In my judgment the people of no nation can lose their liberty so long as a Bill of Rights like ours survives… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Chief Justice Roberts has expressly said that the Constitution and the government should be colorblind, he sees no difference between government action… — Erwin Chemerinsky Copy Share Image
The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional. — John Marshall Copy Share Image
The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
If we should put god in the Constitution there would be no room left for man. — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Bind them down by the chains of the Constitution where they can do no mischief. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In 1937, President Franklin Roosevelt reminded us that the Constitution is, and I quote, "a layman's document, not a lawyer's contract." — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas… — Sam Houston Copy Share Image
We have a tremendous lack of knowledge of how far we have gotten away from the Constitution of the United States. Democrats… — Paul Broun Copy Share Image
Upon the whole I doubt whether the Benefits of opposition to the Constitution opposition to the Constitution will not ultimately be productive… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Much of the Constitution is remarkably simple and straightforward - certainly as compared to the convoluted reasoning of judges and law professors… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Cease to brag to me of America, and its model institutions and constitutions. America, too, will have to strain its energies, crack… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
We cannot simply speak out against an escalation of troops in Iraq, we must act to prevent it... There can be no… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
What the framers of the Constitution tried to achieve when they wrote that Constitution back in the 1700s was an independent federal… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
An independent judiciary does not mean judges independent of the Constitution from which they derive their power or independent of the laws… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The Constitution guarantees us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's all. It doesn't guarantee our rights to… — Jesse Ventura Copy Share Image
Jesus is not from Georgia. Jesus does not speak English. And Jesus is not a member of the NRA. — Robert Wright Copy Share Image
After all, our Constitution was intended as a popular document. It was drafted and ratified by the people. It established democratic institutions.… — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
Some of the conflict of interest laws do apply to the president, particularly The Emoluments Clause to "The Constitution," which prohibits any… — Reince Priebus Copy Share Image
Encroachment upon the powers and rights of States also goes against the grain of the Constitution and federal principles. — Pinarayi Vijayan Copy Share Image
We're talking about the responsibility, my responsibility according to the Syrian constitution that said we have to defend ourselves. — Bashar al-Assad Copy Share Image
How will we defend ourselves if the Patriot Act expires? Well, perhaps we could just rely on the Constitution and demonstrate exactly… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Each member of the community gives himself to it at the instant of its constitution, just as he actually is, himself and… — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
