[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 1]
[House]
[Page 138]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      HOLD ON TO THE CONSTITUTION

  (Mr. FRANKS of Arizona asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FRANKS of Arizona. Mr. Speaker, in a few moments, the United 
States Constitution will be read for the first time in a long time in 
this Chamber. And I, for one, Mr. Speaker, am glad to see this welcomed 
day come.
  I know there are those that will dismiss it as symbolic. But I 
remember the words of Daniel Webster when he said, ``Hold on, my 
friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. 
Miracles do not cluster, and what has happened once in 6,000 years may 
never happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American 
Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.''
  Mr. Speaker, I hope, as we go forward in this new Congress, that we 
will all hold Mr. Webster's words in our hearts.

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