The national will is the
The national will is the supreme law of the Republic, and on all subjects within the limits of his constitutional powers should be faithfully obeyed by the public servant.
– Martin Van Buren
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- The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it. – Larry J. Sabato
- If there’s anything a public servant hates to do it’s something for the public. – Kin Hubbard
- All of us are citizens in a republic much larger than the Republic of America. It is the Republic of Letters, a realm of the mind that extends everywhere, without police, national boundaries, or disciplinary frontiers. – Robert Darnton
- Obama might think of himself as one, but he is not a dictator. We are not a banana republic yet. This is not an authoritarian form of government. This is a constitutional republic, and the president doesn’t allow or disallow. The president can’t buy or purchase. – Rush Limbaugh
- Public trust is essential to public safety. – Martin O’Malley
- The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public’s money. – Alexis de Tocqueville
- This liberal progressive agenda… is the antithesis of who we are as a constitutional republic. – Allen West
- Turn off your email; turn off your phone; disconnect from the Internet; figure out a way to set limits so you can concentrate when you need to, and disengage when you need to. Technology is a good servant but a bad master. – Gretchen Rubin
- The current constitutional law places the president of the republic in an embarrassing situation. – Jose Eduardo Dos Santo
- I think that this liberal progressive agenda is not the thing that the American people want and it’s antithesis to who we are as a constitutional republic. – Allen West