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Constitution: a constitution is the supreme law of a state. It sets out the fundamental principles by which the state is governed, such as the powers of the government, the rights of the citizens, and the relationship between the government and the citizens.
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George Wallace on Constitution - Dictionary of Arguments

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Constitution/Wallace/Levitsky: Senator George Wallace [gained] nationwide notoriety for his segregationist stance and twice applied for the presidency with astonishing success (1968 and 1972). He played the keyboard of what journalist Arthur Hadley called the "time-honored American tradition of hatred for the powerful". Wallace was a master in exploiting the "good old American anger"(1).
Wallace: "There is something more powerful than the constitution ... It is the will of the people. What is a constitution then? It is a product of the people, the people are the first source of power, and the people can abolish a constitution if they so wish"(2).
Levitsky/Ziblatt: Wallace's mixture of racism and populist appeals to the sense of discrimination against white workers and their anger at the economic situation succeeded in penetrating deep into this part of the Democratic Party's traditional base(3). Polls show that Wallace, as the American Independence Party candidate in 1968, had the support of about 40 percent of Americans(4).

1. Arthur T. Hadley, The Invisible Primary, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1976, p. 238; Jody Carlson, George C. Wallace and the Politics of Powerlessness. The Wallace Campaigns for the Presidency, 1964–1976, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1981, p. 6. Quoted in Lipset/Raab, The Politics of Unreason, p. 355 f.
2.Dan T. Carter, The Politics of Rage. George Wallace, the Origins of the New Conservatism, and the Transformation of American Politics, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 22000, p. 344–352;
3.Stephan Lesher, George Wallace. American Populist, Reading, Massachusetts, 1994, pp. 276–278; 4. Lipset/Raab, The Politics of Unreason, p. 345–357.


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Alfred Russell Wallace
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