We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Study the Constitution. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislatures, and enforced in courts of justice. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Trump v. United States would become, in short order, one of the worst opinions ever issued by the Supreme Court. — Jamelle Bouie Copy Share Image
If the General Government should be left dependent on the State Legislatures, it would be happy for us if we had never… — John Dickinson Copy Share Image
Governing through federal ultimatum grates against our history, traditions, and, most importantly, our Constitution. — Luther Strange Copy Share Image
The bread I eat in London, is a deleterious paste, mixed up with chalk, alum, and bone ashes: insipid to the taste,… — Tobias Smollett Copy Share Image
It is surely only a matter of time before some federal judge finds the Constitution unconstitutional. — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
If what I may believe - about gall-stones, the Constitution, castor oil, or God - is conditioned by law, then I am… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The tendencies of the times favor the idea of self-government, and leave the individual, for all code, to the rewards and penalties… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“The movement for the Constitution of the United States was originated and carried through principally by four groups of personalty interests which… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Constitution is the fundamental rule for people to live in society. If the rule no longer suits the lives of the… — Ichiro Ozawa Copy Share Image
I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted… — Nick Rahall Copy Share Image
Selecting about 100 judges of the higher judiciary every year in a rational and fair manner is an onerous task requiring a… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
In fact, my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris, France, that… — Karen Hughes Copy Share Image
It is the people, and not the judges, who are entitled to say what their constitution means, for the constitution is theirs,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
A careful physician . . . before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the malady… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
God, to prevent all escape, hath sown the seeds of death in our very constitution and nature, so that we can as… — William Gurnall Copy Share Image
“In no other nation under heaven could the Church have been organized and gone forward as we have in this nation. The… — George Albert Smith Copy Share Image
The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It's time we asked ourselves if we still know the freedoms intended for us by the Founding Fathers. James Madison said, We… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The real reason to abolish departments like Energy and Education is not to promote efficiency, nor even to save taxpayers’ money. It… — David Boaz Copy Share Image
“As is well known, what characterizes both the Fascist and Nazi regimes is that they allowed the existing constitutions (the Albertine Statute… — Giorgio Agamben Copy Share Image
Remember, government is not an enlightened organization designed to promote public welfare. It is barbaric, uncivilized force…military and police power put to… — Bill Bonner Copy Share Image
I have read various articles on the fourth dimension, the relativity theory of Einstein, and other psychological speculation on the constitution of… — Charles Lane Poor Copy Share Image
Net Neutrality' is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government. — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Islamic Religious Law Fundamentalist Islam wants shari'a to replace the U.S. Constitution and fundamentally transform America. — Pamela Geller Copy Share Image
Nowhere does our Constitution say we cannot say something about another's religion. Nowhere does our Constitution say we cannot say anything that… — Jeanine Pirro Copy Share Image
No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve,… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
All the judges watched Judge Wapner. All America, at one point or another, watched Judge Wapner. — Judy Sheindlin Copy Share Image
I voted for the Defense of Marriage Act but I do not believe we should institutionalize a form of discrimination against any… — Ben Nighthorse Campbell Copy Share Image
My dissenting opinions, like my briefs, are intended to persuade. And sometimes one must be forceful about saying how wrong the Court's… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
A compromise is but an act of Congress. It may be overruled at any time. It gives us no security. But the… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
The judiciary is peopled by judges who are human, and being human, they are occasionally motivated by considerations other than an objective… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
We're going to appoint great justices to the United States Supreme Court to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
No for the return of Saddam's Baath party. This is against the constitution and those who are negotiating to bring them back… — Jalal Talabani Copy Share Image
Thank God for the founding fathers, who set up three separate branches of government. And the media acting as the Fourth Estate. — Andre Carson Copy Share Image
We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The Court's primary duty, in short, is not to minimize its role or avoid friction with the political branches, but to try… — Diane S. Sykes Copy Share Image
The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“For regulating the human (in our constitution) and rendering the (proper) service to the heavenly, there is nothing like moderation.” — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
