The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the…

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The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had the right. ✨ James Madison (1859). Selections from the Private Correspondence of James Madison, from 1813 to 1836, p.119
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The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had the right. ✨ James Madison (1859). Selections from the Private Correspondence of James Madison, from 1813 to 1836, p.119

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