I do not believe it is the function of the judiciary to step in and change the law because the times have… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Anyone who says the American Constitution is obsolete just because social and economic conditions have changed does not understand the real genius… — W. Cleon Skousen Copy Share Image
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The citizens begin by giving up some part of the constitution, and so with greater ease the government change something else which… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Government employees are public servants and prohibited by the Constitution from inhibiting religious freedom, that is a far cry from sneaking around… — Mathew Staver Copy Share Image
There was a sorry judge who lived at the Swan by himself. He got but little honor, and he got but little… — St. George Tucker Copy Share Image
Americans think their danger is terrorists. They don't understand the terrorists cannot take away habeas corpus, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution…… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
On the subject of money and politics and the rest, I have a DARE: Disclose who are these people; Amend the Constitution… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
Every organization of our government, the best government in the world, is crumbling to pieces. Those who have it in their hands… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
My friends in the opposition have forgotten that the constitution of the Philippines was amended in 1973 with their participation. The constitution… — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
Our object in framing the Constitution is rally two-fold: (1) To lay down the form of political democracy, and (2) To lay… — B R Ambedkar Copy Share Image
I'm a common law judge. I believe in deciding every case on its facts, not on a legal philosophy. And I believe… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
I believe that it is my duty and your duty to teach our children concerning this great God-inspired Constitution, this great law… — Charles W. Nibley Copy Share Image
“In New York the curriculum guide for 11th-grade American history tells students that there were three "foundations" for the Constitution: the European… — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr Copy Share Image
What are wanted ...are not Constitutions and Revolutions, nor all sorts of Conferences and Congresses, nor the many ingenious devices for submarine… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I am a Libertarian. I want to be known as a Libertarian and a Constitutionalist in the tradition of the early James… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
In a recent decision of the Supreme Court, not made, however, by the full court, and concurred in by only four justices,… — John Bates Clark Copy Share Image
Seats on the [Court] bench are not reserved for causes or interests. They're given to those who will uphold the rule of… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
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The decisions we make about the Internet don't affect just the Internet – they are answers to basic questions about the relationship… — Mike Godwin Copy Share Image
The overreach of the judiciary can be attributed to, one, the inability of the executive to deliver; and two, the tendency to… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
..if the Northern states refuse, willfully and deliberately, to carry into effect that part of the Constitution which respects the restoration of… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Every president since George Washington has respected this clause in the Constitution. We want to avoid that Constitutional potential crisis. And the… — Chuck Todd Copy Share Image
The separation of church and state is a misnomer. People misunderstand it. Of course, it comes from a phrase that was in… — Mike Johnson Copy Share Image
Good judges are always open to the possibility of changing their minds based on the next brief that they read, or the… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
When we refuse to help the enemies of ISIS, we're empowering ISIS. We're aiding their recruitment. We're abetting their argument that America… — Seth Moulton Copy Share Image
The Massachusetts constitution was written much later than the other revolutionary state constitutions, and thus it avoids some of the earlier mistakes.… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
In our system of government, the judicial and legislative branches have different roles. Judges are not politicians. Judges must decide cases, not… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
There is nobody that I know who believes that Bank of America is a human being who should be entitled for the… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
After all, our Constitution was intended as a popular document. It was drafted and ratified by the people. It established democratic institutions.… — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Judge Roberts' civil rights record and views remained the most controversial and unexplained part of his record when the Judiciary Committee hearing… — Mel Watt Copy Share Image
The Magna Carta is widely known to be one of the foundational documents for our Constitution. I can only imagine that a… — John Conyers Copy Share Image
Other people had strived for freedom and promise and ratatatata but the Constitution [of USA] was the first time we codified it… — Ben Dreyfuss Copy Share Image
If our constitution had followed the style of Saint Paul, the First Amendment might have concluded: "But the greatest of these is… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
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The Emancipation Proclamation is predicated upon the idea that the President may so annul the constitutions and laws of sovereign states, overthrow… — Melville Fuller Copy Share Image
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There is no separation of church and state. Modern US Supreme Courts have raped the Constitution and raped the Christian faith and… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
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![“There was a sorry judge who lived at the Swan by himself. He got but little honor, and he got but little pelf [i.e. wealth], He drudged and judged from morn to night, no ass drudged more than he, And the more he drudged, and the more he judged, the sorrier judge was he.” quote by St. George Tucker](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/66c/st-george-tucker-46380_ass_there-was-a-sorry-judge-who-lived-at-the_2798521.jpg)
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