After all, a district judge who gives harsh sentences to Yankees fans and lenient sentences to Red Sox fans would not be… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
The Founders never intended for Americans to trust their government. Our entire Constitution was predicated on the notion that government was a… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Every American deserves their day in court. Every American is innocent until proven guilty. These are core values enshrined in our founding… — John Garamendi Copy Share Image
The system of banking have[for]ever reprobated. I contemplate it as a blot left in all our Constitutions, which, if not covered, will… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
One of the most important checks Congress has on the executive branch is its ability to hold it accountable to the American… — Nancy Mace Copy Share Image
To every description of citizens, let praise be given. but let them persevere in their affectionate vigilance over that precious depository of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The left is really operating on all German ideas instead of American ideas and they are totally counter to the Constitution, to… — Chuck Woolery Copy Share Image
Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
From the very beginning, our state and national constitutions and laws have laid great emphasis on procedural and substantive safeguards designed to… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Those who want their rights respected under the Constitution and the law ought to set the example themselves of observing the Constitution… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
It is superfluous to try by the standards of theory, a part of the constitution which is allowed on all hands to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I congratulate you and my country on the singular favor of heaven in the peaceable and auspicious settlement of our government upon… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
Our president has made historic progress toward equality. He repealed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' so that no American ever again has to… — Tammy Baldwin Copy Share Image
The great objects which presented themselves [to the Constitutional Convention] ... formed a task more difficult than can be well conceived by… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The best reason to be assigned, in this case, for not having made the Constitution more free from a charge of uncertainty… — James Madison Copy Share Image
When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
It's sobering to think of the seventeen chief justices; certainly a solid majority of them have to be characterized as failures. The… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
While not explicitly articulated in the Constitution, the presumption of innocence has, through Supreme Court opinions, become a fundamental tenet of our… — Dan Abrams Copy Share Image
Isn't protecting our legal citizens from an invading army of illegal aliens who are using our services and taking our jobs, isn't… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I think that the justices were totally answering the way that they should. I think that the senators, as best I could… — Fred Thompson Copy Share Image
Americans don't know the Constitution. More than half of those surveyed can't name any of the rights guaranteed under the First Amendment.… — Elizabeth Flock Copy Share Image
At no time, at no place in solemn convention assembled, through no chosen agents, had the American people officially proclaimed the United… — Charles A. Beard Copy Share Image
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation… Notwithstanding the military establishments… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division of governmental power for the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Supreme Court Justice Anton Scalia should be commended for acknowledging that his views are so strong that - should the Pledge case… — Michael Newdow Copy Share Image
Menaced by collectivist trends, we must seek revival of our strength in the spiritual foundations which are the bedrock of our republic.… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
I hope they're going to learn, and as a result of our response, that it isn't going to work. They're not going… — Paul Bremer Copy Share Image
Each member of the community gives himself to it at the instant of its constitution, just as he actually is, himself and… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
I don't love America; I love people and places in America. How could I truly love an entity that views me as… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
In the circumstances in which the Republic finds itself, the constitution cannot be inaugurated; it would destroy itself. The provisional government of… — Louis Antoine de Saint-Just Copy Share Image
One of the [Million Mom] marchers said 'the hands that rock the cradle rule this nation.' I thought, 'no Madame, the hands… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
The history of the human race, viewed as a whole, may be regarded as the realization of a hidden plan of nature… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
It's not that unusual for presidents to take strong positions on cases decided by the court. But you know, Lesley, that's why… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
The constitution ought to secure a genuine militia and guard against a select militia. ...All regulations tending to render this general militia… — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
As all presidents must, Trump swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution, and to faithfully execute his office and… — George T. Conway III Copy Share Image
The Constitution of the United States knows no distinction between citizens on account of color. Neither does it know any difference between… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
In 2008, as a matter of fact, I had people accusing me of being a Senator Obama supporter because I wouldn't slam… — J. C. Watts Copy Share Image
I would not look with favor upon a President working to subvert the First Amendment's guarantees of religious liberty ... Neither do… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image