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" The Constitution was intended less to resolve arguments than to make argument itself the solution. For judicial devotees of "originalism" or "original intent," this should be a disarming insight, since it made the Constitution the foundation for an ever-shifting political dialogue that, like history itself, was an argument without end. Madison's "original intention" was to make all "original intentions" infinitely negotiable in the future. "

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Joseph J. Ellis quote : The Constitution was intended less to resolve arguments than to make argument itself the solution. For judicial devotees of