Democracy is always, by nature and constitution, the triumph of mediocrity. — Indro Montanelli Copy Share Image
“The Constitution is awesome, but still overrated; it’s like Pet Sounds. The” — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Being in Christ, and united to Him, is the fundamental constitution of a Christian. — Thomas Goodwin Copy Share Image
Thieves for their robbery have authority When judges steal themselves. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The jury system puts a ban upon intelligence and honesty and a premium upon ignorance, stupidity and perjury. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. — John Adams Copy Share Image
Ted Cruz will point Americans back to the principles established by our Constitution enabling you to live free. — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
But while the American Constitution was the child of war, ours grew out of discussion, bargaining and negotiation. — John Allen Fraser Copy Share Image
The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society. — Constance Baker Motley Copy Share Image
That's why I believe in a Constitution which separates church from state. I've seen what happens when they get in cahoots. — Craig Ferguson Copy Share Image
“the new league, however, this structure was promising: it was a constitutional carapace that sheltered” — Neil Hegarty Copy Share Image
The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
For the last 25 years, myself and everybody in UKIP has worked to restore our country's former status as an independent, democratic… — Gerard Batten Copy Share Image
Now, how do you explain Obama's claim, that he can kill American citizens without due process? Well, he has his attorney general… — Ray McGovern Copy Share Image
I think [Donald Trump] does understand that. We talked a great deal about the separation on power and the constitution. And we're… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
The ancients of the ideal description, instead of trying to turn their impracticable chimeras, as does the modern dreamer, into social and… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
No one understands that the First Amendment is only important if you are going to offend somebody. If you're not going to… — Larry Flynt Copy Share Image
Even beyond policy considerations, Romneycare was a horrible model to suggest for the federal government because the Constitution does not give Congress… — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
“US Constitution is unconstitutional.” – Circuit Judges Alfred T. Goodwin and Stephen Reinhardt, Federal Appeals Court, San Francisco, 2002 (overturned) “US Constitution… — Austin Dragon Copy Share Image
So many struggled so that all of us could have a voice in this great democracy and live up to the first… — Kerry Washington Copy Share Image
In the blood-heat of pursuing the enemy, many people are forgetting what we are fighting for. We are fighting for our hard-won… — Julia Child Copy Share Image
There is no basis in text, tradition, or even in contemporary practice (if that were enough), for finding in the Constitution a… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
...it is not only the general principles of justice that are infringed, or at least set aside, by the exclusion of women,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
The President, and government, will only control the militia when a part of them is in the actual service of the federal… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Everything we did was done in form and with propriety, and the result of our proceedings is the document [the Quebec Resolutions]… — Thomas D'Arcy McGee Copy Share Image
We have much to contribute to the world; ways of knowing and being that are going to be essential to everyone's survival… — Patrick Dodson Copy Share Image
Empathy - that is, caring about people and acting responsibly on that care, not just for yourself, but for others - this… — George Lakoff Copy Share Image
“This country was founded by people who were worried about government power—who knew that you cannot trust people in power. So they… — Historica Press Copy Share Image