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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... "
The History of North and South America: From Its Discovery to the Death of ... - Page 156
by Richard Snowden - 1806
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A Familiar Exposition of the Constitution of the United States: Containing a ...

Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1847 - 440 pages
...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...every individual to obey the established Government. However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends,...
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The Writings of George Washington: pt. V. Speeches and messages to Congress ...

George Washington - United States - 1848 - 620 pages
...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...every individual to obey the established Government i All obstructions to the execution of the Laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever...
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Early American Writing

Various - History - 1994 - 676 pages
...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...associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted...
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The Myth of American Individualism: The Protestant Origins of American ...

Barry Alan Shain - History - 1996 - 422 pages
...constitutions of government." He then warned that "the constitution which at anytime exists, until changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole...the duty of every individual to obey the established government."86 Here, Washington highlighted a fear that by the end of the 18th century many among the...
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Military Order of World Wars

Veterans - 1996 - 213 pages
...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 upon all. Towards the preservation of your Government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is...
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Strong Presidents: A Theory of Leadership

Philip Abbott - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 302 pages
...present Constitution. Thus the President closes up the revolutionary alternative in his idea of a nation: "The very idea of the power and the right of the people...the duty of every individual to obey the established government."7' The belated president has little difficulty translating Washington's criticism of factions....
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A Sacred Union of Citizens: George Washington's Farewell Address and the ...

Matthew Spalding, Patrick J. Garrity - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 244 pages
...or ability to compel obedience as much as its basis in just principles of government. Indeed, it was the "very idea of the power and the right of the People to establish Government," Washington wrote, that "presupposes the duty of every Individual to obey the established Government."50...
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On Faith and Free Government

Daniel C. Palm - Political Science - 1997 - 230 pages
...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...Associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, controul counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the Constituted...
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From Many, One: Readings in American Political and Social Thought

Richard C. Sinopoli - Political Science - 1996 - 456 pages
...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...every Individual to obey the established Government. [Text omitted] In all the changes to which you may be invited, remember that time and habit are at...
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The Lost World of Classical Legal Thought: Law and Ideology in America, 1886 ...

William M. Wiecek - Law - 1998 - 296 pages
...to make and alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the...every individual to obey the established government. 28 Together, the radical and conservative traditions have coexisted as a polarity of American constitutionalism....
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