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
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
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
[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 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
President Ronald Reagan used to speak of the Soviet constitution, and he noted that it purported to grant wonderful rights of all… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
American patriotism is generally something that amuses Europeans, I suppose because children look idiotic saluting the flag and because the constitution contains… — Katharine Whitehorn Copy Share Image
Our present condition is, Legislation without law; wisdom without a plan; a constitution without a name; and, what is strangely astonishing, perfect… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The equal protection standard of the constitution has one clear and central meaning - it absolutely prohibits invidious [repugnant] discrimination by government...Under… — Potter Stewart Copy Share Image
Judges... are picked out from the most dextrous lawyers, who are grown old or lazy, and having been biased all their lives… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Impeachment appears six times in the U.S. Constitution. The Founders weren't concerned with anything more than with impeachment because they had lived… — Ramsey Clark Copy Share Image
Resolved, That the General Assembly of Virginia, doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United… — James Madison Copy Share Image
In America, you are not required to offer food to the hungry or shelter the homeless. There is no ordinance forcing you… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Karzai is Afghanistan's first democratically elected president. He brought the international community into partnership on an unprecedented level, and he championed a… — Chris Alexander Copy Share Image
I desire to call attention to the fact that the united, well ordered American home is one of the greatest contributing factors… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we're facing right now have to do with [the president] trying to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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“He was a judge which meant he was a man of the law. However, Kevin, Benjamin, Frankie, and Pastor Caine would need… — Genevieve D. Woods Copy Share Image
I have litigated in my private life, and I will say there are many reasons why a judge could be recused from… — Matt Gaetz Copy Share Image
The right response when, in the army, you are given an unlawful order, is to refuse that order. The right response of… — Alan Keyes 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 chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where there are… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Going back all the way to the founding, there was a recognition that in the same way that you need the Constitution… — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
I tend to agree with those who say that a justice's duty is to the Constitution and that it is thus more… — Amy Coney Barrett 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
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
It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration,… — George Washington 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
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
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
[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
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
“Individual guarantees stated in writing in the constitution are of no use to a nation if it is not the people, but… — Faustino Ballve Copy Share Image
The chief aim of their constitution is that, whenever public needs permit, all citizens should be free, so far as possible, to… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
What I am saying is that Donald Trump can still get a lot of votes from a lot of conservatives like me,… — Mike Lee 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
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
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
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
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