Having enjoyed enormous powers, including the power of contempt, without any accountability, the higher judiciary has over the years, trampled the toes… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
The framers of the Constitution realized that . . . there needed to be some guardian of the sober second thought, and… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
September 11th does not justify ignoring the Constitution by creating broad new federal police powers. The rule of law is worthless if… — Ron Paul 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
Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers. But I cannot say who will… — George Mason Copy Share Image
Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
There's very little proof that Obama or anyone in his administration - particularly Hillary Clinton - truly understands or believes the tenets… — Chuck Norris Copy Share Image
The success of those doctrines would also subvert the Federal Constitution, change the character of the Federal Government, and destroy our rights… — Anonymous 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
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
the twelve or fifteen millions in the British Empire, who, while they possess no electoral rights, are yet persuaded they are freemen,… — Richard Cobden Copy Share Image
We shall some day be heeded, and when we shall have our amendment to the Constitution of the United States, everybody will… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
By natural means, as the Lord always operates for the accomplishment of his purposes, means so simple that the thoughtless and unbelieving… — Anthony W. Ivins Copy Share Image
The Court's decision reflects the philosophy that judges should endure whatever interpretive distortions it takes in order to correct a supposed flaw… — Antonin Scalia 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
Never mind what makes Canadas constitution so special. Probably something to do with hockey, or the inalienable right to poutine, or securing… — Kevin Bleyer Copy Share Image
I've been studying the Constitution for myself but also as a way for me, as a Democrat, to comprehend the Right. I… — Eva Longoria Copy Share Image
The Court is most vulnerable and comes nearest to illegitimacy when it deals with judge-made constitutional law having little or no cognizable… — Byron White Copy Share Image
I think that is why we're seeing conservatives uniting behind our campaign, because I have a proven record as a consistent conservative… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
Owing to the difficulty of dealing with substances of high molecular weight we are still a long way from having determined the… — Karl Landsteiner Copy Share Image
Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
It is the Constitution of the United States that has been undermined, undercut, and is under attack. It is the American people's… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year… — Francois Hollande 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
It is my firm belief that the God of Heaven raised up the founding fathers and inspired them to establish the Constitution… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
So many struggled so that all of us could have a voice in this great democracy and live up to the first… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
“US Constitution is unconstitutional.” – Circuit Judges Alfred T. Goodwin and Stephen Reinhardt, Federal Appeals Court, San Francisco, 2002 (overturned) “US Constitution… — Austin Dragon Copy Share Image
Even beyond policy considerations, Romneycare was a horrible model to suggest for the federal government because the Constitution does not give Congress… — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
The ancients of the ideal description, instead of trying to turn their impracticable chimeras, as does the modern dreamer, into social and… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
No one understands that the First Amendment is only important if you are going to offend somebody. If you're not going to… — Larry Flynt Copy Share Image
For the last 25 years, myself and everybody in UKIP has worked to restore our country's former status as an independent, democratic… — Gerard Batten Copy Share Image
Now, how do you explain Obama's claim, that he can kill American citizens without due process? Well, he has his attorney general… — Ray McGovern Copy Share Image
I think [Donald Trump] does understand that. We talked a great deal about the separation on power and the constitution. And we're… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
What I have said may serve to recommend mathematics for acquiring a vigorous constitution of mind; for which purpose they are as… — John Arbuthnot Copy Share Image
Marriage in our Constitution is very clear that it's a man marrying a woman, largely with a view to having a natural… — Leo Varadkar Copy Share Image
I used to say that the Constitution is not a living document. It's dead, dead, dead. But I've gotten better. I no… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
What I am saying is that Donald Trump can still get a lot of votes from a lot of conservatives like me,… — Mike Lee Copy Share Image
The chief aim of their constitution is that, whenever public needs permit, all citizens should be free, so far as possible, to… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
Nobody supposes that doctors are less virtuous than judges; but a judge whose salary and reputation depended on whether the verdict was… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
![“Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers. But I cannot say who will be the militia of the future day. If that paper on the table [the Constitution] gets no alteration, the militia of the future day may not consist of all classes, high and low, and…” quote by George Mason](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/5b8/george-mason-8435_2-amendment_who-are-the-militia-they-consist-now-of_1020490.jpg)
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