Nothing that we have authorized conflicts with any law…

From a constitutional standpoint, the religion of a candidate is supposed to make no difference. Even before the founding fathers dreamed up the First…

— Noah Feldman

If the end be clearly comprehended within any of the specified powers, and if the measure have an obvious relation to that end, and…

— Alexander Hamilton

The provision of the Constitution giving the war making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons: Kings had…

— Abraham Lincoln

No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the…

— Thomas Jefferson

That provision in the constitution which requires that the president shall be a native-born citizen (unless he were a citizen of the United States…

— St. George Tucker

If Congress can strip the federal courts of jurisdiction over school prayer cases, there is no provision in the Constitution immune from congressional tampering.

— Max Baucus

Old wine, and an old friend, are good provisions.

— George Herbert

I thought that my voyage had come to its end at the last limit of my power, that the path before me was closed,…

— Rabindranath Tagore

if human justice is to supplement Nature's provisions, all family duties must be shared equitably, in person or by proxy.

— Antoinette Brown Blackwell

It is not till it is discovered that high individual incomes will not purchase the mass of mankind immunity from cholera, typhus, and ignorance,…

— R. H. Tawney

I pay tribute to John Major's achievement in persuading the other 11 Community Heads of Government that they could move ahead to a Social…

— Margaret Thatcher

Manufacturers...gradually shift their places, leaving those countries and provinces which they have already enriched, and flying to others, whether they are allured by the…

— David Hume

Hinduism... gave itself no name, because it set itself no sectarian limits; it claimed no universal adhesion, asserted no sole infallible dogma, set up…

— Sri Aurobindo

There is... an artificial aristocracy founded on wealth and birth, without either virtue or talents... The artificial aristocracy is a mischievous ingredient in government,…

— Thomas Jefferson

There could be some compromise, but I think we have to stick to the provisions of the treaty, and the provisions of the treaty…

— Jacques Santer