James K. Polk Quotes About Constitution
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Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between church and state.
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Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.
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One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.
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Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between Church and State, and that in my action as President of the United States I recognized no distinction of creeds in my appointments office.
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The Constitution itself, plainly written as it is, the safeguard of our federative compact, the offspring of concession and compromise, binding together in the bonds of peace and union this great and increasing family of free and independent States, will be the chart by which I shall be directed.
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Public opinion: May it always perform one of its appropriate offices, by teaching the public functionaries of the State and of the Federal Government, that neither shall assume the exercise of powers entrusted by the Constitution to the other.
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