Joseph J. Ellis Quote
[quoting someone else] the American constitution is a document designed by geniuses to be eventually interpreted by idiots
Joseph J. Ellis
[quoting someone else] the American constitution is a document designed by geniuses to be eventually interpreted by idiots
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