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All legislation hostile to the fundamental law of the land should be repealed without delay.
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This quote calls for the repeal of laws that contradict the fundamental principles of the Constitution.
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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.
As the Brotherhood of Man is practically recognized, it becomes impossible to restrict the feeling within any exclusive circle of country, and to set up an unchristian distinction of honor between civil war and international war.
But so long as War exists as an Institution this terrible inconsistency must appear.
Nor should we be too impatient to witness the fulfilment of our aspirations.
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