The constitution is just a goddamn piece of paper

Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],…

— Abraham Lincoln

“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated…

— Jack Weatherford

In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution…

— Edmund Burke

As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may…

— Henry David Thoreau

While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some…

— Paul Gillmor

In a recent decision of the Supreme Court, not made, however, by the full court, and concurred in by only four justices, it was…

— John Bates Clark

The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guardian of rights, and we have…

— Rose Bird

There is not a revolution that succe Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee…

— Nawal El Saadawi

Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those…

— Thomas Jefferson

The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'.

— Winston Churchill

“The Court has a special responsibility to ensure that the Constitution works in practice. While education, including the transmission of our civic values from…

— Stephen Breyer

The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is…

— Joe Pitts

Nothing from man's hands, nor law, nor constitution, can be final. Truth alone is final.

— Charles Sumner

“I am apprehensive, Sir, that in the warmth of my feelings, I may have uttered expressions, which were too vehement. If such has been…

— Alexander Hamilton

Conservative political opinion in America cleaves to the tradition of the judge as passive interpreter, believing that his absolute loyalty to authoritative law is…

— Learned Hand