Justice Washington laid down this limitation upon it: "It is but a decent respect due to the wisdom, the integrity and the patriotism of the legislative body, by which any law is passed, to presume in favor of its validity until its violation of the Constitution is proved beyond all reasonable doubt.
Roosevelt quotes Justice Washington to highlight the importance of presuming the validity of laws passed by Congress until proven unconstitutional.
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