Therefore every person born within the United States, its territories or districts, whether the parents are citizens or aliens, is a natural… — William Rawle Copy Share Image
The nicest constitutions of government are often like the finest pieces of clock-work, which, depending on so many motions, are therefore more… — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Certain characteristics about 'Marbury v. Madison' are, I think, indisputable. Marbury was the first Supreme Court decision ever to strike down an… — Cliff Sloan Copy Share Image
I will employ my strength for the welfare of the German people, protect the Constitution and laws of the German people, conscientiously… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
A mission statement is not something you write overnight... But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of these United States are covenants we have made not only with ourselves, but with… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The framers of our constitution had the sagacity to vest in Congress all implied powers: that is, powers necessary and proper to… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Without the three-fifths rule, there wouldn't have been a Constitution of the United States - not one that governed the American South,… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation… — Lyn Nofziger Copy Share Image
Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The War between the States... produced the foundation for the kind of government we have today: consolidated and absolute, based on the… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
“A constitution under which the people could actually govern themselves should make a congress, composed of a single house, the chief instrument… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If a prosecutor in The Hague decides that the U.S. has not followed through effectively on an investigation - is unwilling or… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
Nothing in the Constitution of the United States gives the Congress or the Executive Branch the power to attempt the task of… — Harrison Schmitt Copy Share Image
“In any event, one must consider the broader implications of a frontal assault on the separation of powers as outdated, ineffective, and… — Thomas O. Sargentich Copy Share Image
I wish it were possible to obtain a single amendment to our Constitution. I would be willing to depend on that alone… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
My construction of the constitution is very different from that you quote. It is that each department is truly independent of the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[John Adams' writings] had indicted the United States for slavishly copying the English constitution by erecting bicameral legislatures in their state constitutions,… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
The the relationship between the prime minister and the monarch is very much a personal one and when it comes to the… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
Judge Roberts is a brilliant lawyer, a brilliant judge. He is a very careful judge, a thoughtful judge. I would agree with… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
In an ideal world, judges are not supposed to read or be influenced by media reports. But it is difficult to ignore… — Sucheta Dalal Copy Share Image
Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
Freedoms once thought to be protected by our constitution for decades - like reproductive healthcare, abortion access and equal opportunity - are… — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
“A New York banker toasted the Supreme Court in 1895: “I give you, gentlemen, the Supreme Court of the United States—guardian of… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Corrupt influence is itself the perennial spring of all prodigality, and of all disorder; it loads us more than millions of debt;… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
In this country [the USA], you have got to tolerate things you do not like in order to preserve the First Amendment,… — Harvey Levin Copy Share Image
It's interesting that there are only two groups of people in our country who are not held accountable for their behavior or… — Debbie Stabenow Copy Share Image
“The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We have introduced equity into our life, including a uniform educational system. We have also introduced a Bill of Rights, which is… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The founders had a strong distrust for centralized power in a federal government. So they created a government with checks and balances.… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution protects citizens against cruel and unusual punishment. And there is a growing body of legal precedent… — Allyson Robinson Copy Share Image
“The creators of the Constitution were not purple-robed scholars, sitting in their ivory towers attempting to put abstract theories into play, but… — C.L. Gammon Copy Share Image
If you try to come into our state and force our businesses to collect a sales tax in manner that violates our… — Chris Sununu Copy Share Image
They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin. Adultery is responsible for… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
Nothing is plainer than that, if the principles of the church of Rome prevail here, our Constitution would fall. The two cannot… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
Conservative political opinion in America cleaves to the tradition of the judge as passive interpreter, believing that his absolute loyalty to authoritative… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
In our Constitution, our bedrock principle, you know - indeed, what the nation was founded on - is an idea of freedom… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
Ours is a system of checks and balances, and in times of great consequence, duty falls on Congress and the states to… — Dean Phillips Copy Share Image
Although the governor strongly disagrees with the court substituting its judgment for the constitutional process of the elected branches or a vote… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
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