Since 9/11, the Bush administration has used that tragic event as a justification to rip up our constitution and our civil liberties.… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
I will forever be thankful to the Malawians and international community, and my professional army and army general, who said: 'No, we… — Joyce Banda Copy Share Image
Is there a Legislative power in fact, not expressly prohibited by the Constitution, which might not, according to the doctrine of the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I'm not an expert on the Constitution but I know the Constitution exists for a reason. It exists to protect human beings,… — Shakira Copy Share Image
When we got organized as a country, [and] wrote a fairly radical Constitution, with a radical Bill of Rights, giving radical amounts… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it… — John Jay Hooker Copy Share Image
Every law, every constitution, every regulative decision is based upon what people are discussing in their community. It's based upon our sum… — Julian Assange Copy Share Image
The liberty of the press would be an empty sound, and no man would venture to write on any subject, however, pure… — Thomas Erskine, 1st Baron Erskine Copy Share Image
I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon law and upon courts. These are false… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
There would be a blaze and a confusion, in which timid men would doubt whether the constitution would be burned to tinder… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“On the 26th of January 1950, we are going to enter into a life of contradictions. In politics we will have equality… — Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Copy Share Image
It is said that brother Joseph in his lifetime declared that the Elders of this Church should step forth at a particular… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
“During observance of the bicentennial of the Constitution in 1987, Justice Thurgood Marshall made a public attack upon the celebration in which… — Don E. Fehrenbacher Copy Share Image
The U.S. was founded by a group of political leaders who signed a document which says, "We are endowed by our Creator… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
“The Constitution became even more acceptable to the public at large after the first Congress, responding to criticism, passed a series of… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“Robert Bork, at opening of Judiciary hearings: How should a judge go about finding the law? The only legitimate way, in my… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
I'm a part of the GOP and let me tell you what my stance is. My stance is that, we the people… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
When the Constitution declares that 'all men are created equal,' it is not referring to intelligence, good looks, good humor, height, weight,… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
I am so sick and tired of participating in this predictable cycle of politics, where a mass shooting happens, the left calls… — S.E. Cupp Copy Share Image
With respect to the words "general welfare," I have always regarded them as qualified by the detail of powers connected with them.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I have withdrawn from partisan politics. I am a constitutionalist who believes that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights must be… — Richard Dreyfuss Copy Share Image
I think there are only three things that America will be known for 2,000 years from now when they study this civilization:… — Gerald Early Copy Share Image
No man is allowed to be a judge in his own cause; because his interest would certainly bias his judgment, and, not… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The danger of having the Constitution twisted and misconstrued to support vested interests and prejudices must be guarded against if American democracy… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
For an American to be patriotic is to be loyal to the principles of our Constitution, and the First Amendment. The truth… — Daniel Ellsberg Copy Share Image
A physician, after he had felt the pulse of Pausanias, and considered his constitution, saying, "He ails nothing," "It is because, sir,"… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
The same political parties which now agitiate the US have existed through all time. And in fact the terms of whig and… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Our Constitution... has not left the religion of its citizens under the power of its public functionaries, were it possible that any… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
True fans of the Constitution, like true fans of the national pastime, acknowledge the critical role of human judgment in making tough… — Eric Liu Copy Share Image
This [2016] election is about the people being crushed by Obamacare. And it's about defeating ISIS and appointing a Supreme Court and… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
There never seems to be any difficulty in stretching the laws and the constitution to fit any kind of a political deal,… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
They're lots of good Americans here in New York who have common sense and who believe in free markets and free people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was arrested 1965. I had come back from the merchant marines, got into conversations about the war. I had never heard… — Bill Ayers Copy Share Image
It is provided by the Constitution that the President shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state… — Chester A. Arthur Copy Share Image
When you ask yourself, whoever you are, that think you're going to support Donald Trump, think, do you believe in the Constitution?… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Those who wrote the Constitution clearly understood that power is dangerous and needs to be limited by being separated - separated not… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
“Oft have I marked, with silent pleasure and admiration, the force and prevalence, through the United States, of the principle that the… — James Wilson Copy Share Image
“The nation, the Supreme Court has said, has “no right to expect that it will always have wise and humane rulers, sincerely… — James MacGregor Burns Copy Share Image
The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to… — Harry A. Blackmun Copy Share Image