The Queen of England is Defender of the Faith but the President of the United States is Defender of the Constitution, which… — Walter F. Mondale Copy Share Image
The founders wanted to make it hard for laws to be passed. They wanted to make it hard for there to be… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“Judges ought to remember that their office is to interpret law, and not to make law, or give law.” — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Our Constitution professedly rests upon the good sense and attachment of the people. This basis, weak as it may appear, has not… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I noticed that parts of the opposition have been hostile to any revision of the constitution. — Francois Hollande Copy Share Image
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race. — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Joe Biden took an oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution. If he wants to keep it, he must transmit the job-killing Paris… — Lauren Boebert Copy Share Image
[T]he vast regulatory structure the federal government has erected in the name of the commerce power cannot be ended overnight, in many… — Roger Pilon Copy Share Image
Wise politicians will be cautious about fettering the government with restrictions that cannot be observed, because they know that every break of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I had to choose between the president and the Constitution. I was aware of the fact that I could be compelled to… — Alexander Vindman Copy Share Image
The judiciary wields enormous power but is utterly mysterious to most Americans. People know more about 'American Idol' judges than Supreme Court… — Don Willett Copy Share Image
The framers of the Constitution created impeachment so that the president of the United States could be held accountable for misconduct. Sure,… — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
A popular bumper sticker post-9/11, and pretty faded these days, proclaims drivers of the cars to be 'Proud to be an American.'… — Hooman Majd Copy Share Image
Through the selection of Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Damon Leichty, President Trump has already remade the judiciary, moving our country away… — Mike Braun Copy Share Image
Legislators and judges are necessarily exposed to all the temptations of money, fame, and power, to induce them to disregard justice between… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of meaning, or… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
The Constitution. . . illustrates the complexity of the American system: that it serves the interests of a wealthy elite, but also… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
That's a question best put to Bernie Sanders himself, but I think that he will probably put forward ideas that are related… — Jeff Merkley Copy Share Image
Then President [Barack] Obama went on to argue that a citizen's Second Amendment rights can be restricted without being infringed, just like… — Melissa Harris-Perry Copy Share Image
A rock or stone is not a subject that, of itself, may interest a philosopher to study; but, when he comes to… — James Hutton Copy Share Image
Old or young, healthy as a horse or a person with a disability that hasn't kept you down, man or woman, Native… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
“We are not the only country that becomes way more progressive or regressive depending on who gets into office. This is the… — Shellen Lubin Copy Share Image
There is no greater power on this earth than story.” Will paced the length of the room. “People think boundaries and borders… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
Under our [constitutional system] - either we're going to have to rethink our Constitution, or we're going to have to rethink our… — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
If we only had some God in the country's laws, instead of being in such a sweat to get him into the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? An inviolable respect for the Constitution… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I will never forget January 22, 1973, the day seven members of our highest court ripped up the Constitution. — William H. Pryor Copy Share Image
I would appoint judges that interpreted the Constitution rather than invented it, understood the difference between being a judge and being a… — Rudy Giuliani Copy Share Image
Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. — John Marshall Harlan Copy Share Image
“The Supreme Court justices are able to decide fewer than 1 percent of all the appeals” — James Duane Copy Share Image
The appointment of the next Supreme Court justice must be made in the people's interest and in the nation's interest, not in… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
Our constitution, in short, is a judge-made constitution, and it bears on its face all the features, good and bad, of judge-made… — A. V. Dicey Copy Share Image
I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Our great Constitution has been beaten and torn until now it hangs by a single thread, and that thread is our franchise… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
We're supposed to have guns. It says so in the Bible; and the second greatest book ever written, the Texas State Constitution. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I love the Constitution and government of this land, but I hate the damned rascals that administer the government. — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
He has selected from a group of overwhelming candidates. This candidate was nominated to the Supreme Court because of his extremely overwhelming… — Rod Parsley Copy Share Image
I believe…this is my final word…I believe that I'm supporting the Constitution of the United States which does not give the right… — Jan Schakowsky Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court has a very light backlog. They leave a lot of splits among the circuits, a lot of uncertainty. And… — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
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