New Jersey was threatened like no other region in this country and what we did was we took action within the constitution… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
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Well, today, we are in the struggle brought on to us by the terrorists of Islam. It is a war that we… — Todd Tiahrt Copy Share Image
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The Constitution of the United States of America clearly affirms the right of every American citizen to bear arms. And as Americans,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
[The Constitution] will not be saved in Washington. It will be saved by the citizens of this nation who love and cherish… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The national government was itself the creature of the States...Yet today it is often made to appear that the creature, Frankenstein-like, is… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
I want to appoint Supreme Court justices who understand the way the world really works, who have real-life experience, who have not… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is not the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Interpreters, when challenged on their manipulations, tell us the Constitution was written for a different and simpler time. Actually, the genius of… — Mark David Ledbetter Copy Share Image
“Earlier in [2007] the [Prime Minister's Office] had also drawn criticism for trying to muzzle the judiciary. The reproach came from Antonio… — Lawrence Martin Copy Share Image
I want to say to every man, the Constitution of the United States, as formed by our fathers, was dictated, was revealed,… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Two Soviets . . . were talking to each other. And one of them asked, "What's the difference between the Soviet Constitution… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The provisions of the Constitution are not mathematical formulas having their essence in their form; they are organic, living institutions transplanted from… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Government means always coercion and compulsion and is by necessity the opposite of liberty. Government is a guarantor of liberty and is… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
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I go where the revolution is, and the revolution is Ron Paul. Ron Paul is a champion of the Constitution. He's about… — Christine Ebersole Copy Share Image
[In the case of] dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are parties thereto, have… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Merrick Garland was the most qualified nominee, not just in our lifetimes but perhaps in the history of the United States Supreme… — Neal Katyal Copy Share Image
The Left regards the Constitution as defective and outmoded - in part because it impedes the government's ability to control institutions, like… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
In the span of three years, the Iraqi people participated in three elections, drafted a constitution, and elected a new government. While… — Tim Murphy Copy Share Image
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But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe...that the best test of truth… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
“Judge not,' it has been said, but being a juryman can be a pleasant occupation when one is not weighing up human… — Claudio Magris 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
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
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
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
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
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
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![“Earlier in [2007] the [Prime Minister's Office] had also drawn criticism for trying to muzzle the judiciary. The reproach came from Antonio Lamer, the former chief justice of the Supreme Court…'I must say I was taken aback,' said Lamer, who sat on the Supreme Court for twenty years. 'The prime…” quote by Lawrence Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/d56/lawrence-martin-40750_canadian-politics_earlier-in-2007-the-prime-minister-s-off_2163281.jpg)
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