Constitution Quotes · Page 28

The Constitution is ...the greatest single effort of national deliberation that the world has ever seen

— John Adams

We've got a deeply flawed political system with an insane overreaching extremist element, with a Supreme Court that is completely loony.

— Lizz Winstead

Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed,

— Ron Paul

For those who possess and can wield arms are in a position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not

— Aristotle

I am not a spokesperson for the church and the church is not a spokesperson for the United States of America.

— John F. Kerry

We have to yet really seriously debate the constitutional issues and whether or not we're willing to give up more freedom in…

— William Cohen

The Second Amendment to our Constitution is clear. The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed…

— Donald Trump

Our country today is at a stage in our foreign policy similar to that crucial point in our nation's early history when…

— Walter Cronkite

Tactics and strategies ought to be based on what the real world is, and we do not have the political power to…

— Tom Coburn

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

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

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

While not explicitly articulated in the Constitution, the presumption of innocence has, through Supreme Court opinions, become a fundamental tenet of our…

— Dan Abrams

I think that the justices were totally answering the way that they should. I think that the senators, as best I could…

— Fred Thompson

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

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

The judge's authority depends upon the assumption that he speaks with the mouth of others. That is to say, the momentum of…

— Learned Hand

One word was sufficient to gain public favour. That word was Constitution, of all words the least precise, the most open to…

— Anonymous

No power but Congress can declare war; but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own…

— Daniel Webster

“[T]here is both an intrinsic and instrumental value to privacy. Intrinsically, privacy is precious to the extent that it is a component…

— John W. Whitehead

EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time…

— Ambrose Bierce

“It requires emphasis that the states established the American Republic and, through the Constitution, retained for themselves significant authority to ensure the…

— Mark R. Levin

A period of about twelve years measured the beat of the pendulum. After the Declaration of Independence, twelve years had been needed…

— Henry Adams

“The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too…

— William O. Douglas

I must acknowledge God. It says so in the Constitution of Alabama. It says so in the First Amendment of the Constitution.

— Roy Moore

Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it.

— Anthony Albanese

I dreamed even after I laid down my rifle I would continue to uphold my oath to defend the Constitution.

— Dan Crenshaw

“We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is.” LIAR! HYPOCRITE! TRAITOR!”

— Joseph Befumo

Judges have to have the humility to recognize that they operate within a system of precedent, shaped by other judges equally striving…

— John Roberts

There is a Constitutional right of expression in speech any opinion good or bad only reveals the words are unique.

— Denise Clark

In the discharge of duties my guide will be the Constitution, which I this day swear to preserve, protect, and defend.

— Zachary Taylor

Most Americans want judges who will stick to interpreting the law rather than making it.

— Sam Brownback

Our Founding Fathers drafted the Bill of Rights to ensure that We the People could determine how best to protect our communities.

— Mike Quigley

“In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains…

— Thomas Jefferson

I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

— Abraham Lincoln

We need more justices who will uphold the Constitution, follow the rule of law, and protect our Montana way of life.

— Matt Rosendale

I often thought my constitution would never endure the work I had to do, (but) the Lord said to me: 'Daughter, obedience…

— Teresa of Avila

When we live up to our Constitution, let's form a Conga line around the Capitol and bungee jump off the dome.

— Paula Poundstone

The legal bias for special protection for women has begun to wreak havoc with the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection.

— Warren Farrell

“If the court wasn't ruled by emotions, we might as well not have lawyers or judges. Let machines do the work for…

— Anonymous