Constitution Quotes · Page 11

Self-trust is the first secret of success, the belief that if you are here the authorities of the universe put you here,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have quite a decent constitution in spite of all my abuse of it and my advanced years. I'm still quite robust.

— Christopher Hitchens

No branch of the law is of more importance to the counsellor, the statesman, or the citizen, than a thorough acquaintance with…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

I believe at its core we have a Constitution, as our Supreme Court's first great justice, Marshall, said in 1819, and I…

— Joe Biden

But in view of the constitution, in the eye of the law, there is in this country no superior, dominant, ruling class…

— John Marshall Harlan

America derives its laws from its Constitution. It derives its values from the Bible. We don't get inalienable rights from the Constitution;…

— Dennis Prager

[The purpose of a written constitution is] to bind up the several branches of government by certain laws, which, when they transgress,…

— Thomas Jefferson

The Constitution simply does not authorize the federal government to own any of this land.

— Andrew Napolitano

I have lived among negroes, all my life, and I am for this Government with slavery under the Constitution as it is.…

— Andrew Johnson

No: I am not tired. I have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely."…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates…

— Dana Rohrabacher

The same Constitution that allows her the right, if she wants to, to sit there and say nothing, allows these groups the…

— Trey Gowdy

All these people talk so eloquently about getting back to good old-fashioned values. Well, as an old poop I can remember back…

— Kurt Vonnegut

[Joseph Smith] foresaw the time when the destiny of the nation would be in danger and would hang as by a thread.…

— Ezra Taft Benson

One of our Constitution's greatest virtues is that it looks to judges as a source of reasoned, practical, rights-minded decision making.

— Neal Katyal

If the Constitution says that the little guy should win, the little guy is going to win in court before me, ...…

— John Roberts

I often thought my constitution would never endure the work I had to do, (but) the Lord said to me: 'Daughter, obedience…

— Teresa of Avila

You had a socialist get 47 percent of the votes in the Democratic primary: Bernie Sanders. You have an outright white nationalist…

— Van Jones

The seemingly omnipresent storm clouds hanging over the Constitution often make it hard to find a silver lining. Every day, the front…

— Bob Barr

We are a constitutional democracy. We must deal with things properly within the framework of the law and then the constitution.

— Jacob Zuma

Generally, the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can't do to you. Says what the federal government…

— Barack Obama

We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty…

— Ted Cruz

God was left out of the Constitution but was furnished a front seat on the coins of the country.

— Mark Twain

We're here to defend the rights that are enshrined to us by the Constitution, as Americans.

— Sam Rasoul

The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war,…

— James Madison