We're inquiring into the deepest nature of our constitutions: How we inherit from each other. How we can change. How our minds… — Gerald Edelman Copy Share Image
Those who proposed the Constitution knew, and those who ratified the Constitution also knew that this is...a limited government tied down to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
It may seem ironic that the judicial branch preserves its legitimacy through refraining from action on political questions. That concept was put… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
In the United States there are three parts of our government - the judiciary, the legislative and the executive - and the… — Philip M. Breedlove Copy Share Image
Simultaneously with the establishment of the Constitution, Virginia ceded to the United States her domain, which then extended to the Mississippi, and… — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
In terms of personalities - I don't care about the personalities, I want leadership that's in favor of my principles: free markets,… — Dave Brat Copy Share Image
“Finally, this exception may also allow for the admission of a statement to show the declarant's later conduct. The use of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
And may I not be allowed to ... read in the character of the American people, in their devotion to true liberty… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I think it's very important that we protect marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. I proposed a constitutional… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Good constitutions are formed upon a comparison of the liberty of the individual with the strength of government: If the tone of… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
What has been happening in Turkey. The country has been taken over by the present rulers and they have been very, very… — Bernard Lewis Copy Share Image
The Constitution, in addition to delegating certain enumerated powers to Congress, places whole areas outside the reach of Congress' regulatory authority. The… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
With Yeltsin, the Soviet Union broke apart, the country was totally mismanaged, the constitution was not respected by the regions of Russia.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are two life-forces in the world I know: Jewish and gentile, ours and yours...I do not believe that this primal difference… — Maurice Samuel Copy Share Image
The Seventeenth Amendment serves not the public's interest but the interests of the governing masterminds and their disciples. Its early proponents advanced… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many of the Latter-day Saints have surrendered their independence; they have surrendered their free thought, politically, and we have got to get… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
I venture to say that every man who is not presumably incapacitated by some consideration of personal unfitness or of political danger… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
The Baltimore Police Department had engaged in a pattern of practice of conduct that violated the constitution and federal law, and this… — Al Sharpton Copy Share Image
We worry so much in this culture about being happy. The pursuit of happiness is even written in our Constitution. It's an… — Agapi Stassinopoulos Copy Share Image
As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other… — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
Like a majority of Americans in recent years, I came to understand that fear of homosexuality was leading our governments - including… — Ronnie Musgrove Copy Share Image
There is no reason for anyone in the country, for anyone except a police officer or a military person, to buy, to… — Michael Gartner Copy Share Image
I wouldn't approach the issue of judging in the way the president does. Judges can't rely on what's in their heart. They… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
We strongly feel that our Constitution must be safeguarded. There should not be any dilution on the core values and principles that… — M. K. Stalin Copy Share Image
The Federal Constitution forms a happy combination in this respect; the great and aggregate interests being referred to the national, the local… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I do not like [in the new Federal Constitution] the omission of a Bill of Rights providing clearly and without the aid… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
America's greatness is due in no small measure to our system of government, in which power and authority are deliberately divided. The… — Richard Allen Epstein Copy Share Image
If the Constitution was a movie, the Preamble would be the trailer, the First Amendment the establishing shot, the 13th the crowd… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
The Constitution states that Congress alone has the authority to decide if we go to war. Unfortunately, from Syria to Somalia to… — Nancy Mace 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
I pray for what I have always prayed for: the restoration of our constitution and absolute freedom for the people of Cuba.… — Andy Garcia Copy Share Image
It is to be the assent and ratification of the several States, derived from the supreme authority in each State, the authority… — James Madison Copy Share Image
We already have two branches of federal government that factor political considerations into their decision-making, and our Founding Fathers determined long ago… — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
If the Constitution is worth anything, if the Declaration of Independence is worth anything, if the boys who died on the field… — Dennis Chavez Copy Share Image
I trust that the proposed Constitution afford a genuine specimen of representative government and republican government; and that it will answer, in… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The question is, and this is what Barack Obama didn't want to answer, is that human life a person under the constitution.… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
“What had driven the litigation-loving Bengali to turn his gentle green valley into a pocket edition of hell?' John Younie, the judge… — Manoshi Bhattacharya Copy Share Image
It was the separation of powers upon which the framers placed their hopes for the preservation of the people's liberties. Despite this… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
Whether the Sikhs want to worship in Wisconsin or the Christians want to worship in Texas or the Jews want to worship… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
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