"Today, when a concerted effort is made to obliterate this point, it cannot be repeated too often that the Constitution is a limitation on the government, not on private individuals -- that it does not prescribe the conduct of private individuals, only the conduct of the government -- that it is not a charter for government power, but a charter of the citizen's protection against the government."
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Ayn Rand (more quotes by Ayn Rand or books by/about Ayn Rand) |
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[Alisa Zinov'yevna Rosenbaum] (1905-1982) Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter |
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Constitution, Defense, Government, Independence, Individual Rights, Justice, Law, Power, Republic, Safety, Security |
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