When we watch courtroom dramas, we tend to identify with the kindhearted defense attorney, but give us the power, and we become… — Jon Ronson Copy Share Image
I disagree strongly with the concept of separation of church and state. It was not written into the Constitution. — Ken Buck Copy Share Image
Societies cannot move forward without law, and our constitution is the cornerstone of the law and our National Assembly is its umbrella… — Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Copy Share Image
I will never forget that it is the people who speak directly through the constitution they have adopted. — Charles T. Canady Copy Share Image
We are sworn to uphold the Constitution and law. And it has to be consistent and agreed upon with three branches of… — Mike Huckabee Copy Share Image
Take all the robes of all the good judges that have ever lived on the face of the earth, and they would… — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution. — Chen Shui-bian Copy Share Image
The United States Constitution only gives the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In all the co-temporary discussions and comments, which the Constitution underwent, it was constantly justified and recommended on the ground, that the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Unfortunately, she did. “Do you think any of us will ever be normal again?” Rae considered this. “I’m told that somewhere around… — Julie James Copy Share Image
Charles Beard warned us that governments-inc luding the government of the United States-are not neutral, that they represent the dominant economic interests,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
The left hates the Constitution. They hate the restrictions of the Constitution on government. so when you come out and you're for… — Chuck Woolery Copy Share Image
When a nominee for the Supreme Court, one of only nine lifetime appointments, makes an overtly brazen racist comment about tens of… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Along with never having got round to writing down our constitution and having a monarch who legally owns all the swans, one… — David Olusoga Copy Share Image
As Americans, we can take enormous pride in the fact that courage has been inspired by our own struggle for freedom, by… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The commitment to international agreements is embodied, it's found in the U.S. Constitution. Article Six of the U.S. Constitution provides that treaties… — John Burroughs Copy Share Image
Our amended Constitution is the lodestar for our aspirations. Like every text worth reading, it is not crystalline. The phrasing is broad… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
The American experiment is not a theocracy and does not establish an official religion, but the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution… — William H. Pryor, Jr Copy Share Image
The United States has been declared under martial law...All constitutional rights have been suspended. Anyone interfering with the collection of urine samples… — Jello Biafra Copy Share Image
“conclusion was certainly true in peacetime, but buried in the legislation that created FCDA was a separate section, Title III, that granted… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
One year ago, on this occasion, I called your attention to the abuses that had crept into the distribution of our public… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
The soul sins therefore because, while aiming at good, it makes mistakes about the good, because it is not primary essence. And… — Sallust Copy Share Image
It would be an absurdity for jurors to be required to accept the judge's view of the law, against their own opinion,… — John Adams Copy Share Image
As Governor, I will always uphold our state's Constitution and protect a woman's right to make decisions over her own body and… — Josh Shapiro Copy Share Image
I will put the Republican establishment on my shoulders and drag them kicking and screaming back to the Constitution. — Madison Cawthorn Copy Share Image
None of us takes amending the Constitution lightly. The plain fact is this amendment has been exhaustively studied and it really is… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
I've always felt very strongly about human rights for blacks, women, and gays. Our Constitution is about equality for all - that's… — Valerie Harper Copy Share Image
It is better that the law should be certain than that every judge should speculate upon improvements in it. — Robert Falcon Scott Copy Share Image
I think judges have to have the ability to put aside their personal views and rule on the facts of the case… — Susan Collins Copy Share Image
[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy… — Fisher Ames Copy Share Image
[T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Every constitution..., and every law, naturally expires at the end of 19 years [a generation]. If it be enforced longer, it is… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States. — Salmon P. Chase Copy Share Image
All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
The Court is perhaps one of the last citadels of jealously preserved individualism. For the most part, we function as nine, small… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Justice Scalia and I served together on the D.C. Circuit. So his votes are not surprising to me. What I like about… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
Constitution is for the people, people are not for the constitution. Change it for the betterment of the common man. — Arvind Kejriwal Copy Share Image
An important function of the Supreme Court is to provide guidance, .. As a lower court judge, I appreciate clear guidance from… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
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