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One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.
James K. PolkverifiedInaugural Address·March 4, 1845
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Genius is free to announce its inventions and discoveries, and the hand is free to accomplish whatever the head conceives not incompatible with the rights of a fellow-being.
James K. PolkverifiedInaugural Address·March 4, 1845