It is for the good of nations, and not for the emolument or aggrandizement of particular individuals, that government ought to be… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The Constitution needs allegiance and loyalty and renewal and understanding with each generation, or else it's not going to last. — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable. — Ferdinand Mount Copy Share Image
For years, I've had a hankering for the portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis. Franklin is credited with so many inventions:… — Jon Bon Jovi 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
All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence… — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
There are checks and balances and broad separation of powers under the Constitution. Each organ of the State, i.e. the legislature, the… — P. Sathasivam Copy Share Image
I`ve passed on a number of bills. I`ve studied the Constitution myself. I am reasonably well educated. — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
