The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government.


Farewell Address (1796)

George Washington Quotes

The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at...

The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at...

The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at...

The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government. But the Constitution which at...