“We propose to make the process of constitutional amendment far easier, speedier, and simpler than at present.”

—  Theodore Roosevelt

"Democratic Ideals" in The Outlook (15 November 1913) https://books.google.com/books?id=1LpOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA589
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