Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights; it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Painful as it may be to hear it, there's nothing special about the people of this country that sets them apart from… — Alexander Beresford Hope Copy Share Image
“But Hamilton lost the day, Jefferson won, and we have a Bill of Rights built into our Constitution that, as Hamilton feared,… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
The state's interest in effective crime-fighting should never vitiate the citizens' Bill of Rights. — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
In the past there has been debate as to whether or not traditional rights such as that to trial by jury might… — Dominic Grieve Copy Share Image
The Constitution and the Bill of Rights we designed to get the government off the backs of the people -- all the… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
In my judgment the people of no nation can lose their liberty so long as a Bill of Rights like ours survives… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
“Two centuries ago, the United States settled into a permanent political order, after fourteen years of violence and heated debate. Two centuries… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
I have a personal belief that you never have to give up liberty for security. You can still provide security without sacrificing… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Our example - and commitment - to freedom has changed the world. But along with the genius of our Declaration of Independence,… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
“Struggles to coerce uniformity of sentiment in support of some end thought essential to their time and country have been waged by… — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
A lot of people in the adult population have a very limited idea as to why they are Americans, why we have… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
I don't think anyone has ever announced running for president that they want to change the Bill of Rights. — George Will Copy Share Image
Contrary to all the blather we here about the unique goodness of the American people or our religious heritage or anything else,… — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
No one can read our Constitution without concluding that the people who wrote it wanted their government severely limited; the words "no"… — Edmund A. Opitz Copy Share Image
“While referring to the Bill of Rights in the Indian Constitution, Ivor Jennings pointed to these features, saying: ‘The Indian reaction (in… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
“If you love freedom, if you think the human condition is dignified by privacy, by the right to be left alone, by… — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
I want to collect more records from terrorists, but less records from innocent Americans. The Fourth Amendment was what we fought the… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Nobody ever was fired for 9/11. Instead of firing the people who didn't do a good job, we gave them medals. The… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Beto's copy of the Bill of Rights goes from one to three. Mine includes the Second Amendment. But there are a whole… — John Kennedy Copy Share Image
If this nation is to be wise as well as strong, if we are to achieve our destiny, then we need more… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
