The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity-unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity.

Henry Clay

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Constitutional theory US Constitution

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Henry Clay

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Political speech

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English

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1850 1850s 19th century

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Politician

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United States

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Clay, Henry. Address in the Senate. Senate meeting. 29 Jan. 1850, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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We current Justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as Twentieth Century Americans. We look into the history of the time of framing and to the intervening history of interpretation. But, the ultimate question must be, what do the words of the text mean in our time. For the genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but it's in the adaptability of its great principles to cope with current problems and current needs.

William J. Brennan, Jr.

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Edmund Burke

Speech on the Petition of the Unitarians, May 11, 1792

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Edmund Burke
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Speech on the Petition of the Unitarians, May 11, 1792
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Speech
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English
Time
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Burke, Edmund. Address on Petition of the Unitarians. House of Commons. 11 May 1792, Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK.

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