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
We need to be very careful when considering whether or not to change the constitution to accept same-sex marriage as this issue… — Shinzo Abe Copy Share Image
The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution… — Bernard Bailyn Copy Share Image
I wish the constitution, which is offered, had been made more perfect; but I sincerely believe it is the best that could… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
Roosevelt got a chance to name an amazing nine justices of the Supreme Court. He was not namby-pamby on this question. He… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
And the president is all wrong when he maintains that a nominee should have an up-or-down vote. The Constitution doesn't say that.… — Robert Byrd Copy Share Image
We should know why paternalism, collectivism, or unnecessary federal supervision will hold our standard of living down and reduce productivity just as… — Ezra Taft Benson 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
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
Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
The bigotry is so virulent that it may be time to make Christians a protected class. Right now 'Christo-phobia' and 'Biblo-phobia' are… — E.W. Jackson Copy Share Image
Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
In referendums in 2005, the Dutch and the French electorates rejected the European Constitution, which aimed to turn the E.U. into a… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
To hold that Congress has general police power would be to hold that it may accomplish objects not intrusted to the general… — Melville Fuller Copy Share Image
“The Constitution, the National Assembly, the dynastic parties, the blue and the red republicans, the heroes of Africa, the thunder from the… — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
There are three qualifications required in those who have to fill the highest offices, - (1) first of all, loyalty to the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Justice Rehnquist was friendly and unpretentious. He wore scuffed Hush Puppy shoes. That was my first lesson. Clothes do not make the… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
The advent of the civil rights movement during the 50s and 60s made it very plain crystal clear to me that we… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
I think it is appropriate that we pay tribute to this great constitutional principle which is enshrined in the First Amendment of… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Gary Lawson observes: “The modern administrative state is not merely unconstitutional; it is anti-constitutional. The Constitution was designed specifically to prevent the… — Philip Hamburger Copy Share Image
I have to make the very best judgments I can make in terms of what's gonna keep the American people safe. And… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Judicial excellence requires an understanding that the law is more than an intellectual game and more than a mental exercise. He or… — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
It has been thought that the people are not competent electors of judges learned in the law. But I do not know… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
When did it become the law of the land that the Supreme Court has the final say on anything? They cannot have… — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
I remain mindful that the role of a judge is a limited one and that judges can't solve every problem. But at… — David Stras Copy Share Image
The Left has taken over the universities and, increasingly, high schools and elementary schools. It dominates the news and entertainment media. And… — Dennis Prager Copy Share Image
When you can say, I get up in the morning to protect the American people and uphold the Constitution, it keeps people… — Christopher A. Wray Copy Share Image
I am actually what my age and my upbringing have made me - a bourgeois who adheres to the British constitution, adheres… — E. M. Forster Copy Share Image
The Judge does not make the law. It is people that make the law. Therefore if a law is unjust, and if… — Alan Paton Copy Share Image
Labor Day, I suppose set by an Act of Congress. Everything we do nowadays is either by, or against, Acts of Congress.… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Judges have no actual power of enforcement. They don't have troops to carry out orders. They have no power of the purse.… — Nina Totenberg Copy Share Image
With regard to the Constitution, the power to create 'a uniform rule of naturalization' does not rest in Article II, but in… — Kayleigh McEnany Copy Share Image
Our state has a balanced budget. We have to live within our means in the state of Wyoming. I was in the… — John Barrasso Copy Share Image
There is one way, only one way to solve it, and that is through legislation. It cannot be through an unconstitutional executive… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
There are dull and bright, sacred and profane, coarse and fine egotists. It is a disease that, like influenza, falls on all… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Appointments to the higher judiciary must be through transparent processes, which ensure that persons of impeccable integrity and high competence are appointed… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
I find no fault with the Constitution or laws of our country, they are good enough. It is the abuse of those… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
On any other hypothesis, the delegation of judicial power would annul the authority delegating it; and the concurrence of this department with… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I do not accept that we cannot find a common sense way to preserve our traditions, including our basic second amendment freedoms… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
