Constitution Quotes · Page 14

By the very constitution of our nature moral evil is its own curse.

— Thomas Chalmers

The Constitution is like my old blue dress ... it doesn't fit anymore.

— Ellen Tauscher

But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man.

— William H. Seward

Only Lawyers and mental defectives are automatically exempt for jury duty.

— George Bernard Shaw

A judge is a law student who marks his own examination papers.

— H. L. Mencken

To hell with the Constitution when people want coal!

— Theodore Roosevelt

“We met in court. I don't think we qualify as good decision makers.”

— Liz Reinhardt

Tell God the truth, but give the judge money.

— Russian Proverb

God forbid that Judges upon their oath should make resolutions to enlarge jurisdiction.

— William Cowper

The judge is not the knight-errant, roaming at will in pursuit of his own ideal of beauty or of goodness.

— Anonymous

One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet.

— Jean Cocteau

I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention-being ... almost sure, they will ... lay the foundation of a Civil War.

— Elbridge Gerry

The Constitution gives you the right to a lawyer, but it doesn't allow you the right to a good reputation.

— Eric Dezenhall

“I have, perhaps, a slave-like constitution which is too easily restrained by bonds; it then becomes rebellious and bursts out in a…

— Saul Bellow

May those principles, which were so honorably and nobly defended, namely, the Constitution of our land, by our fathers, be established forever.

— Joseph Smith, Jr

The organic constitution of the Church is not immutable; but Christian society, just as human society, is subject to perpetual evolution.

— Pope Pius X

Nothing is plainer than that, if the principles of the church of Rome prevail here, our Constitution would fall. The two cannot…

— Richard Thompson

“The creators of the Constitution were not purple-robed scholars, sitting in their ivory towers attempting to put abstract theories into play, but…

— C.L. Gammon

If you try to come into our state and force our businesses to collect a sales tax in manner that violates our…

— Chris Sununu

The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution protects citizens against cruel and unusual punishment. And there is a growing body of legal precedent…

— Allyson Robinson

The founders had a strong distrust for centralized power in a federal government. So they created a government with checks and balances.…

— Ezra Taft Benson

In this country [the USA], you have got to tolerate things you do not like in order to preserve the First Amendment,…

— Harvey Levin

“The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that…

— Thomas Jefferson

It's interesting that there are only two groups of people in our country who are not held accountable for their behavior or…

— Debbie Stabenow

The last line of defense in support of freedom and the Constitution consists of the people themselves. If the people want to…

— Ron Paul

If a hundred or a thousand people, all of the same age, of the same constitution and habits, were suddenly seized by…

— Petrarch

Our inspired Constitution is wisely designed to protect from excesses of political power, but it can do little to protect us from…

— Neal A. Maxwell

The laws are, and ought to be, relative to the constitution, and not the constitution to the laws. A constitution is the…

— Aristotle

“I am apprehensive, Sir, that in the warmth of my feelings, I may have uttered expressions, which were too vehement. If such…

— Alexander Hamilton

I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution…The only fault I find with the Constitution is, it is not broad enough to…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

“This system is called the " system of checks and balances," because each department of the government is supposed to be a…

— Anonymous

The public welfare demands that constitutional cases must be decided according to the terms of the Constitution itself, and not according to…

— Hugo Black

Court, in our society, is often the last resort of stubbornness.

— Erica Jong

My constitution was destroyed long ago; now I am living under the bylaws.

— Clarence Darrow

“The Constitution is awesome, but still overrated; it’s like Pet Sounds.”

— Chuck Klosterman

There is no asterisk in the Constitution that says 'except for hate speech.'

— Alan Colmes

An act against the Constitution is void; an act against natural equity is void.

— James Otis

“In an ideal world, both parties would desire to uphold the Constitution,”

— Ben Carson

Presidents come and go, but the Supreme Court goes on forever.

— William Howard Taft

The first thing in my oath is to uphold and protect the U.S. Constitution.

— Ken Cuccinelli