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Indeed, the Constitution was openly opposed because it had no Bill of Rights.
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This quote highlights the opposition to the Constitution due to the absence of a Bill of Rights, reflecting public sentiment.
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Again I repeat, so long as the War System prevails under the sanction of International Law, these painful incongruities will be apparent.
They who strive after it, Ixion-like, embrace a cloud.
It is larger than the entire profit of all the commerce and manufactures of the world.
In this contest, we may borrow from the ancient Greek, who, when his hands were cut off, fought with his stumps, and even with his teeth.
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