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Dennis Kucinich: “We, the people, have rights. The Constitution exists to restrain government, not to empower it.”

On the recordOctober 27, 2009
We, the people, have rights. The Constitution exists to restrain government, not to empower it.
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Dennis Kucinich
Independent · Ohio

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Kucinich emphasizes individual rights over government power in a democracy.

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