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A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America: Against the Attack of M. Turgot in His Letter to Dr. Price, Dated the Twenty-second Day of March, 1778

Book by John Adams · 3 quotes · 2 Amendment, Amendment 1, Amendments

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A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America: Against the Attack of M. Turgot in His Letter to Dr. Price, Dated the Twenty-second Day of March, 1778 Quotes

“The Constitution is ...the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen”

“The right of a nation to kill a tyrant in case of necessity can no more be doubted than to hang a robber, or kill a flea.”

“The fundamental law of the militia is, that it be created, directed and commanded by the laws, and ever for the support of the laws.”