Decisions of this Court do not have intrinsic authority

The Bible alone is the only authority that can bind the conscience of a person absolutely because it is the only authority that carries…

— R. C. Sproul

What becomes decisive to a Justice's functioning on the Court in the large area within which his individuality moves is his general attitude toward…

— Felix Frankfurter

Self-trust is the first secret of success, the belief that if you are here the authorities of the universe put you here, and for…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The United States Constitution grants education decision authority to the states and localities not to the president of the United States.

— Dan Forest

The book, called the Bible, is filled with passages equally horrible, unjust and atrocious. This is the book to be read in schools in…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored; the…

— Abraham Lincoln

The authority of the Supreme Court must not be permitted to control the Congress or the Executive when acting in their legislative capacities, but…

— Andrew Jackson

I believe in the separation of powers. If a judge crosses the line between interpreting and making the law, he has crossed the line…

— Orrin Hatch

The Constitution does not vest in Congress the authority to protect society from every bad act that might befall it…[I]f followed to its logical…

— Clarence Thomas

[A]s it must be admitted that the remedy under the Constitution lies where it has been marked out by the Constitution; and that no…

— James Madison

Elect me to office. I will protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Because there's no constitutional authority for Congress spending on the objects of…

— Walter E. Williams

Some might argue humans are hard-wired to fight. I don't agree: we are conscious beings who have the capacity to make decisions.

— Margaret MacMillan

“The decisions we take reflects our belief and our charachter”

— Rajnish Borah

Love is the foundation from which your decisions about your life should be made.

— Anonymous

“What can we do in any hardship? We can hope with prayerful praise.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita