Amendments Quotes · Page 11

So the Lincoln movie gets trashed because Connecticut voted for the amendment - not to mention how the people in Connecticut feel…

— Nicholas Meyer

First off, I never favored a constitutional amendment to criminalize abortion or to overturn Roe v. Wade.

— Dennis Kucinich

The First and Fourteenth Amendments say that Congress and the States shall make "no law" which abridges freedom of speech or of…

— William O. Douglas

I support and have always supported passage of a federal constitutional amendment that defines marriage as a union between one man and…

— Mike Huckabee

We are a people of faith. We have been so secure in that faith that we have enshrined in our Constitution protection…

— William J. Clinton

The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military.

— William O. Douglas

I feel that the justices that I am going to appoint - and I've named 20 of them - the justices that…

— Donald Trump

The First Amendment has created a wall of separation between the church and the State. But that wall is one directional. It…

— Thomas Jefferson

Just as the strength of the Internet is chaos, so the strength of our liberty depends upon the chaos and cacophony of…

— Anonymous

During the Suffragette revolt of 1913 I[urged] that what was needed was not the vote, but a constitutional amendment enactingthat all representative…

— George Bernard Shaw

The worst thing that ever happened to America was the 19th Amendment.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

In the First Amendment to the Constitution, the Founders made it clear that this was not to be a sky-god nation with…

— Gore Vidal

What we've seen in Louisiana - the breakdown of law and order in the aftermath of disaster - is exactly the kind…

— Wayne LaPierre

It's hard for me to believe that just my words on the page are enough. I ought to be out physically keeping…

— Sara Paretsky

While the machinery of law enforcement and indeed the nature of crime itself have changed dramatically since the Fourth Amendment became part…

— William J. Brennan

As a matter of history, the Fourteenth Amendment was not understood to ban segregation on the basis of race.

— Cass Sunstein

A Cultist is one who has a strong belief in the Bible and the Second Coming of Christ; who frequently attends Bible…

— Janet Reno

I have followed the Church in giving our party program the character of unalterable finality, like the Creed. The Church has never…

— Adolf Hitler

I do think if we take the power out of Washington and bring it back to the people, if we defend the…

— Ted Cruz

We didn't pass any constitutional amendments that affected the executive branch while I was governor.

— John Engler

Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme…

— Noah Webster

It appears that some school officials, teachers, and parents have assumed that religious expression of any type is either inappropriate or forbidden…

— Anonymous

[Asserting] important First Amendment rights ... why should [executions] be the one area that is conducted behind closed doors?... Why shouldn't executions…

— Phil Donahue

It's perfectly within [Martin Peretz] rights [to fire a journalist]. It's a private - you know, th - it's not censorship. The…

— Nat Hentoff

The First Amendment says keep government out of religion. It doesn't say keep religion out of government.

— Rand Paul