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>Loy Brunson - The Constitution’s Interpretation Clause
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>11:54 The Oath of Office
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>What did the Framers of the Constitution fear the most?
https://www2.fbi.gov/publications/leb/2009/september2009/oath.htm
The significance the founding generation placed on the requirement to take an oath as mandated in Article VI is highlighted by the fact that the very first act of the first Congress of the United States was to establish a simple 14-word oath: “I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support the Constitution of the United States.”
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the father of the Constitution, James Madison, wrote the following insightful words:
Ambition must be made to counteract ambition. The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place…. If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
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We owe an incomparable debt of gratitude to the men and women who fought to bring us the Constitution, and those who have fought to preserve it to this day.