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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.

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
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.