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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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332 |
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AUTHOR:
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Andrew Johnson (1808–75) |
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QUOTATION:
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Amendments to the Constitution ought to not be too frequently made;… [if] continually tinkered with it would lose all its prestige and dignity, and the old instrument would be lost sight of altogether in a short time. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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President ANDREW JOHNSON, speech in front of the White House, February 22, 1866.—Andrew Johnson Papers, Library of Congress. |
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SUBJECTS:
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Constitution of the United States |
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