Judges in Texas swing the gavel with one hand and take money with the other. — Craig McDonald Copy Share Image
“The greatest threat to our Constitution is our own ignorance of it.” — Jacob F. Roecker Copy Share Image
Anti-corruption is a core constitutional value. It always has been. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
[T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I am not a lawyer or an expert on the Constitution. But as the chairman and CEO of a major health plan,… — Ron Williams Copy Share Image
Our constitution is a ray of hope: H for harmony, O for Opportunity, P for people's participation and E for equality. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
My role isn't to be politically smart. My role is to do what's right under the constitution. And if that's politically unpopular,… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
In ancient Israel and Rome the judge had appeared as a stand-in for the divine, and corruption was a blinding of the… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
Some may not like the Constitution's requirements, but that doesn't make the Constitution a pirate's charter. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
The truth is that anyone... that wants to subvert our Constitution to Shariah Law is an enemy of the United States. — Louie Gohmert Copy Share Image
There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
Segregation was a burden for many blacks, because the end of the civil war and the amendments added to the constitution elevated… — Ed Smith Copy Share Image
I think that the Court's task, in this as in all areas of constitutional adjudication, is not responsibly aided by the uncritical… — Potter Stewart Copy Share Image
The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action, and its laws, when made… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
Justice Harry A. Blackmun, a quirky but pivotal member of the Supreme Court for 24 years, was a hoarder. He seems to… — Cliff Sloan Copy Share Image
This constitution recognises the need for social dialogue involving labour and management; it involves trade unions in the decision-making process; it has… — Jean-Pierre Raffarin Copy Share Image
In the United States we have, in effect, two governments ... We have the duly constituted Government ... Then we have an… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, she did. “Do you think any of us will ever be normal again?” Rae considered this. “I’m told that somewhere around… — Julie James Copy Share Image
Charles Beard warned us that governments-inc luding the government of the United States-are not neutral, that they represent the dominant economic interests,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
William O. Douglas married not one, not two, not three, but four hot blondes. He was not faithful to any of them,… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
I think [John Adams's] influence on the federal Constitution was indirect. Many including James Madison mocked the first volume of Adams's Defence… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We need to reform the constitution in Chile. The current one was written and passed in 1980 during the dictatorship. Some changes… — Michelle Bachelet Copy Share Image
Allowing a non-lawyer to be on the Supreme Court strikes me as a very American thing, in a good way. Another is… — Gene Weingarten Copy Share Image
We are driven to confess that we actually care more for religion than we do for religious theories and ideas: and in… — William Ernest Hocking Copy Share Image
Our duty is very simple and plain. We want to serve the community, and in our own humble way to serve the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image