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The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals.

John C. Calhoun
Government, Law, Constitution
JOHN C. CALHOUN (1855). “REPORTS AND PUBLIC LETTERS”, p.63
The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals.