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I believe America is the most powerful country in the world and is a country that stands on principle. Its principles are… — Abdullah of Saudi Arabia Copy Share Image
This Constitution does not reflect the thoughts, hopes and aspirations of ordinary people. It does nothing for jobs or economic growth and… — Nigel Farage Copy Share Image
The constitution does not recognize different classes of citizenship based on time spent living in the country. I am a citizen, with… — Laurie Halse Anderson Copy Share Image
The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional… — Henry Steele Commager Copy Share Image
“Severability is an important concept in the context of the relations between this Court and Parliament; like 'reading down', it is an… — Albie Sachs Copy Share Image
The Constitution expressly and exclusively vests in the Legislature the power of declaring a state of war [and] the power of raising… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Our soldiers did not go to some foreign country and risk their lives in vain and defend our Constitution so that decades… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
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Abolish slavery tomorrow, and not a sentence or syllable of the Constitution need be altered. It was purposely so framed as to… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
For Dicey, writing in 1885, and for me reading him some seventy years later, the rule of law still had a very… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment is in the Constitution to help citizens protect themselves from people like Senator Dianne Feinstein who would come along,… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
We consider ourselves to be free because no one in our society is allowed unlimited powerno leader, faction, party or 'class', no… — Michael Joseph Oakeshott Copy Share Image
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Having enjoyed enormous powers, including the power of contempt, without any accountability, the higher judiciary has over the years, trampled the toes… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
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well, young man," the judge began, what it biols down to this if the court so desires and if you belive that… — Dave Pelzer Copy Share Image
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We need to be very careful when considering whether or not to change the constitution to accept same-sex marriage as this issue… — Shinzo Abe Copy Share Image
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Roosevelt got a chance to name an amazing nine justices of the Supreme Court. He was not namby-pamby on this question. He… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
And the president is all wrong when he maintains that a nominee should have an up-or-down vote. The Constitution doesn't say that.… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
The framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
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It is profoundly troubling when you have Supreme Court justices not following their judicial oath. And taking the role of policy makers… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
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Justice Rehnquist was friendly and unpretentious. He wore scuffed Hush Puppy shoes. That was my first lesson. Clothes do not make the… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
We should know why paternalism, collectivism, or unnecessary federal supervision will hold our standard of living down and reduce productivity just as… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
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