I arose and spoke substantially as follows: ... I love the government and the constitution of the United States, but I do… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
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The refunding of the national debt at a lower rate of interest should be accomplished without compelling the withdrawal of the national-bank… — James A. Garfield Copy Share Image
He that has energy enough in his constitution to root out a vice should go a little further, and try to plant… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Although I may find the type of programming seen during the 2004 Super Bowl and the 2003 Golden Globe Awards disgusting and… — Mike Rogers Copy Share Image
Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
There are some in black robes sitting on federal benches all across this country. They're Democrats, Republicans, liberals, and even conservatives that… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
Appellate advocacy, particularly at the Supreme Court, is really intimate. I mean, you're just a few feet away from the Chief Justice.… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
On love, not harming others, and respecting all beings. Even animals have these elements in their behavioral patterns. We should start by… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
The constitution of human nature" teaches us not to expect "that the persons, entrusted with the administration of the affairs of the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
There is a political process which we are trying to achieve through what is called the Vienna Group. That involves the establishment… — Adel al-Jubeir Copy Share Image
So far as the government is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the constitution of India. The unity and… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
In these sacred documents are embodied eternal principles that no man, group of men, or nation has the right to withhold from… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Friendship is the unspeakable joy and blessing that result to two or more individuals who from constitution sympathize. Such natures are liable… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Do you know that all of the money that we are spending, that the government is spending, must come from you? The… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
What I know is it is a disservice to those who continue to serve to think that there's going to be a… — Michael T. Flynn Copy Share Image
Perhaps more significant than his experience in Europe, though, was [John] Adams's experience in his own country, and his extensive reading on… — Gordon S. Wood Copy Share Image
Sometimes local, state and federal laws so clearly run afoul of the Constitution that the court must step in and strike them… — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
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Whether it is in the United States or in mainland Europe, written constitutions have one great weakness. That is that they contain… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
A great number of the women are victims to falling of the womb and weakness in the spine; but these are necessary… — Fanny Kemble Copy Share Image
In an era when too many Americans are losing their jobs or working for less, trying to make ends meet, in close… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
[T]he courts are so willing to assume that anything that is predominantly black must be inferior… The mere fact that a school… — Clarence Thomas Copy Share Image
Since 2005, when the French and the Dutch voted "no" on a constitution for Europe, nobody has developed a real project for… — Emmanuel Macron Copy Share Image
If slavery, limited as it yet is, now threatens to subvert the Constitution, how can we as wise and prudent statesmen, enlarge… — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
To me the separation of church and state is a thread that ought to run through public policy so that we can… — Barry W. Lynn Copy Share Image
After an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new' Constitution, we should not look principally for… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it… — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
[T]he powers granted by the proposed Constitution are the gift of the people, and may be resumed by them when perverted to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
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“The members of the Philadelphia convention which drafted the Constitution were, with a few exceptions, immediately, directly and personally interested in, and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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It's a curious fact about Americans that in their most fiercely patriotic moods they are willing to set aside their Constitution, the… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
I am unable to conceive that the state legislatures which must feel so many motives to watch, and which possess so many… — James Madison Copy Share Image
What secret knowledge, one must wonder, is breathed into lawyers when they become Justices of this Court that enables them to discern… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
History has shown that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg did, in fact, dramatically change the balance of the court in many critical areas,… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
Nothing in the 14th Amendment or in any other constitutional provision suggests that the president may usurp legislative power to prevent a… — Laurence Tribe Copy Share Image
Every presidential candidate highlights patriotism, but Mr. Romney's is backed by the Mormon belief that the United States was chosen by God… — Jodi Kantor Copy Share Image
I cannot accept this invitation [to celebrate the bicentenial of the Constitution], for I do not believe that the meaning of the… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
![“Approving some religious claims while deeming others unworthy of accommodation could be 'perceived as favoring one religion over another,' the very 'risk the [Constitution's] Establishment Clause was designed to preclude.” quote by Ruth Bader Ginsburg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/963/ruth-bader-ginsburg-1906_accommodations_approving-some-religious-claims-while-de_2641268.jpg)
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