As a country we have more of a political constitution than a legal one, and as such it operates via conventions and… — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional. — John Marshall Copy Share Image
In the absence of a written constitution, we still rely far too heavily in the U.K. on unwritten and unenforceable 'constitutional conventions.' — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
Judicial activism must be lessened, and the judiciary should do its work and let politicians work. — Bilawal Bhutto Zardari Copy Share Image
It was [John's Adams] Massachusetts constitution if anything that influenced people. — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
Let us remind ourselves again that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution should be referred to as the Statute of Liberty. — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
In order to keep the judiciary independent of the executive, the constitution provided impeachment as the only method for disciplining errant judges. — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
The notion that the Supreme Court comes up with the ruling and that automatically subjects the two other branches to following it… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
“Anyone who writes a law that cannot be easily understood by an average citizen is not worthy of leadership. The Constitution, which… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
I don't love America; I love people and places in America. How could I truly love an entity that views me as… — Vic Mensa Copy Share Image
The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
I hope they're going to learn, and as a result of our response, that it isn't going to work. They're not going… — Paul Bremer Copy Share Image
Each member of the community gives himself to it at the instant of its constitution, just as he actually is, himself and… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation… Notwithstanding the military establishments… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division of governmental power for the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Inasmuch as every family is a part of a state, and these relationships are the parts of a family, and the virtue… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny,” Paul said. “They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
...compartmentalization of occupations and interests bring about a separation of that mode of activity commonly called 'practice' from insight; of imagination from… — John Dewey Copy Share Image
“Your wickedness makes you as it were heavy as lead, and to tend downwards with great weight and pressure towards hell; and… — Jonathan Edwards Copy Share Image
Whether a law be void for its repugnancy to the Constitution, is, at all times, a question of much delicacy, which out… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
In explaining the Constitution, James Madison, the acknowledged father of the Constitution, wrote in Federalist Paper 45: 'The powers delegated by the… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
We never fought for the popular vote. There was no economical reason, and there was no reason based off the system of… — Brad Parscale Copy Share Image
The poor Constitution itself is hardly paid any attention to. It's necessary to ignore it because most of what government does these… — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
A judge is supposed to be able to make a decision, and when you make a decision, very often one party -… — Judy Sheindlin 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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Since 2000, I have proposed changing the Constitution so that our popular vote decides the presidency. — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
A reasonable fine is such as the law will judge to be so . . . but what a reasonable fine is,… — Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke Copy Share Image
The Constitution sets out no standards for granting pardons. They require no consent from Congress, and courts can't second-guess them. — George T. Conway III Copy Share Image
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