| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 6178 |
| AUTHOR: | William Henry Seward (18011872) |
| QUOTATION: | The Constitution devotes the national domain to union, to justice, to defence, to welfare and to liberty. But there is a higher law than the Constitution. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Speech, March 11, 1850. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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