We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of… — Charles Evans Hughes 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… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
First, the constitution ought to secure a genuine and guard against a select militia, by providing that the militia shall always be… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“...the founders of our nation were nearly all Infidels, and that of the presidents who had thus far been elected { George… — Bird Wilson Copy Share Image
The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals. — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The Chinese government attaches importance to, and protects, human rights. We have incorporated these lines into the Chinese constitution, and we also… — Wen Jiabao Copy Share Image
I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
With one terrible exception, the Civil War, law and the Constitution have kept America whole and free. — Anthony Lewis Copy Share Image
The Constitution is a radical document... it is the job of the government to rein in people's rights. — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Questions of such gravity go down to the very foundations of the government. If the provisions of the Constitution can be set… — Stephen Johnson Field Copy Share Image
On the subject of money and politics and the rest, I have a DARE: Disclose who are these people; Amend the Constitution… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens. — Wendell Willkie Copy Share Image
The Warren Court wasn't that radical. It didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In Burma, our main goal in amending the constitution is not to phase out the military from politics. Our main point is… — Aung San Suu Kyi Copy Share Image
But Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is a part of an Englishman's constitution. His thoughts and beauties are… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I wouldn't pick a judge who said that the Pledge of Allegiance couldn't be said in a school because it had the… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I am charged with violating pledges which I never gave; and because I execute what I believe to be the law, with… — John Tyler Copy Share Image
To refer the power in question to the clause "to provide for the common defense and general welfare" would be contrary to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The American Constitution is remarkable for its simplicity; but it can only suffice a people habitually correct in their actions, and would… — Francis Grund Copy Share Image
One of the [Million Mom] marchers said 'the hands that rock the cradle rule this nation.' I thought, 'no Madame, the hands… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
I don't care about the Constitution! The Constitution isn't here; you're here. Don't be a pinhead. — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
We have no government armed with power capable of contending with human passions unbridled by morality and religion. Our constitution was made… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Perhaps Americans should recognize that if they want to keep their privacy, they should ask the federal government to do only the… — Dave Kopel Copy Share Image
Like the British constitution, cricket was not made: it has 'grown'. — Neville Cardus Copy Share Image
The tenth amendment said the federal government is supposed to only have powers that were explicitly given in the Constitution. I think… — David Malpass Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“It is their mores, then, that make the Americans of the United States...capable of maintaining the rule of democracy.... Too much importance… — Naomi Wolf Copy Share Image
This is a time for a national conversation. A conversation about the document that binds us as a nation and a people.… — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
The Army is a big mixing bowl, and we know that we wear one uniform. We identify with one set of Army… — Mark Esper Copy Share Image
If we only had some God in the country's laws, instead of being in such a sweat to get him into the… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Brethren, do something; do something, do something! While societies and unions make constitutions, let us win souls. I pray you, be men… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
This constitution recognises the need for social dialogue involving labour and management; it involves trade unions in the decision-making process; it has… — Jean-Pierre Raffarin Copy Share Image
No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to congress a power to disarm the… — William Rawle Copy Share Image
It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one. — Romano Prodi Copy Share Image
The US Constitution serves the same function as the British royal family: it offers a comforting symbol of tradition and continuity, thereby… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
It is very doubtful whether man is enough of a political animal to produce a good, sensible, serious and efficient constitution. All… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
[T]he true key for the construction of everything doubtful in a law is the intention of the law-makers. This is most safely… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry. But we live in a complex world where you're going to… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
A democratic constitution, not supported by democratic institutions in detail, but confined to the central government, not only is not political freedom,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
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