The divine science of government is the science of social happiness, and the blessings of society depend entirely on the constitutions of… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature.… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Anybody who questions the validity of the Constitution, whether it works in the modern era, should never be president. — Dan Crenshaw Copy Share Image
That very document [Constitution] does little to serve people when Supreme Court decisions are written so that even high-priced lawyers can't figure… — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
A good judge doesn't know the strength of the plaintiff's case until he's heard the defense. — William Sheffield Copy Share Image
The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest. — Stephen Ambrose Copy Share Image
There's a lot of judges on TV in America. Apart from Judge Judy, the vast majority of them are terrible. — Robert Rinder Copy Share Image
The function of the prosecutor under the federal Constitution is not to tack as many skins of victims as possible against the… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
A constitutional tradition that works is one that is in a constant state of dynamic evolution. You have a written constitution that… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
The good judge is not he who does hair-splitting justice to every allegation, but who, aiming at substantial justice, rules something intelligible… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The Founding Fathers envisioned a federal government that trusts its people with their money and freedom, outlining this limited, non-intrusive federal government… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
It is said that a wise man rules over the stars, but this does not mean that he rules over the influences… — Paracelsus Copy Share Image
I deem it established, then, that the Constitution does not recognize property in man, but leaves that question, as between the states,… — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
The policies and laws executed by the grand mufti in Libya, the long-term agenda in the short-lived Morsi government in Egypt, and… — Pete Hoekstra Copy Share Image
Just as the policies and programmes for development have to adhere to the law of the land - respecting the basic principles… — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
In April I founded the Constitution Party. With the Social Democrats and all liberal powers we will combine against the Islamists. We… — Mohamed ElBaradei Copy Share Image
The aspirations and expectations of a virtuous people, environed with so wise, so liberal, so deep, so broad, and so high a… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
When the doctrine of allegiance to party can utterly up-end a man's moral constitution and make a temporary fool of him besides,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Of course genes can’t pull the levers of our behavior directly. But they affect the wiring and workings of the brain, and… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
The lower animals, on the other hand, must have their bodily structure modified in order to survive under greatly changed conditions. They… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Americans revere both the Constitution and an independent Court that applies the document's provisions. The Court has done many excellent things in… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
If there is one basic element in our Constitution, it is civilian control of the military. — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate our security, reduce the… — John Ashcroft Copy Share Image
I acknowledge these are very tough jobs a judge has in determining whether or not there is an openness that is required… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
All I'm going to say is I put my hand on a Bible, and I raised my right hand and swore to… — Pam Bondi Copy Share Image
Trial by jury is the palladium of our liberties. I do not know what a palladium is, but I am sure it… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump understands there's a Constitution. And that those separate but equal branches of government give us a limited government.… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
“Everything human … has its period: nations, like mortal men, advance only to decline; dismembered empire and diminished glory mark a crisis… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
As for his name, well, what attorney wouldn't want to be able put a Judge in a crate every now and then? — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting… — David Wilkerson Copy Share Image
If your values are not used as the constitution of your organization, or if they are compromised, they become just words on… — Bill Capodagli Copy Share Image
In order to exercise the right to freedom of speech conferred by the Constitution, one should fulfill the social responsibility of a… — Liu Xiaobo Copy Share Image
When you go with individuals who have violated the Constitution in any fashion, you have sold your soul to them. — Derrick Grayson Copy Share Image
Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
That the said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press or the rights… — John Adams Copy Share Image
We can't pick and choose when to adhere to the Constitution and when to cast it aside. — Dan Coats Copy Share Image