...most precise formulation on the imperfection of constitutions as constitutions was his statement that "some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious...human, and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment . . . But I know . . . that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human...

...felt it would be a good thing to have a revolution every 20 years. 45 He was contemptuous of those who "look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence,...the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched." 46 The evangelicals, in the revival of 1800 that was intimately connected with the electoral victory...

...felt it would be a good thing to have a revolution every 20 years.45 He was contemptuous of those who "look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence,...them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched."46 The evangelicals, in the revival of 1800 that was intimately connected with the electoral...

...the natural, instead of the abusive state of man. And the fore horse of this frightful team is pubic debt. Taxation follows that, and in its train wretchedness...with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom...

...concrete aims than if hotly contested amendment campaigns were waged and even won. According to Jefferson, "some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious...them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched."82 Madison was not one of these men. He did not wish to insulate the ground rules from all...

...Constitution was not an object of worship, "like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched": Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the arc of the covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe to the men of the preceding age a wisdom...

...so I want to close with a particular note of gratitude to her for all of her help over these years. Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious...did to be beyond amendment. I knew that age well; I belonged to it, and labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It was very like the present,...

...perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude. . . . Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious...did to be beyond amendment. I knew that age well; I belonged to it and labored with it. It deserved well of its country. It was very like the present,...

...revolutionary ardor. He warned against looking "at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem[ing] them like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched,"" and he is known famously for his insistence that "the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to...

...pretty much as it is and extend it for several more years? Mr. Chairman, Thomas Jefferson once wrote, "Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious...and suppose what they did to be beyond amendment." I think those are fitting words as we begin the consideration of the post-ISTEA era. I, for one, do not...