Avarice is a uniform and tractable vice; other intellectual distempers are different in different constitutions of mind. That which soothes the pride… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
[T]he great security against a gradual concentration of the several powers in the same department consists in giving to those who administer… — James Madison Copy Share Image
What is a constitution? It is a booklet with twelve or ten pages. I can tear them away and say that tomorrow… — Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq Copy Share Image
The moral principles and precepts contained in the Scriptures ought to form the basis of all our civil constitutions and laws .… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Today, we stand as a united country and are much closer to the ideals set forth in our Constitution that all men… — Jim Ryun Copy Share Image
We've gone down a road to which we don't have the answers for. That's why we have the schizophrenic decisions coming out… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
See the judge upon the bench who tries the case as best he can, see the wise and wicked ones who feed… — Gordon Lightfoot Copy Share Image
We had so many different presidents, including Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln - there were other founders like Hamilton, Adams - who made it… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
This rationale, which justified the mixed constitution of Great Britain, might have made some sense in 1776, but by 1787 most American… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
The mathematical thermology created by Fourier may tempt us to hope that, as he has estimated the temperature of the space in… — Auguste Comte Copy Share Image
I feel that the justices that I am going to appoint - and I've named 20 of them - the justices that… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“It has often been suggested to me that the Constitution of the United States is a sufficient safeguard for the freedom of… — Emma Goldman Copy Share Image
We recognize the force of the argument that the effects of war under modern conditions may be felt in the economy for… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Of the six men who have done most to make America the wonder and the joy she is to all of us,… — John Chadwick Copy Share Image
Your constitution guarantees to every citizen, even the humblest, the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property. It promises to all, religious freedom,… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The U.S. Constitution was meant to be universal, not just something that only America would observe. The principle of defending liberty for… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
The God we worship is no respecter of persons, but He is a respecter of men's rights, and a guardian of them-a… — Orson F. Whitney Copy Share Image
The Constitution of America only guarantees pursuit of happiness-you have to catch up with it yourself. Fortunately, happiness is something that depends… — Gill Robb Wilson Copy Share Image
Acting forces you to ask yourself, 'Can my constitution take a decade of constant rejection?' And after ten years, you either make… — Camryn Manheim Copy Share Image
The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
All the states are required, either by constitution or by statute, to have balanced budgets - they're not able to print money.… — Gary Locke Copy Share Image
I have I guess 3 passions. One is the Constitution. The other is jazz and the other is being an atheist prolifer… — Nat Hentoff Copy Share Image
In Pakistan lies our deliverance, defence and honour...In our solidarity, unity and discipline lie the strength, power and sanction behind us to… — Muhammad Ali Jinnah Copy Share Image
What you mean by freedom of speech? Democracy doesn't mean you abuse your country. Sedition has a law in the constitution. You… — Alok Nath Copy Share Image
The President can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power in the Federal… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The profession of the law of which he [a judge] is a part is charged with the articulation and final incidence of… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
The principle of free speech is no new doctrine born of the Constitution of the United States. It is a heritage of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that Republican control of the Senate is the only way to preserve the Constitutional integrity of our Supreme… — Todd Wilcox Copy Share Image
You have a mayor who hates guns. If it was up to me, we wouldn’t have any handguns in the District of… — Muriel Bowser Copy Share Image
To take a single step beyond the boundaries specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the book I define conservatism, as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution, respect… — Jonathan Krohn Copy Share Image
The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry. But we live in a complex world where you're going to… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
..if the Northern states refuse, willfully and deliberately, to carry into effect that part of the Constitution which respects the restoration of… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
The overreach of the judiciary can be attributed to, one, the inability of the executive to deliver; and two, the tendency to… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
The decisions we make about the Internet don't affect just the Internet – they are answers to basic questions about the relationship… — Mike Godwin Copy Share Image
Seats on the [Court] bench are not reserved for causes or interests. They're given to those who will uphold the rule of… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
While Roberts wanted to give the impression he respected the right to privacy and the precedent of Roe vs. Wade, his answers… — Nancy Keenan Copy Share Image
On the subject of money and politics and the rest, I have a DARE: Disclose who are these people; Amend the Constitution… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
In a recent decision of the Supreme Court, not made, however, by the full court, and concurred in by only four justices,… — John Bates Clark Copy Share Image
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