“No one knows the powers that are latent in his constitution. Called forth by imminent dangers, our efforts frequently exceed our most… — Charles Brockden Brown Copy Share Image
The court's job is to uphold the Constitution and you don't call that off in times of crisis. Would the framers have… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
To take a single step beyond the text would be to take possession of a boundless field of power. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
No clause in the Constitution could by any rule of construction be conceived to give to congress a power to disarm the… — William Rawle Copy Share Image
We must remember that we have to make judges out of men, and that by being made judges their prejudices are not… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Why should I resign ... First of all, I am not guilty of any of these charges. Second, we have a constitution… — Joseph Estrada Copy Share Image
Appellate review is not a magic wand and we undermine public confidence in the judicial process when we make it look like… — Alex Kozinski 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
[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
But I think it is hardly an argument against a man's general strength of character, that he should be apt to be… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I think the president, very simply, has never read a copy of the Constitution. I think that that's true. He's just never… — John Kiriakou Copy Share Image
Last comes the class of persons, of nervous organization and enfeebled vigour, whose sensual appetite craves highly seasoned dishes, men of a… — Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
We must educate ourselves and others about our precious civil liberties to ensure that we never accept demands that we give up… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Every lawyer of experience comes to know (more or less unconsciously) that in the great majority of cases, the precedents are none… — Jerome Frank Copy Share Image
This is one thing that's very interesting, how the people on the left always talk about separation of church and state. When… — Allen West Copy Share Image
Emergency does not increase granted power or remove or diminish the restrictions imposed upon power granted or reserved. The Constitution was adopted… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon law and upon courts. These are false… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
I believe all Americans are born with certain inalienable rights. As a child of God, I believe my rights are not derived… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
If you could extend the elective franchise to all persons of color who can read the Constitution of the United States in… — Andrew Johnson Copy Share Image
I believe our nation is at a point where there are enough irreconcilable differences between those Americans who want to control other… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
In all cases where incidental powers are acted upon, the principal and incidental ought to be congenial with each other, and partake… — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
“But Hamilton lost the day, Jefferson won, and we have a Bill of Rights built into our Constitution that, as Hamilton feared,… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
I am not a spokesperson for the church and the church is not a spokesperson for the United States of America. — John F. Kerry Copy Share Image
For those who possess and can wield arms are in a position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We've got a deeply flawed political system with an insane overreaching extremist element, with a Supreme Court that is completely loony. — Lizz Winstead Copy Share Image
Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed, — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
Our country today is at a stage in our foreign policy similar to that crucial point in our nation's early history when… — Walter Cronkite Copy Share Image
I must acknowledge God. It says so in the Constitution of Alabama. It says so in the First Amendment of the Constitution. — Roy Moore Copy Share Image
We have to yet really seriously debate the constitutional issues and whether or not we're willing to give up more freedom in… — William Cohen Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment to our Constitution is clear. The right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Judges have to have the humility to recognize that they operate within a system of precedent, shaped by other judges equally striving… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
There is a Constitutional right of expression in speech any opinion good or bad only reveals the words are unique. — Denise Clark Copy Share Image
Despite the enormous role that local government plays in our daily lives, the constitution makes not one mention of it. — Anthony Albanese Copy Share Image
“We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is.” LIAR! HYPOCRITE! TRAITOR!” — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
I dreamed even after I laid down my rifle I would continue to uphold my oath to defend the Constitution. — Dan Crenshaw Copy Share Image
Our Founding Fathers drafted the Bill of Rights to ensure that We the People could determine how best to protect our communities. — Mike Quigley Copy Share Image
“In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the discharge of duties my guide will be the Constitution, which I this day swear to preserve, protect, and defend. — Zachary Taylor Copy Share Image
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