Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those… — Angela Davis Copy Share Image
I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
[One] principle that actuated the lives of the fathers who founded our Constitution was faith in God. — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
We have to give ourselves a constitution which marks the birth of Europe as a political entity. — Romano Prodi Copy Share Image
This principle that judges are not politicians lies at the very heart of a judicial job - of the judicial job description. — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer… — Nelson Algren Copy Share Image
Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not be carved into the U.S. Constitution. — Jay Inslee Copy Share Image
In the Constitution, there is no idea of a political party. It is representatives of every constituency because it is so vibrant… — Prakash Raj 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
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
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
It is (our) duty . . . to pay especial attention to the principles of government which shall be inculcated therein (at… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Drafting of the constitutions is interesting and the discussions around them revealing in many ways. I take it as a discussion of… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
You had a socialist get 47 percent of the votes in the Democratic primary: Bernie Sanders. You have an outright white nationalist… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
“The constitution? Your words mock me and all women! I watched an old slave woman save my brother in an oven when… — Linda Lafferty Copy Share Image
I don't believe we need a good conservative judge, and I don't believe we need a good liberal judge. I subscribe to… — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
“Today, when a concerted effort is made to obliterate this point, it cannot be repeated too often that the Constitution is a… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The Constitution was written to protect individual freedom and limit the ability of the government to encroach upon it. The liberals don't… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
We were born with natural rights. We don't need civil rights. [African-Americans] don't need civil rights. They don't need them. They have… — Chuck Woolery Copy Share Image
We all need good laws, and an independent, impartial, and efficient judiciary to verify the constitutionality of those laws. — Rohini Nilekani Copy Share Image
The people are sovereign and the Constitution is supreme. There is no one greater than the people. — Franco Debono Copy Share Image
We are attempting, by this Constitution, to abolish factions, and to unite all parties for the general welfare. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The united, well-ordered American home is one of the greatest contributing factors to the preservation of the Constitution of the United States. — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
What I've learned over the years... judges are conscientious... not like lawyers, who give opinions. — Richard Cordray Copy Share Image
The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld. — Michael Newdow Copy Share Image
Invalidating laws has absolutely nothing to do with judicial activism. It depends on whether the law is unconstitutional or not. That's really… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
“The constitution of a country should not violate the constitutions of its citizens.” — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Copy Share Image
We have dozens and dozens and dozens of judicial nominees up there waiting and we have a court system that's crying out… — Joe Lockhart Copy Share Image
I don't care about the Constitution! The Constitution isn't here; you're here. Don't be a pinhead. — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
The fabric of our Constitution and our civilisational culture is based on tolerance. — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
“our Constitution can be understood by any American with average intelligence and minimal education.” — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Each justice hires their own clerks, and applications are made individually to the justices. It isn't a group decision. — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Experience and imagination must enter into the very constitution of our thoughts involving concrete individuals. — Zeno Vendler Copy Share Image
Very few established institutions, governments and constitutions ...are ever destroyed by their enemies until they have been corrupted and weakened by their… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image