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"I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity, ... [it] would be contrary to the letter and the spirit of the Constitution and subversive to the whole theory upon which the Union of these States is founded."
![]() By: | ![]() Franklin Pierce (more quotes by Franklin Pierce or books by/about Franklin Pierce) |
![]() | ![]() (1804-1869) U.S. President |
![]() Source: | ![]() In 1854, when vetoing a bill to help the mentally ill |
![]() Categories: | ![]() Authority, Constitution, Subversion, Unification, Welfare |
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