Constitution Quotes · Page 49

I pledge to respect and protect the constitution and the law of my country and to carry out my duties to the…

— Heinz Fischer

Judge Sotomayor is a liberal judicial activist of the first order who thinks her own personal political agenda is more important that…

— Anonymous

Our mandate is to be a nation of laws. And the Supreme Court is the place where we look to safeguard our…

— Frank Lautenberg

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.

— Benjamin Franklin

It was one of the compromises of the Constitution that the slave property in the Southern States should be recognized as property…

— Jefferson Davis

The powers contained in a constitution...ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good.

— Alexander Hamilton

“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

Our Constitution recognises no other power than that of persuasion, for enforcing religious observances.

— Richard Mentor Johnson

The Constitution's framers intended to restrict central authority to the few areas that could not be handled by states. The drafters would…

— Doug Bandow

Our courts provide a neutral forum for the adjudication of disputes under the law, not based on economic or political power, on…

— Jon Kyl

We want perfect elections, not just any kind of elections. And it's the electoral commission that organizes elections in the country -…

— Joseph Kabila

And that law of the land which is constitutional, supporting that principle of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges, belongs to all…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Judges ought to be more learned, than witty, more reverend, than plausible, and more advised, than confident. Above all things, integrity is…

— Francis Bacon

The most extravagant idea that can be born in the head of a political thinker is to believe that it suffices for…

— Anonymous

I was pleased to see that Chief Justice [John] Roberts refused to prejudge issues or make promises in exchange for confirmation votes.…

— Jon Kyl

While writing this book [Lincoln in the Bardo], [idea of inclusion] occurred to me, you either believe in the Constitution or you…

— George Saunders

Resolved, That the General Assembly of Virginia, doth unequivocally express a firm resolution to maintain and defend the Constitution of the United…

— James Madison

In America, you are not required to offer food to the hungry or shelter the homeless. There is no ordinance forcing you…

— Pope Paul VI

There are two visions of America. One precedes our founding fathers and finds its roots in the harshness of our Puritan past.…

— Sherwin Wine

“Executive power thus could be exercised adjacent to legislation without actually trespassing on legislative power. The executive, for example, could make regulations…

— Philip Hamburger

All from other lands, who by the terms of [congressional] laws and a compliance with their provisions become naturalized, are adopted citizens…

— John Bingham

Some men look at Constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them, like the ark of the covenant, too sacred to be touched.…

— Thomas Jefferson

As the patriots of seventy-six did to the support of the Declaration of Independence, so to the support of the Constitution and…

— Abraham Lincoln

I desire to call attention to the fact that the united, well ordered American home is one of the greatest contributing factors…

— David O. McKay

I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution.

— Barack Obama

My definition of secularism is very clear. The sole religion of the Government is Nation First, the holy book is the Constitution.

— Narendra Modi

Now whatever you think of the liberal agenda on its merits, until very recently nobody thought the Constitution meant what liberals now…

— Joseph Sobran

We enjoy freedom and the rule of law on which it depends, not because we deserve it, but because others before us…

— Thomas Sowell

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

Knowledge of constitution is the key for a holistic and integral health care, the true basis of any preventative medicine.

— Vasant Lad

Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one…

— Daniel Webster

The Founding Fathers built our judicial system to withstand the special interest pressures that beset the political branches of government.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

I am a constitutionalist. I believe in the constitution. I don't believe in altering the constitution.

— Andrew Breitbart

Our country is being radically altered, step by step, by Justices who are not following any law.

— Robert Bork

I propose . . . . The conformity of the proposed Constitution to the true principles of republican government.

— Alexander Hamilton

If the people of Utah shall peacefully form a State Constitution tolerating polygamy, will the Democracy admit them into the Union?

— Abraham Lincoln

I freely acknowledge myself the servant of the people, according to the bond of service - the United States Constitution; and that,…

— Abraham Lincoln

I swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution when I joined the Navy over 25 years ago.

— Ronny Jackson

Secularism is not only in our constitution but also in our veins. We worship Mother Nature too. We believe that the world…

— Narendra Modi

Everybody is presumed to know the law except His Majesty's judges, who have a Court of Appeal set over them to put…

— William Henry Maule