This [the U.S. Constitution] is likely to be administered for a course of years and then end in despotism... when the people… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Now I realize it's fashionable in some circles to believe that no one in government should encourage others to read the Bible.… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is… — Polybius Copy Share Image
Now, take the Constitution according to its plain reading, and I defy the presentation of a single pro-slavery clause in it. On… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I took an oath when I became secretary of homeland security to defend and support the Constitution. — Kirstjen Nielsen Copy Share Image
The framers of our constitution had the sagacity to vest in Congress all implied powers: that is, powers necessary and proper to… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
If you're going to go into the movie business it is so full of heartbreak and you get so close and it… — John Buffalo Mailer Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, some of the African leaders employ various nefarious means to remain in office far beyond what their constitutions permit. — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Stop throwing the Constitution in my face. It's just a goddamned piece of paper! — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
I congratulate you and my country on the singular favor of heaven in the peaceable and auspicious settlement of our government upon… — John Hancock Copy Share Image
A period of about twelve years measured the beat of the pendulum. After the Declaration of Independence, twelve years had been needed… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
Therefore every person born within the United States, its territories or districts, whether the parents are citizens or aliens, is a natural… — William Rawle Copy Share Image
How can this full, perfect, just and supreme voice of the people, embodied in the Constitution, be brought to bear, habitually and… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
In battle, combatants engaged in war against America get no due process and may lawfully be killed. But citizens not in a… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The press is the only profession protected in the Constitution because of how important the framers viewed the press. But in authoritarian… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
We have this historic problem that we have a quarter of our population, the people of Quebec, who have never signed on… — Jack Layton Copy Share Image
All civil states, with their officers of justice, in their respective constitutions and administrations, are proved essentially civil, and therefore not judges,… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
Our Constitution works; our great republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here, the people rule. — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
In this country [the USA], you have got to tolerate things you do not like in order to preserve the First Amendment,… — Harvey Levin Copy Share Image
When asked to make the formal declaration that I did not intend to overthrow the Constitution of the United States, I was… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
“When it can be said by any country in the world, my poor are happy, neither ignorance nor distress is to be… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Perhaps more significant than his experience in Europe, though, was [John] Adams's experience in his own country, and his extensive reading on… — Gordon S. Wood 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
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