Constitution Quotes · Page 130

The Constitution of our country [was] formed by the Fathers of liberty... Exalt the standard of Democracy! Down with that of priestcraft,…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

The constitution ought to specifically state that every nation is left entirely independent and supreme in its internal affairs, such as regulating…

— George William Norris

Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . .

— William Howard Taft

I can't find anything in the Constitution that says you prefer the life of the mother, or the convenience of the mother…

— Alan Dershowitz

Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the…

— Thomas Jefferson

I don't love America; I love people and places in America. How could I truly love an entity that views me as…

— Vic Mensa

It is said that brother Joseph in his lifetime declared that the Elders of this Church should step forth at a particular…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

If our constitution had followed the style of Saint Paul, the First Amendment might have concluded: "But the greatest of these is…

— Robert Kennedy

“If their social institutions were abhorrent, their unwritten constitution bordered upon the absurd. The absolutist monarchs of the ancient kingdoms of Amara…

— A. H. Septimius

It is said that a wise man rules over the stars, but this does not mean that he rules over the influences…

— Paracelsus

I believe [filibustering judicial nominees] is in violation of the Constitution

— Saxby Chambliss

I am not a spokesperson for the church and the church is not a spokesperson for the United States of America.

— John F. Kerry

I will not step down, I will not resign, ... I will work to the end of my term in office under…

— Boris Yeltsin

A corollary is that, when laws are out of touch with the people, those laws can and should be changed - from…

— Adrian Cronauer

Some of them, in accepting the proposed plan of government, coupled their acceptance with a recommendation of various additions to the Constitution,…

— Caleb Cushing

In my commencement address I gave the language and sources of the prophetic utterance made by the Prophet Joseph that the Constitution…

— Ernest L. Wilkinson

The Framers of the Constitution wisely understood that constitutional principles must not be sacrificed on the altar of political appeasement.

— Max Baucus

There is no right by the federal or state constitution to manual recounts. There is no law that says that you must…

— Bill Vaughan

“Hatumtaki kiongozi anayeishi katika mifuko ya mafisadi, tunamtaka kiongozi anayeishi katika ibara za katiba ya nchi. Kitambi bila Yesu ni jipu.”

— Enock Maregesi

Logic, like language, is partly a free construction and partly a means of symbolizing and harnessing in expression the existing diversities of…

— George Santayana

However, what Article VI [of the U.S. Constitution] does not do, and was never intended to do, is deny me the right…

— Mike Huckabee

Every so often we hear people clamor for a change. Let's change the Constitution, change the form of Government, change everything for…

— William J. H. Boetcker

Democracy is always, by nature and constitution, the triumph of mediocrity.

— Indro Montanelli

Democracy is not freedom. Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to eat for lunch. Freedom comes from the…

— James Bovard

The Constitution of the United States was created by the people of the United States composing the respective states, who alone had…

— James Madison