A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the governmental exercise of any power not authorized by the constitution is an assumed power, and therefore illegal.

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The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

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It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.

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The greatest tyrannies are always perpetuated in the name of the noblest causes.

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A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.

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Our greatest enemies, the ones we must fight most often, are within.

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Ye that dare oppose, not only tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!

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Government is best which governs least

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You cannot undermine police authority and then complain about rising crime.

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When all other rights are taken away, the right of rebellion is made perfect.

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