Charles Sumner: “First came, long back in the thirteenth century, Magna Charta, with…”

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First came, long back in the thirteenth century, Magna Charta, with generous safeguards of Freedom, wrung from King John by the Barons at Runnymede.

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Sumner references Magna Carta as a foundational document in the history of freedom, illustrating its lasting impact on constitutional principles.

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