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| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. |
| NUMBER: | 330 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) |
| QUOTATION: | The constitution, on this hypothesis, is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | THOMAS JEFFERSON, letter to Judge Spencer Roane, September 6, 1819.—The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Andrew A. Lipscomb, vol. 15, p. 213 (1904). |
| SUBJECTS: | Constitution of the United States |
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