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7. "We the people" - it is a very eloquent beginning. But when the Constitution of the United States was completed on the seventeenth of September in 1787, I was not included in that "We the people." I felt for many years that somehow 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."

- U. S. Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, 1976

When Congresswoman Barbara Jordan refers to “we the people”, which constitutional principle is she talking about?

Republicanism

Popular sovereignty

Federalism

Limited government

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