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The people themselves, and not their servants, can safely reverse their own deliberate decisions.
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Sherman emphasizes the power of the people to change their decisions, highlighting democratic principles.
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Resolved, That the people who constitute the supreme power in the United States, should guard with jealous care the rights of the several states, as independent governments.
That is all we ask, and what we demand at all hazards.
He took strong ground against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, and in 1859 was a competitor with me for the position of speaker, but withdrew in my favor after the first ballot.
But, sir, I have no hope, while this House is constituted as it is now, of instituting any radical reform.
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