“The right to suppress everyone that bothers us should rank first in the constitution of the ideal State.” — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
When the citizens at large administer the state for the common interest, the government is called by the generic name - a… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The California constitution provides that our judges are elected, not appointed. They are serving at the pleasure of the people and they… — Michele Landis Dauber Copy Share Image
Drafting a constitution is only the first step. The constitution has to be granted legitimacy by open discussion and a fair, representative… — Emma Bonino Copy Share Image
It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one. — Romano Prodi Copy Share Image
As prime minister of Iraq, I am required to act in accordance with the Constitution to protect all of the Iraqi people… — Haider al-Abadi Copy Share Image
Independent judges have always frustrated governments that don't see why unelected arbiters of the law should stand in their way. — Anne Applebaum Copy Share Image
The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. — Franklin D Roosevelt Copy Share Image
If we are to celebrate the giants in Australian public life, then Robert Garran must be among them. A lawyer and passionate… — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
Master those books you have. Read them thoroughly. Bathe in them until they saturate you. Read and re-read them...digest them...a student will… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
I can't identify a race of people in this country who are more committed to the health of this country, who believe… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
The aim of the Constitutional treaty was to be more readable; the aim of this treaty is to be unreadable...The Constitution aimed… — Karel De Gucht Copy Share Image
Most of us tend to be swayed by what we read. Judges are not superhuman. They, too, are mortals. This is why… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
Thus far women have been the mere echoes of men. Our laws and constitutions, our creeds and codes, and the customs of… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Man's constitution is so peculiar that his health is purely a negative matter. No sooner is the rage of hunger appeased than… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
It is the imperative and indispensable duty of the Government of the United States to secure to every resident inhabitant the free… — James Buchanan Copy Share Image
Probably the worst thing that has happened in America in my time is the decay of confidence in the courts. No one… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Some may more quietly commemorate the suffering, struggle, and sacrifice that has triumphed over much of what was wrong with the original… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
In the founding days of the Constitution, the purpose of the media was to make sure that powerful government officials were held… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“So the real problem, according to Madison, was a majority faction, and here the solution was offered by the Constitution, to have… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Empathy - that is, caring about people and acting responsibly on that care, not just for yourself, but for others - this… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
The money problem facing the country from 1789 to 1896 existed because Congress never exercised is authority to "coin money or regulate… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
“This country was founded by people who were worried about government power—who knew that you cannot trust people in power. So they… — Historica Press Copy Share Image
The Constitution of the United States... specifically states the Congress shall write legislation for immigration policy in the United States. — John Carter Copy Share Image
The Judge is before the door: he that cometh will come, and will not tarry: his reward is with him. — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
There is no right by the federal or state constitution to manual recounts. There is no law that says that you must… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
The number of individuals employed under the Constitution of the United States will be much smaller than the number employed under the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
No society can make a perpetual constitution... The earth belongs always to the living generation. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I really think the Patriot Act violates our Constitution. It was, it is, an illegal act. The Congress, the Senate and the… — Peter Camejo Copy Share Image
We are moving toward recognition of the first Australians in the Australian constitution. — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
I don't like juries having the wool pulled over their eyes. I don't think that's what the Constitution is about. — Nancy Grace Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, the Civil War-when I really think about them they all seem about as likely as the… — Sarah Vowell Copy Share Image
[An] act of the Congress of the United States... which assumes powers... not delegated by the Constitution, is not law, but is… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A move to decide citizenship on the basis of religion amounts to rejecting the Constitution. — Pinarayi Vijayan Copy Share Image
We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be… — Frank Murphy Copy Share Image
The importance of the Bible to a church is to keep the church on track. The role of the Constitution in government… — Ted Haggard Copy Share Image
Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by… — Kenny Marchant Copy Share Image
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Since the time of the Founding Fathers, and since they added the Second Amendment to the Constitution, our guns have developed at… — Emma Gonzalez Copy Share Image
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