Liberals attempt through judicial activism what they cannot win at the ballot box. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. — Lamar S. Smith Copy Share Image
It's no trifle at her time of life to part with a doctor who knows her constitution — George Eliot Copy Share Image
The ultimate court of appeal is observation and experiment... not authority. — Thomas Huxley Copy Share Image
The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals. — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
“Because if they’re right about their belief system, there is an ultimate judge anyway, isn’t there? We don’t need human judges.” — Tarryn Fisher Copy Share Image
The federal judiciary is unlike the other branches of government. And once confirmed, a federal judge serves for life. And there's no… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
There are a lot of wonderful people in America who shouldn't be on the Supreme Court - and a lot who should… — David Frum Copy Share Image
My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . . — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
We hold that the Constitution does not forbid the states minor intrusions into an individual's body under stringently limited conditions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
One is entitled to say without qualification that the correlation between prior judicial experience and fitness for the Supreme Court is zero. — Felix Frankfurter 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
The power given by the Constitution to the Executive to interpose his veto is a high conservative power; but in my opinion… — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
As you know, the separation of church and state is not subject to discussion or alteration. Under our Constitution no church or… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
When I went to lobby Nelson Mandela while the post-apartheid constitution was being drafted, I asked him to endorse making it illegal… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations.… — Joe Pitts Copy Share Image
Demagogues and agitators are very unpleasant, they are incidental to a free and constitutional country, and you must put up with these… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
The genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
[Marco] Rubio says we should collect all Americans' records all of the time. The Constitution says otherwise. I think they're both wrong.… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The First Amendment guarantees liberty of human expression in order to preserve in our Nation what Mr. Justice Holmes called a "free… — Potter Stewart Copy Share Image
The United States Constitution builds politics right into the process of selecting federal judges. This third branch, the judiciary, is designed to… — Martha Minow Copy Share Image
Gun rights advocates - many whom also believe that the US constitution is divinely inspired and that the rights it enumerates are… — Anthea Butler Copy Share Image
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
With respect to the death penalty, I believe that a majority of the Supreme Court will one day accept that when the… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
“In examining the division of powers, as established by the Federal Constitution, remarking on the one hand the portion of sovereignty which… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Going around this country, I have found a great hunger in America for spiritual revival; for a belief that law must be… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The EU Constitution is something new in human history. Though it is not as eloquent as the French and U.S. constitutions, it… — Jeremy Rifkin Copy Share Image
The task of a judge is not to make the law - it is to apply the law. — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens. — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
The world is an excellent judge in general, but a very bad one in particular. — Sir Fulke Greville Copy Share Image
It’s not part of our Constitution to assume that we are the world’s policemen. — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The right to keep and bear arms is a God-given right protected by the Constitution. — Marjorie Taylor Greene Copy Share Image