AP REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

“Liberty is to faction what air is to fire, an ailment without which it instantly expires. But it could not be less folly to abolish liberty, which is essential to political life, because it nourishes faction, than it would be to wish the annihilation of air, which is essential to animal life, because it impacts to fire its destructive agency.”

• Federalist 10

• Federalist 51

• Federalist 70

• Federalist 78

• Brutus 1

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Letter from Birmingham

• Articles of confederation

“If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary.”

• Federalist 10

• Federalist 51

• Federalist 70

• Federalist 78

• Brutus 1

“The Senate of the United States shall be

composed of two Senators from each State, chosen by the Legislature

thereof,3 for six Years; and each Senator shall

have one Vote.”

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Letter from Birmingham

The territory of the United States is of vast extent; it now contains near three millions of souls, and is capable of containing much more than ten times that number. Is it practicable for a country, so large and so numerous as they will soon become, to elect a representation, that will speak their sentiments, without their becoming so numerous as to be incapable of transacting public business? It certainly is not.”

• Federalist 10

• Federalist 51

• Federalist 70

• Federalist 78

• Brutus 1

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

• Declaration of independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Bill of Rights

• Letter from Birmingham

“The

Judiciary . . . has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no

direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society, and can

take no active resolution whatever. It may truly be said to have neither

FORCE nor WILL, but merely judgment.”

• Federalist 10

• Federalist 51

• Federalist 70

• Federalist 78

• Brutus 1

“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government.”

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Constitution

• Letter from Birmingham

It is insisted, indeed, that this constitution must be received, be it ever so imperfect. If it has its defects, it is said, they can be best amended when they are experienced. But remember, when the people once part with power, they can seldom or never resume it again but by force.

• Federalist 10

• Federalist 51

• Federalist 70

• Federalist 78

• Brutus 1

“According

to the plan of the convention, all judges who may be appointed by the

United States are to hold their offices during good behavior; which

is conformable to the most approved of the State constitutions and among

the rest, to that of this State. Its propriety having been drawn into

question by the adversaries of that plan, is no light symptom of the rage

for objection, which disorders their imaginations and judgments. The

standard of good behavior for the continuance in office of the judicial

magistracy, is certainly one of the most valuable of the modern

improvements in the practice of government.”

• Federalist 10

• Federalist 51

• Federalist 70

• Federalist 78

• Brutus 1