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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 3306454" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>As far as granting vs guaranteeing, I think ol' Chuck put it quite eloquently:</p><p></p><p>To say that the Constitution "gives" citizens their freedom is like saying that a birth certificate gives humans life or that a property survey gives a building and its grounds their concrete existence. </p><p>-- Charlton Heston</p><p></p><p>In a nutshell, the point of the Constitution itself is to tell the Federal Gov't "these things you may do, and nothing else." The point of the Bill of Rights is to say to gov't, "no matter what else you are allowed to do, these boundaries you shall not violate."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 3306454, member: 26737"] As far as granting vs guaranteeing, I think ol' Chuck put it quite eloquently: To say that the Constitution "gives" citizens their freedom is like saying that a birth certificate gives humans life or that a property survey gives a building and its grounds their concrete existence. -- Charlton Heston In a nutshell, the point of the Constitution itself is to tell the Federal Gov't "these things you may do, and nothing else." The point of the Bill of Rights is to say to gov't, "no matter what else you are allowed to do, these boundaries you shall not violate." [/QUOTE]
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