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A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.
Joseph Addison

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.
Alexander Hamilton

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.
Plato

I am fully persuaded that thousands of our fellow-men might profit equally by a similar course to mine; but, constitutions not being all alike, a different course of treatment may be advisable for the removal of so tormenting an affliction.
William Banting

Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty.
Algernon Sydney

My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar.
Maya Lin

Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?
Henry David Thoreau

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
George Washington

The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in higher wisdom.
Ezra Stiles

There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.
Stephen Breyer

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