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He was an acknowledged master of parliamentary law, a system upon which not only the convenient procedure of legislative bodies largely depends, but which has close relations to Constitutional Liberty itself.
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George F. Hoar
Massachusetts

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Hoar highlights the significance of parliamentary law in maintaining constitutional liberty.

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