Our culture has forgotten what the Founders knew: The American experiment is a moral, not just a political, exercise. — Charles Colson Copy Share Image
We have introduced a democratic constitution, which put suvery South African on an equal basis. — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
No matter how superficially fair the judge is, he is still the complete autocrat in the courtroom, and he still comes from… — David Dellinger Copy Share Image
Beauty is nothing else but a just accord and mutual harmony of the members, animated by a healthful constitution. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
We know that the Constitution wisely separates church from state, but remember: the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
Day by day, case by case, the Supreme Court is busy designing a Constitution for a country I do not recognize. — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns. — Finley Peter Dunne Copy Share Image
But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class… — John Marshall Harlan Copy Share Image
It is the people, and not the judges, who are entitled to say what their constitution means, for the constitution is theirs,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
In fact, my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris, France, that… — Karen Hughes Copy Share Image
A careful physician . . . before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The only guarantee of the Bill of Rights which continues to have any force and effect is the one prohibiting quartering troops… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Can the real Constitution be restored? Probably not. Too many Americans depend on government money under programs the Constitution doesn't authorize, and… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
I think any good judge recognizes his or her place in our constitutional government, and that place is not to upset the… — Thomas Hardiman Copy Share Image
On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Constitution limits the role of government. The Constitution enumerates the freedoms of the people and enforces those freedoms against government, making… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual,… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . .… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“It may be that the most striking thing about members of my literary generation in retrospect will be that we were allowed… — Kurt Vonnegut Jr Copy Share Image
THE Constitution proposed by the convention may be considered under two general points of view. The FIRST relates to the sum or… — James Madison Copy Share Image
To the Baptist Churches on Neal's Greek on Black Creek, North Carolina I have received, fellow-citizens, your address, approving my objection to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
That was an extremely unhelpful thing for Bill Shorten to say because those of us - and as the Attorney-General I've been… — George Brandis Copy Share Image
I did publish a Bill once called "Common Sense" with a new constitution for Europe called the "Commonwealth of Europe," setting it… — Tony Benn Copy Share Image
I don't believe anybody has a right to own any kind of a firearm. I believe in order to obtain a permit… — John Silber Copy Share Image
While men's rights are guaranteed by specific language in the Constitution, women's equal rights aren't mentioned. — Carolyn Maloney Copy Share Image
Be it Hindu, Muslim, Sikh or Christian, we aim to uphold the peaceful existence of society in terms with the Constitution of… — Shatrughan Sinha Copy Share Image
Ultimately, you are judged by a jury if you are a lawyer speaking to that jury, and you have to show respect… — Clay Travis Copy Share Image
Today, I am an inquisitor. I shall not sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
You think you can govern separate from our Constitution? That's the foundation of progressivism right there, folks. — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes or makes it the official duty of a president to have anything to do… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
Test matches to me are the caviar compared to the fast food stuff. Having the ability and the constitution to triumph over… — Viv Richards Copy Share Image
The Constitution says Congress has complete control over who is and who is not a US citizen. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms. — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy. — Lamar S. Smith Copy Share Image
[Y]ou wonder why anyone would make the mistake of calling it the Commerce Clause instead of the 'Hey, you -can-do-whatever-you-feel-like Clause? — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
This shift from the Judeo-Christian basis for law and the shift away from the restraints of the Constitution automatically militates against religious… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
I have allowed the president to pick his political appointees…But I will not sit quietly and let him shred the Constitution. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The faculty of self-help is that which distinguished man from animals; that it is the Godlike element, or holds within itself the… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
Since 2000, I have proposed changing the Constitution so that our popular vote decides the presidency. — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image