“Oh it's terrible when the one who does the judging judges things all wrong.” — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men. — Gerald R Ford Copy Share Image
Bind them down by the chains of the Constitution where they can do no mischief. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Every constitutional standard is engaged in difficult but important line-drawing. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Where in the Constitution is the separation of church and state? — Christine O'Donnell Copy Share Image
[The British constitution] presumes more boldly than any other the good sense and the good faith of those who work it. — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
We have this extraordinarily unbalanced constitution, in which we have an elected dictatorship of the prime minister. — David Starkey Copy Share Image
I follow a set of principles; I follow the Constitution. And that's what I base my votes on. Limited government, economic freedom,… — Justin Amash Copy Share Image
The Constitution gives the president of the United States an extraordinarily wide grant of authority to use the power of the pardon. — Newt Gingrich Copy Share Image
“The Constitution itself, the DNA of the country, can be altered by the collective will of the people, making America a self-evolving… — Bryant McGill Copy Share Image
The same Constitution that allows her the right, if she wants to, to sit there and say nothing, allows these groups the… — Trey Gowdy Copy Share Image
We are the nation's watchmen, no other people collectively love the Constitution and honor it and hold it as a divinely inspired… — Vaughn J Featherstone Copy Share Image
The sovereignty of America has just been eroded in plain daylight by Clinton and the Congress, who take an oath to the… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
Even before the hearings that led to confirmation of Chief Justice Roberts, senators were saying they were reserving judgment on how they… — Dana Perino Copy Share Image
No matter what a candidate for president may say during the campaign, once someone is sworn in, they are constrained by the… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the… — Salmon P. Chase Copy Share Image
It is preposterous that the current members of the United States Senate and all of their predecessors for more than 200 years… — John Jay Hooker Copy Share Image
“James Madison made clear in Federalist 51 that that this elaborate structure—today often derided as “ gridlock ”—was created to protect individual… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We only have the public's belief in the rule of law and willingness to follow what it is that we decide. And… — Ketanji Brown Jackson Copy Share Image
The evil of the actual disparity in their ages (and Mr. Woodhouse had not married early) was much increased by his constitution… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
In the 2012 election, Obamacare, as it's called, and I'll be more polite - the ACA ...was a major issue in the… — John McCain Copy Share Image
Great part of that order which reigns among mankind is not the effect of government. It has its origin in the principles… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
You are also asked to take an oath, and that's the oath of service. The oath of service is not to secrecy,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
One year ago, on this occasion, I called your attention to the abuses that had crept into the distribution of our public… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
“conclusion was certainly true in peacetime, but buried in the legislation that created FCDA was a separate section, Title III, that granted… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
The soul sins therefore because, while aiming at good, it makes mistakes about the good, because it is not primary essence. And… — Sallust Copy Share Image
And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble. — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image