There is a constitution higher than any statute. There is a law higher than any constitution. It is the law of the human conscience. (Robert G. Ingersoll)

There is a constitution higher than any statute. There is a law higher than any constitution. It is the law of the human conscience.

Robert G. Ingersoll

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