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"A nation can survive its fools,
and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason
from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable,
for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the
traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his
sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in
the very halls of government itself. For the traitor
appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to
his victims, and he wears their face and their
arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in
the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he
works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the
pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that
it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear."
Marcus Tullius Cicero (42 B.C.)
Article VI.
Article VII.
Article V. Article VI. Article VII.
The Congress, whenever two thirds of both Houses shall
deem it necessary, shall propose Amendments to this
Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures
of two thirds of the several States, shall call a
Convention for proposing Amendments, which, in either
Case, shall be valid to all Intents and Purposes, as
Part of this Constitution, when ratified by the
Legislatures of three fourths of the several States, or
by Conventions in three fourths thereof, as the one or
the other Mode of Ratification may be proposed by the
Congress; Provided that no Amendment which may be made
prior to the Year One thousand eight hundred and eight
shall in any Manner affect the first and fourth Clauses
in the Ninth Section of the first Article; and that no
State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its
equal Suffrage in the Senate.
Article VI.
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- Clause 1:
- All Debts contracted and Engagements entered
into, before the Adoption of this Constitution,
shall be as valid against the United States under
this Constitution, as under the Confederation.
- Clause 2:
- This Constitution, and the Laws of the United
States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and
all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the
Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme
Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall
be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or
Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.
- Clause 3:
- The Senators and Representatives before
mentioned, and the Members of the several State
Legislatures, and all executive and judicial
Officers, both of the United States and of the
several States, shall be bound by Oath or
Affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no
religious Test shall ever be required as a
Qualification to any Office or public Trust under
the United States.
Article VII.
The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States,
shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this
Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.
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- Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent
of the States present the Seventeenth Day of
September in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven
hundred and Eighty seven and of the Independence of
the United States of America the Twelfth In witness
whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names,
GEORGE WASHINGTON--
President. and deputy from Virginia
[Signed also by the deputies of twelve States.]
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