seems to be imperfect without it

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19. We on this side the water are afraid lest the multitude of American representatives should overturn the balance of the constitution, and increase too much either the influence of the crown on the one hand, or the force of the democracy on the other

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20. The monarchical and democratical parts of the constitution would, after the union, stand exactly in the same degree of relative force with regard to one another as they had done before

21. “The party line is freedom for all citizens which is part of their Constitution, but the reality is that more recently it has become a closed, autocratic society, especially for Anglos

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22. What happens if your boy has nothing on him? What grounds have you got to hold him? We may be a bit strange as far as building a new society, but you know how due process is the backbone of our constitution

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23. It certainly is so, wherever the interest of the general, and that of the principal officers, are not necessarily connected with the support of the constitution of the state

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24. The present admirable constitution of the courts of justice in England was, perhaps, originally, in a great measure, formed by this emulation, which anciently took place between their respective judges : each judge endeavouring to give, in his own court, the speediest and most effectual remedy which the law would admit, for every sort of injustice

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25. By this constitution, it might have been expected, that the spirit of monopoly would have been effectually restrained, and the first of these purposes sufficiently answered

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26. The conduct of their servants in India, and the general state of their affairs both in India and in Europe, became the subject of a parliamentary inquiry: in consequence of which, several very important alterations were made in the constitution of their government, both at home and abroad

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27. But the constitution of joint-stock companies renders them in general, more tenacious of established rules than any private copartnery

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28. This course of philosophy is what still continues to be taught in the greater part of the universities of Europe, with more or less diligence, according as the constitution of each particular university happens to render diligence more or less necessary to the teachers

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29. As it would very much facilitate the operations of that army against a foreign invader; so it would obstruct them as much, if unfortunately they should ever be directed against the constitution of the state

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30. In the ancient constitution of the Christian church, the bishop of each diocese was elected by the joint votes of the clergy and of the people of the episcopal city

31. In the state in which things were, through the greater part of Europe, during the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth centuries, and for some time both before and after that period, the constitution of the church of Rome may be considered as the most formidable combination that ever was formed against the authority and security of civil government, as well as against the liberty, reason, and happiness of mankind, which can flourish only where civil government is able to protect them

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32. In that constitution, the grossest delusions of superstition were supported in such a manner by the private interests of so great a number of people, as put them out of all danger from any assault of human reason; because, though human reason might, perhaps, have been able to unveil, even to the eyes of the common people, some of the delusions of superstition, it could never have dissolved the ties of private interest

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33. Had this constitution been attacked by no other enemies but the feeble efforts of human reason, it must have endured for ever

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34. The constitution which this act established, was allowed to subsist for about two-and-twenty years, but was abolished by the 10th of queen Anne, ch

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35. Every constitution, therefore, which it is meant should be as permanent as the empire itseif, ought to be convenient, not in certain circumstances only, but in all circumstances; or ought to be suited, not to those circumstances which are transitory, occasional, or accidental, but to those which are necessary, and therefore always the same

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36. Money is frequently sunk in France, upon what are called contracts for the constitution of a rent ; that is, perpetual annuities, redeemable at any time by the debtor, upon payment of the sum originally advanced, but of which this redemption is not exigible by the creditor except in particular cases

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37. This, however, could scarce, perhaps, be done, consistently with the principles of the British constitution, without admitting into the British parliament, or, if you will, into the states-general of the British empire, a fair and equal representation of all those different provinces ; that of each province bearing the same proportion to the produce of its taxes, as the representation of Great Britain might bear to the produce of the taxes levied upon Great Britain

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38. only 28% of students could identify the Constitution as the supreme law of the land

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39. Only 26% of them recognize the first 10 amendments to the Constitution as the Bill of Rights

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40. That debt has been contracted in support of the government established by the Revolution ; a government to which the protestants of Ireland owe, not only the whole authority which they at present enjoy in their own country, but every security which they possess for their liberty, their property, and their religion; a government to which several of the colonies of America owe their present charters, and consequently their present constitution; and to which all the colonies of America owe the liberty, security, and property, which they have ever since enjoyed

41. Of course, we would not pay too much attention, these statists hope, to the United States Constitution I think not

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42. All too often describes the activities of the Liberals in Congress and the Administration in attempting to jettison the Constitution

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43. Nothing in the Constitution covered this issue

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44. based on what was written in the Constitution, but on consensus

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45. that the delegates who approved the Constitution probably

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46. Martin wrote the majority opinion, asserting that Congress has the authority under the Commerce Clause to regulate the non-commerce (My comment: How can the Constitution support the Congress in regulating non-commerce behavior?) of someone who chooses not to buy health insurance

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47. We no longer live in such a system, having now gone far beyond Theodore Roosevelt, who merely said that he could do anything the Constitution did not expressly forbid

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48. ) Finally, it goes without saying that the Federal Courts can be counted on to reinterpret the Constitution such that what protections are left to the people are being continuously eroded

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49. And on that note, where have we gone as a nation when the Supreme Court rules that the Constitution does not recognize a fundamental right of the individual to contract privately with his doctor? The Constitution was written to limit the powers of government, not the rights of citizens, with whom the ultimate power was supposed to lie

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50. Published shortly after the „Glorious Revolution" of 1688, his „Two Treatises of Government, and „Letter of Toleration," helping to set the stage, along with Montesquieu"s exposition on the requirement of three separate and equal, co-ballancers of government, for the evolution of the American Constitution

51. „diversity" do not justify violating the Constitution

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52. response, “if you think it will be good for your constitution

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53. I was recently asked whether the Constitution guarantees the right to be a socialist

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54. In pursuit of answers, I just finished rereading the Constitution

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55. The preamble comes close to mentioning such freedom when it states that, among the other purposes of the Constitution is to „… secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity…"

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56. The real guarantees of political freedom come to us in the Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments, without the promise of which it is doubtful that the Constitution would have been ratified

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57. Thus: „The enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people

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58. Pray tell me where in our Constitution the President is authorized to present a plan, a budget, or anything else excepting an annual State of the Union Speech, to the Congress

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59. It was not happenstance that the framers of the Constitution placed the legislative branch in Article 1, the executive branch in Article 2, and the judicial branch in Article 3

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60. He, ex-Speaker Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have managed to shred the Constitution

61. A document that should stand for the ages, and has been the inspiration for many countries; it will hast however, only so long as the people of America agree to abide by its precepts, including the undeniable fact, so eloquently expressed by John Adams, that a Constitution without the integrity, religious, and moral support of the American People, is nothing more than a destroyable piece of parchment

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62. He proved that forevermore when he stated that he could do anything that the Constitution did not absolutely prohibit

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63. He recently expounded on the United States Constitution, regarding the separate branches of the federal government, to wit, and here I paraphrase: There are three branches, which are the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Presidency

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64. He would have been well advised to keep his mouth shut, inasmuch as any elementary reading of the Constitution will tell the reader that the three branches are the Legislative, the Executive, and the Judicial, per the Constitution"s first three articles

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65. Here is what James Madison, the Father of the Constitution and our fourth president had to say about our right to bear arms: „The ultimate authority …

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66. And further, here is what Madison"s Supreme Court appointee, Justice Joseph Story, wrote in his 1833 „Commentaries on the Constitution:" „The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against the usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them

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67. time went on, Johnson actually began to exercise an authority in violation of the Constitution that many congressional leaders did not accept to the extent that in 1868, he was impeached for these actions as president

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68. Admittedly, the Constitution prevents only government(s) from infringing on freedom of speech

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69. In my view, the sixteenth Amendment to the Constitution was a travesty of justice

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70. And why is that? Well, it reserves to the States respectively, or to the people, those rights not enumerated and specifically delegated to the United States by the Constitution

71. Since the time of Theodore Roosevelt, the national government has arrogated to itself any power that is not specifically prohibited by the Constitution, effectively turning the Tenth Amendment on its head

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72. It has become nothing more than a liberal rag looked to for guidance by the leftist „intelligentsia," being but one of a plethora of liberal propaganda tools that play supporting roles in the continuing assault on our Constitution

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73. The cover story of the current issue features their woefully incorrect interpretation of Our Constitution, with an image of the shredding of that document covered by the question „Does it still matter?" This in addition to the word

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74. The author of the cover story will have none of it (our Constitution as it now stands

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75. ) He unwittingly exposes the left"s ignorant, self-serving interpretation of our Constitution by referring to the chimera of a „living constitution

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76. " Thus: „To me the Constitution is a guardrail

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77. " And further nonsense from Stengel in the same article: „If the Constitution was intended to limit the federal government, it sure doesn"t say so

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78. " Oh, really? According to him (one Richard Stengel) then, the only purpose our Constitution serves is to keep us out of the ditch, meanwhile swerving all over the road without consequence

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79. He depends on the old liberal mantra that times have changed, and since our Founders could not know about the advancements of the present era, the Constitution must remain pliable or, as Thomas Jefferson warned in 1819, „…a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary which they may twist and shape into any form they please

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80. If Stengel and his ilk have their way, our Constitution will become a worthless document in exile, little more than a straw man for increasingly politicized federal courts to do with as they please

81. And now, in rebuttal to Richard Stengel and his co-idiots at Time, let"s see what some of our most important Founders actually did write about our Constitution and the rule of law

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82. The Federalist Papers, a magnificent defense of the proposed Constitution written in 1788 as a series of newspaper articles by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay is undoubtedly the best place to start

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83. Thus James Madison, the „Father of the Constitution:" „I entirely concur in the propriety of resorting to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation

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84. ) In that sense alone, it is the legitimate Constitution

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85. 45, “The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined

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86. Under the American Constitution, it does not exist, „progressives" to the contrary notwithstanding

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87. He left us, among other great things, with this: „The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions

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88. Try Nancy Pelosi, she who abhors our Constitution

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89. There were no human rights within a constitution restraining the government

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90. The American Constitution is oftentimes referred to as an evolving or living document

91. Stretch the Constitution far enough and a legal interpreter may (actually) discover something that isn‘t there!

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92. Its elasticity renders the Constitution a ―living‖ organism subject to contemporary interpretations or (the) prevailing temper (moral climate) of modern times

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93. The American government and the US Constitution both recognized and protected slavery and the slave trade in the beginning

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94. The Constitution protected the slave trade for twenty years and gave slave owning states greater representation in Congress

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95. Not only has the Japanese government and military not committed anything close to its prior atrocities, the nation's constitution strictly prohibits wars of aggression

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96. Gun control is not barred by the Constitution

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97. There was little standing army in the US at the time of the Constitution

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98. But it is also allowed by the Constitution to re-adjust the past inequalities or so the liberals say

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99. Buchanan approved the fraudulent constitution adopted by pro slavery forces

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100. In other words it is subject to the Constitution