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With satisfaction I might point to special safeguards by which our rights have been protected against usurpation, whether executive, legislative, or judicial.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “With satisfaction I might point to special safeguards by which our rights have been protected against usurpation…”
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Sumner emphasizes the importance of constitutional safeguards against government overreach.
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