The American Constitution, one of the few modern political documents drawn up by men who were forced by the sternest circumstances to… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
It is my belief that there are "absolutes" in our Bill of Rights, and that they were put there on purpose by… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The president is the high priest of what sociologist Robert Bellah calls the 'American civil religion.' The president must invoke the name… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
I do not believe in lawyers, in that mode of attacking or defending a man, because you descend to meet the judge… — Henry David Thoreau 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
In a sense we've come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Most Southern soldiers viewed the driving issue to be sovereignty rather than slavery. Love of the Union was palpably stronger in the… — Jim Webb Copy Share Image
The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. In this respect his authority would be… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
First, the constitution ought to secure a genuine and guard against a select militia, by providing that the militia shall always be… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“Here we have, by prominent spokesmen of both political parties, an unqualified repudiation of the principle of limited government. There is no… — Barry M. Goldwater Copy Share Image
The constitution of the United States is to receive a reasonable interpretation of its language, and its powers, keeping in view the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Because this law could mean so much or so little, it held potential for causing great mischief in the world of art… — John Frohnmayer Copy Share Image
Very few Black people ever embraced back to Africa movements, and very few actually, a tiny number actually went back to Africa.… — Henry Louis Gates 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children's lives can change by all of these appellate court judges who will… — Johnnie Cochran Copy Share Image
What all these lofty and vague phrases boil down to is that the court can impose things that the voters don't want… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“When the scientific experts finished giving their testimony, the presiding judge asked Van Meegeren if he had any comments...He then added dryly… — Jonathan Lopez Copy Share Image
For years, I've had a hankering for the portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis. Franklin is credited with so many inventions:… — Jon Bon Jovi Copy Share Image
Supreme Court nominees should be individuals who not only understand, but truly respect the equal roles and responsibilities of different branches of… — Chuck Grassley Copy Share Image
But he said Blanket Hill should be a national monument. And so we came out of his chambers feeling, though while we… — William Kunstler Copy Share Image
In this relation, then, the proposed government cannot be deemed a national one; since its jurisdiction extends to certain enumerated objects only,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Experience teaches that for most people there is a limit beyond which their constitution cannot comply with the demands of civilization. All… — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves,… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If someone has a Muslim background and they're willing to reject those tenets and to accept the way of life that we… — Benjamin Carson Copy Share Image
This constitution we designate by the word genotype. The word is entirely independent of any hypothesis; it is fact, not hypothesis that… — Wilhelm Johannsen 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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![“[T]he opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves, in their, own sphere of action, but for the Legislature and Executive also in their spheres, would make the Judiciary a despotic branch.” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cfa/thomas-jefferson-43_action_t-he-opinion-which-gives-to-the-judges-t_2055401.jpg)
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