A judge who cannot punish, in the end associates themselves with the criminal. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
The judges are a big problem. Law is equal for everyone, except for them. — Giulio Andreotti Copy Share Image
It is better that a judge should lean on the side of compassion than severity. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
A ban on same-sex marriage violates the state Constitution's equal protection clause. — Lisa Madigan Copy Share Image
The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Even though we now have the half-century-old new Constitution, there is a popular sentiment of support for the old one that lives… — Kenzaburo Oe Copy Share Image
The law of England has established trial by judge and jury in the conviction that it is the mode best calculated to… — Jeremy Bentham Copy Share Image
The founding leaders of our country believed in a three-part sharing of governmental power, with each branch jealously watching the actions of… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
There is nothing new in the realization that the Constitution sometimes insulates the criminality of a few in order to protect the… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
No power over the freedom of religion [is] delegated to the United States by the Constitution. — James Madison Copy Share Image
The military is faithful to the constitution. They will come in only to protect the people from the enemies of the state. — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Copy Share Image
It is inexplicable as to why the Chief Justice or other judges of the Supreme Court are unwilling to disclose their assets,… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
I would have to have people totally committed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this United States. And many… — Herman Cain Copy Share Image
It will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions, and particularly… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The present Constitution, with a few alterations of a trifling nature, is just as good as we want; and if it is… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
But you answer, that the Constitution recognizes property in slaves. It would be sufficient, then, to reply, that this constitutional recognition must… — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
Americans are not sharp. You can be sharp in your own area, I guess, but in this world you gotta be conscious… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
“From my childhood days I have understood that we believe absolutely that the Constitution of our country was an inspired instrument, and… — Heber J. Grant Copy Share Image
“No one knows, but don’t worry,” Zehrunisa said. “Just leave everything to God and keep praying. Now we have a lawyer who… — Katherine Boo Copy Share Image
I will speak until I can no longer speak. I will speak as long as it takes, until the alarm is sounded… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
All Catholics must make themselves felt as active elements in daily political life in the countries where they live. They must penetrate,… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Shall we longer bear these cruelties which have been heaped upon us for the last ten years in the face of heaven,… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The God of the modern evangelical rarely astonishes anybody. He manages to stay pretty much with the constitution. Never break our by-laws.… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
How to check these unconstitutional invasions of rights by the Federal judiciary? Not by impeachment in the first instance, but by a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When you want genuine music -- music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your system like… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When it shall be said in any country in the world my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“The danger of an administrative return to an extralegal regime becomes particularly concrete when one recognizes the potential for evasion. Administrative law… — Philip Hamburger Copy Share Image
Judges should follow the law in deciding cases - not their own values, good or bad. — Wendy Long Copy Share Image
No treaty or international agreement can contravene the Constitution. — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The Bill of Rights never gets off the page and into the lives of most Americans. — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
The American challenge in leading the world is compounded by our Constitution, — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image