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Our Constitution is not made for great, general, and proscriptive exclusions; sooner or later it will destroy them, or they will destroy the Constitution.
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Edmund Burke
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Burke warns against the dangers of exclusionary practices within the Constitution, suggesting they threaten its integrity.
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