But while the American Constitution was the child of war, ours grew out of discussion, bargaining and negotiation. — John Allen Fraser Copy Share Image
The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals. — Lenny Bruce Copy Share Image
“The Fathers of the American Constitution, well-versed in the classical heritage, consciously constructed an awkward governmental system like republican Rome's: much better… — Norman F. Cantor Copy Share Image
“The American Constitution is a practical secular covenant, drawn up by men who (with few exceptions) believed in a sacred Covenant, designed… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution of your country and the government established under it. Leave evils which exist in some… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
“Words form the sinew and muscle that hold societies upright, he argued. Consider the Koran, the Bible, the American Constitution, but also… — National Geographic Magazine Copy Share Image
The American Constitution is remarkable for its simplicity; but it can only suffice a people habitually correct in their actions, and would… — Francis Grund Copy Share Image
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our constitution was made… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Science is the study of the admitted laws of existence, which cannot prove a universal negative about whether those laws could ever… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“However, once the freedom of private judgment was enshrined in the American Constitution, nothing could stop the avalanche of new denominations: Mormons,… — James M. Seghers Copy Share Image
“The Koran likewise. The Magna Carta. The American Constitution. Billions of people govern their lives by those words. Society has been altered… — Steve Berry Copy Share Image
An industry devoted to serving the public's right to know gives twisted and evil men the means of becoming known. This problem… — James Taranto Copy Share Image
The central genius of the American Constitution lies in its use of structure to protect individual liberty. It does not rely solely,… — William Barr Copy Share Image
Letter to the committee in charge of the celebration of the centennial of the American Constitution. I have always regarded that Constitution… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
" Ah, this is the constitution," he said. "Now, mark my words. So long as we are a young and virtuous people,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I'm a fighter. I am passionate about what I believe. I've been passionate my whole life about the American Constitution. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
“the words of President Kennedy, uttered on June 11, 1963, only a few months before his tragic death: “We are confronted primarily… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
We have seen that the American Constitution has changed, is changing, and by the law of its existence must continue to change,… — James Bryce Copy Share Image
The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature. . .… — John Adams Copy Share Image
“The gray-haired growser, who proved to be a lawyer, had made it clear how much he loathed the people who were, in… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
As the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
“Do not say that this draft, analogous to the American Constitution, is alien to the European culture and philosophy, and therefore should… — Leo Klinkers Herbet Tombeur Copy Share Image
