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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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330 |
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AUTHOR:
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Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) |
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QUOTATION:
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The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to Judge Spencer Roane, September 6, 1819.—The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Andrew A. Lipscomb, vol. 15, p. 213 (1904). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Constitution of the United States |
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