The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accursed; Man is more than Constitutions; better rot beneath the sod, Than be true… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Some of the conflict of interest laws do apply to the president, particularly The Emoluments Clause to "The Constitution," which prohibits any… — Reince Priebus Copy Share Image
Those who made and endorsed our Constitution knew man's nature, and it is to their ideas, rather than to the temptations of… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
We may continue to expect the enjoyment of all the blessings of civil and religious liberty, guaranteed by the Constitution. The citizens… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
“The founding fathers, whose infinite wisdom gave us a Constitution and form of government well nigh perfect, located the seat of that… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Learn the Constitution. Then when someone wants to be elected, hold their feet to the fire and make them follow it because… — Joe Wurzelbacher Copy Share Image
No one likes to be treated like people in minority communities. What it's saying is that because you're poor, because you live… — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Thus these three amendments to the Constitution [13th, 14th, 15th] were ratified while the ten Southern states were under martial law, and… — Eustace Mullins Copy Share Image
In my opinion, Chief Justice Roberts put it best during his recent confirmation hearings. And he said, and I quote, "The framers… — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
Because the bill in reserving a certain parcel of land in the United States for the use of said Baptist Church comprises… — James Madison Copy Share Image
If you look at the minutes of the constitutional convention - which we have - Madison who was the main framer, proceeded… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
It is contended by many that ours is a Christian government, founded upon the Bible, and that all who look upon the… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Some liberal interest groups have come out in full force and have attempted to paint Judge [Samuel] Alito to be an extremist… — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
If we set out with... a scrupulous regard to the Constitution, the government will acquire a spirit and a tone productive of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is all the more necessary under a system of free government that the people should be enlightened, that they should be… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Contrary to popular opinion, the Constitution was not - and is not - a grant of rights to the citizenry. Instead, the… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
I think I understand the Constitution a little bit because in 1971 we went off the gold standard under President Nixon into… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
I am fully persuaded that thousands of our fellow-men might profit equally by a similar course to mine; but, constitutions not being… — William Banting Copy Share Image
Many studies or theories by political scientists fit some subset of cases that a court decides, but literally no theory can account… — David Stras Copy Share Image
Men have always been obliged to fight to preserve liberty. Constitutions and laws do not safeguard liberty. It can be preserved only… — Clarence Darrow Copy Share Image
The very purpose of the Bill of Rights and the Constitution is to protect minority rights against majority voters. Every court decision… — David Boies Copy Share Image
I know for a fact that Ted Cruz every day uses two checklists - to guide him through his personal and professional… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
It's a fact that if Hillary Clinton is elected, the country's chance to have a Supreme Court that values the Constitution -… — Eric Metaxas Copy Share Image
If we fulfill our responsibility to the Constitution, the Supreme Court will be filled with superior legal minds who will pursue the… — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
Since Vice President Al Gore is constantly making things up, it should come as no surprise that he wants Supreme Court justices… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free… — Joichi Ito Copy Share Image
We should evaluate judges and judicial nominees based on the general process for applying the law to any legal disputes, not on… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
I can't find anything in the Constitution that says you prefer the life of the mother, or the convenience of the mother… — Alan Dershowitz Copy Share Image
By my physical constitution I am but an ordinary man ... Yet some great events, some cutting expressions, some mean hypocracies, have… — John Adams Copy Share Image
I suspect that the only thing that will take Articles Two and Three out of the Irish Constitution is when the bombs… — Norman Tebbit Copy Share Image
Controlling the interpretation of the Constitution is vital to the leftist agenda of expanding the federal government's power. That means keeping the… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
“The social contract known as 'The Constitution' has been null and void since the last person who signed it, died. Even then,… — Dane Whalen Copy Share Image
It is a mistake to suppose that the Supreme Court is either honoured or helped by being spoken of as beyond criticism.… — David Josiah Brewer Copy Share Image
A man ought to inquire and find out what he really and truly has an appetite for; what suits his constitution; and… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Clearly what differentiates the U.S. from other countries is the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution defines us as a people. Without the Constitution,… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
If you are sentenced to torture for a crime, yes, that is a cruel punishment. But the mere fact that somebody is… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
We should foster a culture in which people's private religious beliefs, including atheists and agnostics, are respected. And that's the kind of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Constitution framed in the Convention where I had the honor to preside… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The whole Constitution has been erected upon the assumption that the King not only is capable of doing wrong but is more… — A. P. Herbert Copy Share Image