The Constitution was not made to fit us like a straitjacket. In its el…

Woodrow Wilson
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The Constitution was not made to fit us like a straitjacket. In its elasticity lies its chief greatness. ✨ Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link (1973). The Papers of Woodrow Wilson
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