"It depends on the state itself to retain or abolish the principle of representation, because it depends on itself whether it will continue a member of the Union. To deny this right would be inconsistent with the principle on which all our political systems are founded, which is, that the people have in all cases, a right to determine how they will be governed. This right must be considered as an ingredient in the original composition of the general government, which, though not expressed, was mutually understood. . ."

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Source : William Rawle (1829). “A view of the Constitution of the United States of America”, p.296

William Rawle

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“I would say to the president: This is not about me. This is not about Republicans here in Congress. It's about fairness for the America people.”
“When we grow old, there can only be one regret - not to have given enough of ourselves.”
“To me, this world is nothing but evil, and my own evil just happened to come out cause of the circumstances of what I was doing.”
“We must, therefore, be here as strangers and pilgrims, that we may plainly declare that we seek a city above.”

Source : Anne Bradstreet, Jeannine Hensley (1967). “The Works of Anne Bradstreet”, p.283, Harvard University Press
“I went to graduate school at Harvard for one year I worked in the state legislature in Sacramento for one year. I taught school in Compton for two years.”
“Our culture is obsessed with real events because we experience hardly any,”

Source : David Shields (2010). “Reality Hunger”, p.82, Vintage
“Gypsy [Rose Lee] wasn't a linear person, and she didn't live life in a linear fashion. She was relentlessly self-inventing, and moved backward as often as she moved forward.”

Source : Source: tech.blorge.com
“I felt so good when I fought Larry [Holmes]. When I fought Larry the first time, I mean, first time in my life, I mean, I could remember I wanted to fight.”

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