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Bill Taft: “A constitution is for the purpose of laying down fundamental limitations upon your legislature and your Executive.”

On the recordOctober 12, 1909
A constitution is for the purpose of laying down fundamental limitations upon your legislature and your Executive.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Address at City Hall in Phoenix, Arizona

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