I want to appoint Supreme Court justices who understand the way the world really works, who have real-life experience, who have not… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
[The Constitution] will not be saved in Washington. It will be saved by the citizens of this nation who love and cherish… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
President Ronald Reagan used to speak of the Soviet constitution, and he noted that it purported to grant wonderful rights of all… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
The Constitution of the United States of America clearly affirms the right of every American citizen to bear arms. And as Americans,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
The national government was itself the creature of the States...Yet today it is often made to appear that the creature, Frankenstein-like, is… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I go where the revolution is, and the revolution is Ron Paul. Ron Paul is a champion of the Constitution. He's about… — Christine Ebersole Copy Share Image
[In the case of] dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Merrick Garland was the most qualified nominee, not just in our lifetimes but perhaps in the history of the United States Supreme… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
Conservatives . . . may decide to join the game and seek activist judges with conservative views. Should that come to pass,… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Revealingly, the central function of the Constitution as law--the supreme law--was to impose limitations not on the behavior of ordinary citizens but… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
I think people are great in many different ways. So, I think some justices are great because they have extraordinary wisdom, they… — Elena Kagan Copy Share Image
The monument serves to remind the appellate courts and judges of the circuit and district courts of this state and members of… — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy may be… — James Anthony Froude Copy Share Image
And when you tell me that somebody's skin color or gender is going to determine their prospects in this world, that is… — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
“Individual guarantees stated in writing in the constitution are of no use to a nation if it is not the people, but… — Faustino Ballve Copy Share Image
But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe...that the best test of truth… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
“Judge not,' it has been said, but being a juryman can be a pleasant occupation when one is not weighing up human… — Claudio Magris Copy Share Image
In the span of three years, the Iraqi people participated in three elections, drafted a constitution, and elected a new government. While… — Tim Murphy Copy Share Image
The Left regards the Constitution as defective and outmoded - in part because it impedes the government's ability to control institutions, like… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“FDR rejected Hamilton's focus on the needs of an economic elite in favor of «jefferson's focus on the needs and interst of… — Cal Jillson Copy Share Image
The Constitution overrides a statute, but a statute, if consistent with the Constitution, overrides the law of judges. In this sense, judge-made… — Benjamin N. Cardozo Copy Share Image
The National Mall is a special place for my wife and I. We got married on Signers Island in Constitution Gardens. It's… — Sean Doolittle Copy Share Image
Asked random questions about the First Amendment and how they would like to have it applied, if you believe in polls at… — Frank Zappa Copy Share Image
Blessed be the memory of those few brethren who contended so strenuously for their constitutional rights and religious freedom, against such an… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The least we can do is to respect the Constitution because that's the foundation on which our republic is built. If you… — Kishore Chandra Deo Copy Share Image
If giving points to some students to achieve greater diversity is a quota system in violation of the Constitution, how can the… — Adam Schiff Copy Share Image
Outside of a few national security issues like treason that the Constitution lays out, we don't need federal crimes, and we don't… — Rob Woodall Copy Share Image
I'm working on "Living the Bill of Rights," and it's about people - well, it starts with Brennan and Douglas as people… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
In vain these economic royalists seek to hide behind the flag and the Constitution. In their blindness they forget what the flag… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Until politicos take a true stand in defense of marriage by proposing an anti-adultery amendment to the Constitution, stop demonizing gays and… — John Ridley Copy Share Image
I entirely concur in the propriety of resorting to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation.… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Nothing can be clearer than that what the Constitution intended to guard against was the exercise by the general government of the… — Melville Fuller Copy Share Image
The liberals think government exists to fix what's wrong with America. They find fault with our Constitution, our economic model and our… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to speak openly and candidly on the subject of race, and… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Sam Alito replacing Justice O'Connor was a very significant change. He is much more conservative. And, as for John Roberts, he is… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
It's already a million Muslims! As long as they obey the law and respect the constitution, nobody has anything to fear. They… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
Judges who take the law into their own hands, who make up constitutional 'rights' in order to strike down laws they oppose,… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image