Constitution Quotes · Page 38

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each…

— Hugo Black

The state (the U.S. Constitution) has not the right to leave every man free to profess and embrace whatever religion he may…

— Pope Pius IX

As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.

— Anthony Kennedy

Judicial excellence requires candor before confirmation. We are being asked to give the nominee enormous power.

— Herb Kohl

The pest of society are the egotist, they are dull and bright, sacred and profane, course and fine. It is a disease…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries.

— Al Franken

Judges are human beings. We have a duty that we focus on and that we take seriously.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

[One] principle that actuated the lives of the fathers who founded our Constitution was faith in God.

— David O. McKay

While the seeming independence of the federal judiciary has played a vital part in making its actions virtual Holy Writ for the…

— Murray Rothbard

The benefits of the constitution and laws are alike for all; and the great Elohim has given me the privilege of having…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

I don't want to know about the constitution of the rapist--I want to kill him! I don't care if he is white…

— Diamanda Galas

The Constitution separated the ideologies and values of the Church from the State, and leaders of the State were thus educated in…

— Mike Medavoy

I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution of the United States there is on the earth. In my feelings I am…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

“When writing the constitution for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, John Adams wrote: I must judge for myself, but how can I judge,…

— John Adams

The best way to have empathy for people and the best way to have empathy for our Constitution is to appoint judges…

— Wendy Long

We're all collectors by nature. But if you're talking about an orderly life, there has to be a stop sign somewhere. Building…

— Albert Hadley

The important distinction so well understood in America between a constitution established by the people, and unalterable by the government; and a…

— James Madison

“it was not until 1937 that Justice Curdozo of the US Supreme Court formulated for the first time the concept of fundamental…

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly

Today, no less than five Supreme Court justices are on record, either through their opinions or speeches (or both), that they will…

— Anonymous

To refer the power in question to the clause "to provide for the common defense and general welfare" would be contrary to…

— James Madison

For in a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however unruly or…

— John F. Kennedy

“Pissed off by the lies, misrepresentations, and outright horseshit, I decided it was time to strike back. It was time to reclaim…

— Ed Asner

It has been my pleasure to speak at many Federalist Society gatherings around the country, and I think one thing your organization…

— Nadine Strossen

Of the Logos which is as I describe it men always prove to be uncomprehending, both before they have heard it and…

— Heraclitus

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those…

— Angela Davis

I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the…

— Robert Byrd

Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not be carved into the U.S. Constitution.

— Jay Inslee

In the Constitution, there is no idea of a political party. It is representatives of every constituency because it is so vibrant…

— Prakash Raj

The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer…

— Nelson Algren

This principle that judges are not politicians lies at the very heart of a judicial job - of the judicial job description.

— Orrin Hatch

We have to give ourselves a constitution which marks the birth of Europe as a political entity.

— Romano Prodi

We are attempting, by this Constitution, to abolish factions, and to unite all parties for the general welfare.

— Alexander Hamilton

The people are sovereign and the Constitution is supreme. There is no one greater than the people.

— Franco Debono

The united, well-ordered American home is one of the greatest contributing factors to the preservation of the Constitution of the United States.

— David O. McKay

We all need good laws, and an independent, impartial, and efficient judiciary to verify the constitutionality of those laws.

— Rohini Nilekani

I don't care about the Constitution! The Constitution isn't here; you're here. Don't be a pinhead.

— Bill O'Reilly

We have dozens and dozens and dozens of judicial nominees up there waiting and we have a court system that's crying out…

— Joe Lockhart

The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld.

— Michael Newdow

What I've learned over the years... judges are conscientious... not like lawyers, who give opinions.

— Richard Cordray

“The constitution of a country should not violate the constitutions of its citizens.”

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec