...explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. . . . This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and...free in its principles, in the distribution of its power, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment,...

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...for an intimate union and for the efficacious management of your common concerns. This government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and...enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions...

...Washington urges the importance of this virtue eloquently in the Farewell Address: This government. the offspring of our own choice uninfluenced and unawed....enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true Liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter theirConstitution...

...for an intimate union, and for the efficacious management of your common concerns. This government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and...enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their coni.-.^ ......

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...for an intimate Union, and for the efficacious management of your common concerns. This government, the offspring of our own choice uninfluenced and unawed,...enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true Liberty. The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions...

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