The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in higher wisdom. — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
I can say that I have not done any culpable violation of the constitution. — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Copy Share Image
I like to think that the court will continue to be held in high regard by the public. I think it should… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The Republic is one and can't be divided: That's the Constitution! It means the Republic can't ground its action on local community… — Marine Le Pen 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
The very inclusion of the right to keep and bear arms in the Bill of Rights shows that the framers of the… — Samuel Ray Cummings Copy Share Image
Constitutional interpretation is not the business of the Court only, but also properly the business of all branches of government. — Edwin Meese Copy Share Image
A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen's behavior, it was writtne to restrain the government's behavior. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
This is the most historic moment in Supreme Court history in our lifetime, no question about it. These are justices who are… — Jay Alan Sekulow Copy Share Image
Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by… — Adam Weishaupt Copy Share Image
Freedoms once thought to be protected by our constitution for decades - like reproductive healthcare, abortion access and equal opportunity - are… — Laphonza Butler Copy Share Image
Judge Roberts is a brilliant lawyer, a brilliant judge. He is a very careful judge, a thoughtful judge. I would agree with… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
In an ideal world, judges are not supposed to read or be influenced by media reports. But it is difficult to ignore… — Sucheta Dalal Copy Share Image
[John Adams' writings] had indicted the United States for slavishly copying the English constitution by erecting bicameral legislatures in their state constitutions,… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
The the relationship between the prime minister and the monarch is very much a personal one and when it comes to the… — Tony Abbott Copy Share Image
My construction of the constitution is very different from that you quote. It is that each department is truly independent of the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Without the three-fifths rule, there wouldn't have been a Constitution of the United States - not one that governed the American South,… — Timothy Noah Copy Share Image
Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Marriage is not defined in the federal Constitution at all; it's a matter for the states. And applying the Fourteenth Amendment to… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is… — Polybius Copy Share Image
And I take this opportunity to declare, that... I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God… — James Otis Copy Share Image
Those who want their rights respected under the Constitution and the law ought to set the example themselves of observing the Constitution… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
From the very beginning, our state and national constitutions and laws have laid great emphasis on procedural and substantive safeguards designed to… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
There has been a controversy started of late, much better worth examination, concerning the general foundation of Morals; whether they be derived… — David Hume Copy Share Image
“I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such: because I think a General Government necessary for us,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation. — John McCain Copy Share Image
What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution. — Richard Pryor Copy Share Image
Nobody wants a judge to be subject to the political whim of the moment. — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image