The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals. — Lenny Bruce 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
I love this country because I didn't always have it. Freedom, food, water that is clean, Constitution - these are not things… — Sayed Badreya Copy Share Image
“Constitutional democracy, you see, is no romantic notion. It's our defense against ourselves, the one foe who might defeat us.” — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government. — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The federal judiciary is unlike the other branches of government. And once confirmed, a federal judge serves for life. And there's no… — Patrick Leahy Copy Share Image
My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it… — James Meredith Copy Share Image
There are a lot of wonderful people in America who shouldn't be on the Supreme Court - and a lot who should… — David Frum Copy Share Image
[I]n constitutional adjudication some steps, which when taken were thought to approach 'the verge,' have become the platform for yet further steps.… — Warren E. Burger Copy Share Image
During my years as a practicing lawyer, it just was part of your study of what Congress was trying to say in… — John Paul Stevens Copy Share Image
“The Constitution of 1787, under which we still live, was made by a small class to further the interests of that class.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
What is the constitution of the universe? The universe is the manifestation of the divine thought; the thought of God embodies itself… — Annie Besant Copy Share Image
If there is trouble in the country, neither I nor my people made it, and all that we have ever done, after… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
…I am sure that the dangers of this system (the Federal Constitution) are real, when those who have no similar interest with… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Push the envelope too far as a female artist, and you may only earn an ocean of ink expressing concern for your… — Michelle Dean Copy Share Image
I think even though the court is moving toward trying to translate the Constitution into a digital age, there was that wonderful… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
The public welfare demands that constitutional cases must be decided according to the terms of the Constitution itself, and not according to… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
Patriotic feelings will surely swell, prompting proud proclamations of the wisdom, foresight, and sense of justice shared by the Framers and reflected… — Thurgood Marshall Copy Share Image
I am a Republican because I believe in the constitution, strength in national defense, limited government, individual freedom, and personal responsibility as… — Martha Raye Copy Share Image
The absence of utopianism in the Constitution, law, and traditional political culture has been ... important in limiting expectations concerning what can… — Jeane Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the Judges in the courts of law are more likely to be exposed to conflicts and disputes where the utility of… — Henrietta Newton Martin Copy Share Image
A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle...… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In every age states of varying size and constitution and at every level of development have found naval warfare to be one… — Nicholas Rodger Copy Share Image
First reason is, it's not authorized in the Constitution, it's an illegal institution. The second reason, it's an immoral institution, because we… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
One is entitled to say without qualification that the correlation between prior judicial experience and fitness for the Supreme Court is zero. — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
We hold that the Constitution does not forbid the states minor intrusions into an individual's body under stringently limited conditions. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . . — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
The nation's first experiment with the income tax was tried at this time; another violation of the Constitution. — G. Edward Griffin Copy Share Image
If congress has the right under the Constitution to issue paper money, it was given them to use themselves, not to be… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
The great cause of revolutions is this, that while nations move onward, constitutions stand still. — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
“A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” — John Adams Copy Share Image
We believe in enjoying the constitutional privilege and right of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own consciences. — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
“That’s so, said the judge. They do not have to have a reason. But order is not set aside because of their… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
Our Constitution recognises no other power than that of persuasion, for enforcing religious observances. — Richard Mentor Johnson Copy Share Image
It was one of the compromises of the Constitution that the slave property in the Southern States should be recognized as property… — Jefferson Davis Copy Share Image
The powers contained in a constitution...ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good. — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Knowledge of constitution is the key for a holistic and integral health care, the true basis of any preventative medicine. — Vasant Lad Copy Share Image
We enjoy freedom and the rule of law on which it depends, not because we deserve it, but because others before us… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The Constitution says that troops can be in the Philippines if there's a treaty that provides for it, and we have two… — Gloria Macapagal Arroyo Copy Share Image
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