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Of course all attempt to enforce this guaranty against an oligarchy, aristocracy, caste, and monopoly founded on color, or against the tyranny of taxation without representation, will be from this time impossible.
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Sumner argues that enforcing constitutional guarantees against oppressive systems will become impossible.
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