Earlier today we heard the beginning of the Preamble to the Constitution of the United States. ‘We the people.’ It is a very eloquent beginning. But, when that document was completed on the seventeenth of September in 1787, I was not included in that ‘We, the people.’ I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But, through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in ‘We, the people.’

Author: Barbara Jordan
Year: 1974
Year evidence: Statement before the House Judiciary Committee considering impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon (25 July 1974). (See External links)
Source: Quotes — Statement before the House Judiciary Committee considering impeachment of President Richard M. Nixon (25 July 1974). (See External links)
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