I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitutio…

James Madison
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I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents. ✨ Time Magazine: We Don't Need No Stinking Constitution by Larry Elder, www.realclearpolitics.com. July 7, 2011.
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I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents. ✨ Time Magazine: We Don't Need No Stinking Constitution by Larry Elder, www.realclearpolitics.com. July 7, 2011.

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