The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments f… - Henry Steele Commager

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The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to cause trouble for governments they no longer trusted.

Henry Steele Commager

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Henry Steele Commager (25 October 1902 – 2 March 1998) was an American historian and teacher.

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