--- title: "13 Constitution American Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 13 Constitution American quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Constitution American sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/anonymous-1_american_in-the-constitution-of-the-american-repu_798657.jpg" --- > [In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division of governmental power for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-the-constitution-of-the-american-republic-there-was-a-deliberate/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/anonymous-1_american_in-the-constitution-of-the-american-repu_798657.jpg) > [Why would I be willing to challenge my Republican leadership? Because my allegiance will always be to the Constitution and the American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-salmon/why-would-i-be-willing-to-challenge-my-republican-leadership-because/) [Matt Salmon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matt-salmon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d2/matt-salmon-28680_allegiance_why-would-i-be-willing-to-challenge-my-r_714822.jpg) > [I have little patience with people who take the Bill of Rights for granted. The Bill of Rights, contained in the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-s-truman/i-have-little-patience-with-people-who-take-the-bill-of-rights-for/) [Harry S. Truman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-s-truman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d04/harry-s-truman-898_amendments_i-have-little-patience-with-people-who-t_1446468.jpg) > [“I don't believe in the Constitution because I'm American, I'm American because I believe in the Constitution.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jsb-morse/i-don-t-believe-in-the-constitution-because-i-m-american-i-m-american/) [JSB Morse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jsb-morse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebe/jsb-morse-72890_america_i-don-t-believe-in-the-constitution-beca_3213870.jpg) > [It may not be in the constitution, but every American has a god-given right to provinciality and ignorance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dov-davidoff/it-may-not-be-in-the-constitution-but-every-american-has-a-god-given/) [Dov Davidoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dov-davidoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2d/dov-davidoff-1381_constitution_it-may-not-be-in-the-constitution-but-ev_3080331.jpg) > [If sexual relations between consenting adults are not part of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Constitution, then American democracy is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coretta-scott-king/if-sexual-relations-between-consenting-adults-are-not-part-of-the/) [Coretta Scott King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coretta-scott-king/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/coretta-scott-king-3912_adults_if-sexual-relations-between-consenting-a_807880.jpg) > [If you call yourself an American that means that you have embraced the constitution, because that is what an American is. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/scott-ritter/if-you-call-yourself-an-american-that-means-that-you-have-embraced/) [Scott Ritter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/scott-ritter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff2/scott-ritter-13498_allegiance_if-you-call-yourself-an-american-that-me_349321.jpg) > [It is easy to respect secular Americans who hold fast to the Constitution and to American values generally. And any one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-prager/it-is-easy-to-respect-secular-americans-who-hold-fast-to-the/) [Dennis Prager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-prager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/682/dennis-prager-631_american_it-is-easy-to-respect-secular-americans_1320281.jpg) > [Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty, teeth and keystone under independence. The church,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/firearms-stand-next-in-importance-to-the-constitution-itself-they-are-2/) [George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/george-washington-257_amendment_firearms-stand-next-in-importance-to-the_2641632.jpg) > [A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-freeman-miller/a-constitution-in-the-american-sense-of-the-word-is-a-written/) [Samuel Freeman Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-freeman-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88f/samuel-freeman-miller-27559_american_a-constitution-in-the-american-sense-of_2914046.jpg) > [Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-webster/hold-on-my-friends-to-the-constitution-and-to-the-republic-for-which/) [Daniel Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-webster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b1/daniel-webster-2347_american-constitutio_hold-on-my-friends-to-the-constitution-a_2844681.jpg) > [And I should like to assure you, my Islamic friends, that under the American Constitution, under American tradition, and in American hearts,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-d-eisenhower/and-i-should-like-to-assure-you-my-islamic-friends-that-under-the/) [Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-d-eisenhower/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d36/dwight-d-eisenhower-499_america_and-i-should-like-to-assure-you-my-islam_422461.jpg) > [Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence… From the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/firearms-stand-next-in-importance-to-the-constitution-itself-they-are/) [George Washington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-washington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/george-washington-257_atmosphere_firearms-stand-next-in-importance-to-the_1342221.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/constitution-american/#itemlist", "name": "Constitution American Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division of governmental power for the very purpose of preventing unbridled majority rule.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-the-constitution-of-the-american-republic-there-was-a-deliberate/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/anonymous-1_american_in-the-constitution-of-the-american-repu_798657.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/anonymous-1_american_in-the-constitution-of-the-american-repu_798657.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed4/anonymous-1_american_in-the-constitution-of-the-american-repu_798657.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“In the Constitution of the American Republic there was a deliberate and very extensive and emphatic division…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Why would I be willing to challenge my Republican leadership? 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They are the American people's liberty, teeth and keystone under independence. The church, the plow, the prairie wagon and the citizen's firearms are indelibly related.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Washington" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-washington/firearms-stand-next-in-importance-to-the-constitution-itself-they-are-2/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/george-washington-257_amendment_firearms-stand-next-in-importance-to-the_2641632.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/george-washington-257_amendment_firearms-stand-next-in-importance-to-the_2641632.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/855/george-washington-257_amendment_firearms-stand-next-in-importance-to-the_2641632.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. 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