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— William Graham Sumner"It is the greatest folly of which a man can be capable to sit down with a slate and pencil to plan out a new social world."
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The Constitution was definitely and specifically designed to hobble all people who are so foolish as to think themselves capable of leading others by compulsion. It so functions today to an extent exasperating to the authoritarians - which is why they want to get rid of it.
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