Specifically, the reservation of sovereignty to the people of the states in matters not governed by federal law is constitutionally defined and… — Dick Thornburgh Copy Share Image
If you want a more democratic EU, communication has to be among its core tasks. There should be a legal foundation for… — Margot Wallstrom Copy Share Image
Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society. It is not a thing, in its… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
When one person does something, you look like an outlier. And whether it makes sense or not, the states get a certain… — Ken Cuccinelli Copy Share Image
The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In the very first part of the constitution there is the article that refuses any law or any article in discrepancy with… — Yanar Mohammed Copy Share Image
As long as judges tinker with the Constitution to 'do what the people want,' instead of what the document actually commands, politicians… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court, in 2005, emphasized and contrasted the great power of Congress under the Commerce Clause to regulate interstate commerce versus… — Barbara Ann Radnofsky Copy Share Image
If a hundred or a thousand people, all of the same age, of the same constitution and habits, were suddenly seized by… — Petrarch Copy Share Image
I believe that the Constitution is not hostile to the idea that national problems can be solved at the national level through… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
“The judge watched him. He began to point out various men in the room and to ask if these men were here… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Let the Democrates go on making its case for more government control over every aspect of our lives. More taxes to pay.… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
Constitutions are violated, and it would be absurd to expect the federal government to enforce the Constitution against itself. If the very… — John Taylor Copy Share Image
I am persuaded, from all the facts that have come to me, that it would have been possible, if we had functioned… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
I, sir, have always conceived - I believe those who proposed the constitution conceived,and it is still more fully known, and more… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Why not include a provision that everybody shall, in good weather, hunt on his own land and catch fish in rivers that… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
I'm also very much aware that it is you who brought democracy to Chile, you set up a constitution suitable for democracy,… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The terms of the 2008 constitution [which ensures the military will continue to be the ultimate authority] could not benefit Burma in… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
Are you a Loyalist or a Patriot? Why, because being a God-fearing, self-reliant, freedom-loving American is a choice. Or we could be… — Matt Shea Copy Share Image
Christians, above all people, should desire that their elected representatives submit to the Constitution, because it is constitutional government that has done… — Chuck Baldwin Copy Share Image
I think the federal government should be doing only what the Constitution says it should be. We don't have authority under the… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
If you believe in the values of the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, if you're willing to work… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
In Madison's famous formulation in the Federalist, constitutional restrictions on government assume that we "first enable the government to control the governed."… — Stephen Holmes Copy Share Image
One faction of one party, in one house of Congress, in one branch of government, doesn't get to shut down the entire… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Until the people, by amendment, change the constitution, I urge that the counties cooperate with one another, that future road work be… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
...one doubts existence of free will [because] every action determined by heredity, constitution, example of others or teaching of others." "This view… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
All presidents but Jefferson have argued that their first job was to keep us safe. All presidents but Jefferson were wrong. If… — Andrew Napolitano Copy Share Image
It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
For 70 years there's been a consensus among scholars and the American people on a reading to the Constitution that protects the… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
The Convention is not only a visionary document. We are reminded daily that it is an agreement that works - and its… — Carol Bellamy Copy Share Image
I just want people who are qualified, I want them to believe in the Constitution of the United States of America. So… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
Our mission is simple, but profound - to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution. That mission hasn't changed, and it… — Christopher A. Wray Copy Share Image
The existing legal constitution is nothing but the product of a revolution. Revolution is the act of political creation in the history… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
So long as State constitutions say that all may vote when twenty-one, save idiots, lunatics, convicts and women, you are brought down… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
The number who actually consented to the Constitution of the United States, at the first, was very small. Considered as the act… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
“We must all be alike. Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone MADE equal. Each man man… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The Constitution does not require complete separation of church and state; it affirmatively mandates accommodation, not merely tolerance, of all religions, and… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
Filling a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court is a solemn process for our nation, and I hope Senate consideration of Judge… — Cindy Hyde-Smith Copy Share Image
You don't know who the next group is that's unpopular. The Bill of Rights isn't for the prom queen. The bill of… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I'm looking for a Justice who appreciates the awesome responsibility that she will be given, if confirmed. A Justice who understands the… — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image