samcol, it's already been discussed that the clause appears not just in the Preamble, but also in Article I, Section 8.
Also, no one is saying that the clause is to be interpreted as a blank cheque.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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