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"The Constitution of the United States comprises the primary law of the U.S. Federal Government. It also describes the three chief branches of the Federal Government and their jurisdictions. In addition, it lays out the basic rights of citizens of the United States. The Constitution of the United States is the oldest Federal constitution in existence and was framed by a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen original states in Philadelphia in May 1787. " - United States Government Printing Office, 2008 http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html

“In free countries, every man is entitled to express his opinions and every other man is entitled not to listen.”
— G. Norman Collie

 “Democracy is based upon the conviction that there are extraordinary possibilities in ordinary people.”
— Harry Emerson Fosdick

“Man’s capacity for justice makes democracy possible, but man’s inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary.”
— Reinhold Niebuhr

(courtesy of ConstitutionFacts.com)