The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree. — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent. — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
Deciding not to decide is, of course, among the most important things done by the Supreme Court. It takes a lot of… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
There's nothing in the Constitution that says the President stops being President in his last year. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
There is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There's a prohibition against taking it away. — Alberto Gonzales Copy Share Image
A federal judge did as he was supposed to do and upheld the Constitution. We should be thankful that we have judiciary… — Michael Newdow 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
I had rather ask an enlargement of power from the nation, where it is found necessary, than to assume it by a… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The justice system is a foundation of our existence as a democratic society. I will not be the one to soften its… — Ayelet Shaked Copy Share Image
[John Adams] experience with the French philosophers only convinced him further of the need for a bicameral legislature representing the two principal… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
“But the fact that judges follow precedent regularly even though not invariably does not support the legalistic theory as strongly as one… — Richard A. Posner Copy Share Image
And truly, when you look at the Constitution and our founding fathers and their writings, the things that made this country great,… — Sharron Angle Copy Share Image
“There is good reason to believe that the administration of justice is infected by predictable incoherence in several domains. The evidence is… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
The Constitution protects freedom of speech, but we must expect more from our elected officials to heal divisions in our country and… — Mikie Sherrill Copy Share Image
Be wise; let prudence dictate all your counsels; preserve peace with all men, if possible; stand by the Constitution of your country;… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
Today neither of our two parties maintains a meaningful commitment to the principle of States' Rights. The 10th Amendment is not a… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
I simply cannot stand by and watch a right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States come under attack from those… — Charlton Heston Copy Share Image
Does the U.S. Constitution stand for anything in an era of government excess? Can that founding document, which is supposed to restrain… — Cal Thomas Copy Share Image
I testify to you that God's hand has been in our destiny. I testify that freedom as we know it today is… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“The American Constitution was carefully rigged by the noteholders, land speculators, rum runners, and slave holders who were the Founding Fathers, so… — G. William Domhoff Copy Share Image
Logic, like language, is partly a free construction and partly a means of symbolizing and harnessing in expression the existing diversities of… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
In the 2012 election, Obamacare, as it's called, and I'll be more polite - the ACA ...was a major issue in the… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Great part of that order which reigns among mankind is not the effect of government. It has its origin in the principles… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The evil of the actual disparity in their ages (and Mr. Woodhouse had not married early) was much increased by his constitution… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
We are involved in a constitution-building process of historic importance. The Convention should mark a new stage in European integration. — Romano Prodi Copy Share Image
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Federalism isn’t about states’ rights. It’s about dividing power to better protect individual liberty. — Elizabeth Price Foley Copy Share Image
“judges are men who in the cool of the evening undo work that better men do in the heat of the day.” — Helen Garner Copy Share Image
“The last time I saw love was in my imagination while reading a book on Thomas Jefferson. Isn’t the Constitution of the… — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Judges rule on the basis of law, not public opinion, and they should be totally indifferent to pressures of the times. — Warren E Burger Copy Share Image
I think that, unfortunately, it appears that Donald Trump is trampling all over the Constitution. — Joe Morton Copy Share Image
The behaviour and approach of 'appointed' governors trying to control 'duly elected' governments amounts to mockery of our Constitution. — M. K. Stalin Copy Share Image
The critical point is that the Constitution places the right of silence beyond the reach of government. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English. — Harry Browne Copy Share Image
On my first day in Washington, I swore an oath of office to the Constitution of the United States, and it is… — Nancy Mace Copy Share Image
The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
The Constitution provided no protection against corporations; the Constitution has a blind spot for them. — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The painter thinks in terms of form and color. The goal is not to be concerned with the reconstitution of an anecdotal… — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
The court is really the keeper of the conscience, and the conscience is the Constitution. — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
“Now that she had run away and seen a bit of the country, Cora wasn't sure the document described anything real at… — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
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