The job of a judge is to figure out what the law says, not what he wants it to say. There is… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
Supreme Court nominations are an occasion to pause and reflect on the values that make our nation strong, just and fair. And… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Last I looked - and I'm not a candidate - but last time I checked reading about the Constitution, the Electoral College… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Guns are part of the Constitution, and no one is willing to have that tough conversation with Congress and the Senate and… — George Stroumboulopoulos Copy Share Image
For all the great dreams profitlessly invested in the digital computer, it is nonetheless true that not since the framers of the… — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350… — Antonio Banderas Copy Share Image
This has been a learning experience for me. I also thought that privacy was something we were granted in the Constitution. I… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
It's important to remember that a dictator will not freely relinquish power after having hijacked the constitution and ruled with threats and… — Juan Guaido Copy Share Image
The bottom line is that we've become a nation of thieves, a value rejected by our founders. James Madison, the father of… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
In the compound republic of America, the power surrendered by the people is first divided between two distinct governments, and then the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
There is no doubt, that man is not built to be a carnivorous animal. What a sweet, pleasing and innocent sight is… — John Ray Copy Share Image
The right of a nation to kill a tyrant, in cases of necessity, can no more be doubted, than to hang a… — John Adams Copy Share Image
If Aristotle, Livy, and Harrington knew what a republic was, the British constitution is much more like a republic than an empire.… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“The framers were wise in their generation and wanted to do the very best possible to secure their own liberty and independence,… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
Inasmuch as every family is a part of a state, and these relationships are the parts of a family, and the virtue… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny,” Paul said. “They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
With typical arrogance, the Anglos claimed to cherish freedom of speech but failed to recognize this right for anyone but themselves. Where… — James Crawford Copy Share Image
If the States were not left to leave the Union when their rights were interfered with, the government would have been National,… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy over the National Government, and will for… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Our judiciary has a reputation for intellectual rigour, careful consideration of the arguments, and a serious-minded determination to each decision based on… — David Gauke Copy Share Image
I cannot accept this invitation [to celebrate the bicentenial of the Constitution], for I do not believe that the meaning of the… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
History has shown that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did, in fact, dramatically change the balance of the court in many critical areas,… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
Nothing in the 14th Amendment or in any other constitutional provision suggests that the president may usurp legislative power to prevent a… — Laurence Tribe Copy Share Image
Every presidential candidate highlights patriotism, but Mr. Romney's is backed by the Mormon belief that the United States was chosen by God… — Jodi Kantor Copy Share Image
What secret knowledge, one must wonder, is breathed into lawyers when they become Justices of this Court that enables them to discern… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
I am unable to conceive that the state legislatures which must feel so many motives to watch, and which possess so many… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It's a curious fact about Americans that in their most fiercely patriotic moods they are willing to set aside their Constitution, the… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
“The members of the Philadelphia convention which drafted the Constitution were, with a few exceptions, immediately, directly and personally interested in, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body.… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The Constitution is worth saving, the rule of law is worth saving, democracy is worth saving, but these things can and will… — Timothy D. Snyder Copy Share Image
[T]he powers granted by the proposed Constitution are the gift of the people, and may be resumed by them when perverted to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
To me the separation of church and state is a thread that ought to run through public policy so that we can… — Barry W. Lynn Copy Share Image
When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it… — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
After an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new' Constitution, we should not look principally for… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
In an era when too many Americans are losing their jobs or working for less, trying to make ends meet, in close… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
[T]he courts are so willing to assume that anything that is predominantly black must be inferior… The mere fact that a school… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
Since 2005, when the French and the Dutch voted "no" on a constitution for Europe, nobody has developed a real project for… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
If slavery, limited as it yet is, now threatens to subvert the Constitution, how can we as wise and prudent statesmen, enlarge… — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
A great number of the women are victims to falling of the womb and weakness in the spine; but these are necessary… — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
![“I cannot accept this invitation [to celebrate the bicentenial of the Constitution], for I do not believe that the meaning of the Constitution was forever 'fixed' at the Philadelphia Convention... To the contrary, the government they devised was defective from the start. [Progressive]” quote by Thurgood Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/8b2/thurgood-marshall-10063_accepting_i-cannot-accept-this-invitation-to-celeb_1653642.png)
![“It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first comports with, the last violates, the fundamental principles of good government; and, whatever may be the forms of the Constitution, unites all power in the same hands.” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/be4/alexander-hamilton-619_body_it-is-one-thing-to-be-subordinate-to-the_129196.jpg)
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![“In an era when too many Americans are losing their jobs or working for less, trying to make ends meet, in close cases Judge [Samuel] Alito has ruled the vast majority of the time against the claims of the individual citizens. He has acted instead in favor of government, large corporations and…” quote by Edward Kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/f9c/edward-kennedy-3423_cases_in-an-era-when-too-many-americans-are-lo_3072772.jpg)
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