The miners lost because they had only the constitution. The other side had bayonets. In the end, bayonets always win.
“I work hard and I party hard. When I go to work, I know what I am doing and I do it to the best of my abilities. When I party, I take exactly the same rule book with me.”
“Whenever you have a tight situation and there's a close pitch, the umpire gets a squawk no matter how he calls it.”