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A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.

A Constitution is not the act of a Government, but of a people constituting a government, and a government without a constitution is a power without right.

Thomas Paine
Government, People, Constitution
Thomas Paine, John P. Kaminski (2002). “Citizen Paine: Thomas Paine's Thoughts on Man, Government, Society, and Religion”, p.68, Rowman & Littlefield

Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.

Thomas Paine
Government, Constitution
Thomas Paine (1795). “The Rights of Man: For the Benefit of All Mankind”, p.85

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