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OF CONSTITUTIONS.
That men mean distinct and separate things when they speak of constitutions and of governments, is evident; or why are those terms distinctly and separately used?
A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government; and government without a constitution, is power without a right.
All power exercised over a nation, must have some beginning.

It must either be delegated or assumed.

There are no other sources.

All delegated power is trust, and all assumed power is usurpation.