Framers Quotes
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The Framers [of the Constitution] . . . created the federally protected right of silence and decreed that the law could not be used to pry open one's lips and make him a witness against himself.
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I sort of thought the framers of the Constitution were talking about the rights of individuals, not corporate entities.
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The framers knew that liberty is a fragile thing, and so should we.
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Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment.
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The Framers were no more interested in binding future Americans to a set of divinely inspired commandments than any of us would wish to be bound by them.
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The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit our Government from infringing rights and liberties presumed to be preexisting.
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Understanding what the framers meant can help us. But alone it cannot be enough.
