If a man wishes to have God recognized in the constitution of our country, let him read the history of the Inquisition,… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
We need a consistent conservative, someone who has stood for free market principles, who has stood for the Constitution and, critically, who… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
I get very little sleep. But I try to stay constantly busy. My fear is that if I stop working I'll, like,… — Matthew Gray Gubler Copy Share Image
The civil rights movement is understanding your freedom under the Constitution of these United States and if anyone tries to take those… — Ken Hutcherson Copy Share Image
Our Constitution guarantees the right of every American to free association, but millions of Americans are deprived of this right when they're… — Nancy Mace Copy Share Image
Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath… — Robin Hayes Copy Share Image
Because of my upbringing, I believe in things like limited government, fiscal responsibility and personal accountability. I believe in the wisdom of… — John Thune Copy Share Image
Of the judicial department of the Government, the Supreme Court is the head and representative, and to it must come for final… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
“The fact is the constitution did not apply to any such contingency as the one existing from 1861 to 1865. Its framers… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
First, the constitution ought to secure a genuine and guard against a select militia, by providing that the militia shall always be… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The constitution of the United States is to receive a reasonable interpretation of its language, and its powers, keeping in view the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Here we have, by prominent spokesmen of both political parties, an unqualified repudiation of the principle of limited government. There is no… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
“Because this law could mean so much or so little, it held potential for causing great mischief in the world of art… — John Frohnmayer Copy Share Image
Very few Black people ever embraced back to Africa movements, and very few actually, a tiny number actually went back to Africa.… — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
In the constitution of Spain as proposed by the late Cortes, there was a principle entirely new to me:... that no person… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
[The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The court's injected itself in the definition of marriage, deciding whether or not human life is worth protecting, permitting government to transfer… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
“They keep talking about drafting a constitution for Iraq. Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The people are the source of governmental power. Along with many religious people, Latter-day Saints affirm that God gave the power to… — Dallin H. Oaks Copy Share Image
To answer the purpose of the adversaries of the Constitution, they ought to prove, not merely that particular provisions in it are… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Many Americans do not realize that we could institute proportional representation for most elections in the U.S. without amending the Constitution. In… — John Anderson Copy Share Image
All ideas having even the slightest redeeming social importance - unorthodox ideas, controversial ideas, even ideas hateful to the prevailing climate of… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
The invisible government [bosses] is malign. But the evil doesn't come from the fact that it plays horse with the Newtonian theory… — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
If confirmed, Judge [Samuel] Alito could serve on the court for generation or more. And the decisions he will make as justice… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
Be assured, fellow citizens, that in a democracy it is the laws that guard the person of the citizen and the constitution… — Aeschines Copy Share Image
In the due exercise of your official power, in strictest accordance with law and the Constitution, you can deprive the enemy of… — Robert Dale Owen Copy Share Image
District of Columbia v. Heller, which recognized an individual right to possess a firearm under the Constitution, is unquestionably the most clearly… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
The fact is there are a lot of things happening at the federal level that are absolutely beyond the jurisdiction of the… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
Let our government be like that of the solar system. Let the general government be like the sun and the states the… — John Dickinson Copy Share Image
Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
I have a job to pay attention. It is my number one duty as a human being - to earn an experiment… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
A question arises whether all the powers of government, legislative, executive, and judicial, shall be left in this body? I think a… — John Adams Copy Share Image
A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
We will immediately terminate President [Barack] Obama's two illegal executive amnesties in which he defied federal law and the Constitution to give… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
EU expansion is, unfortunately, continuing without a constitution, as a gradual process of standardization - and that's far more dangerous. It is… — Vaclav Klaus Copy Share Image
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That the people have a right to uniform government; and, therefore, that no government separate from, or independent of the government of… — George Mason Copy Share Image
I was the legal counsel in the effort to amend the Virginia Constitution to give Virginians the right to hunt and fish… — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
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