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| 3708f19 | The great sin of the originalists is not to harbor a political agenda but to claim they do not, and to base that claim on a level of historical understanding they demonstrably do not possess. | supreme-court us-constitution | Joseph J. Ellis | |
| d7fae3f | Inefficiency is to be our safeguard against despotism. | separation-of-powers us-constitution us-government | Garry Wills |