Constitution Quotes · Page 50

I'm a constitutionalist. You know, does faith matter to me? Sure. But the beauty of the Constitution, the beauty of the First…

— Ted Cruz

Our founders insisted that protecting the states' power to govern themselves was vital to limit the power of Washington and preserve freedom.

— Mike Pence

The dignity of the Constitution should be safeguarded in education, language, culture, authority, economy and administration.

— M. K. Stalin

Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.

— John Cornyn

The Republic is one and can't be divided: That's the Constitution! It means the Republic can't ground its action on local community…

— Marine Le Pen

“The Koran likewise. The Magna Carta. The American Constitution. Billions of people govern their lives by those words. Society has been altered…

— Steve Berry

The very inclusion of the right to keep and bear arms in the Bill of Rights shows that the framers of the…

— Samuel Ray Cummings

I've spent my whole life fighting for free-market principles and the Constitution. That's not going to change.

— Ted Cruz

Freedom of conscience is a natural right, both antecedent and superior to all human laws and institutions whatever; a right which laws…

— John Goodwin

I'm a straight shooter: I'll stand with the people of Montana and President Trump to support Kavanaugh's nomination because there is no…

— Matt Rosendale

If it's lawful to have a rifle club to kill pheasants, it should be just as lawful to have one to kill…

— Malcolm X

We know that this man has a proven record of being a 'strict constructionist.' Our President has given us his word that…

— Rod Parsley

“When the scientific experts finished giving their testimony, the presiding judge asked Van Meegeren if he had any comments...He then added dryly…

— Jonathan Lopez

What all these lofty and vague phrases boil down to is that the court can impose things that the voters don't want…

— Thomas Sowell

The president appoints the judges. Your lives and your children's lives can change by all of these appellate court judges who will…

— Johnnie Cochran

For years, I've had a hankering for the portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis. Franklin is credited with so many inventions:…

— Jon Bon Jovi

We established however some, although not all its [self-government] important principles . The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all…

— Thomas Jefferson

Karzai is Afghanistan's first democratically elected president. He brought the international community into partnership on an unprecedented level, and he championed a…

— Chris Alexander

The preamble to the Constitution states: "We, the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish…

— P. J. O'Rourke

In America, one of the great liberal documents of the world is the Declaration of Independence. One of the great conservative documents…

— Jim Rohn

“Another view of the Constitution was put forward early in the twentieth century by the historian Charles Beard (arousing anger and indignation,…

— Howard Zinn

“What is the Liberty of the Press? Who can give it any definition which does not leave the utmost latitude for evasion?…

— David Alan Corbin

And to me, that is the greatest danger, that people start questioning basic facts and start not understanding the importance of democratic…

— Ted Lieu

Whatever may be the judgement pronounced on the competency of the architects of the Constitution, or whatever may be the destiny of…

— James Madison

I like to think that the court will continue to be held in high regard by the public. I think it should…

— Sandra Day O'Connor

I call the present system 'Post-Constitutional America.' As I sometimes put it, the U.S. Constitution poses no serious threat to our form…

— Joseph Sobran

The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes…

— Simon Sinek

The Constitution needs allegiance and loyalty and renewal and understanding with each generation, or else it's not going to last.

— Anthony Kennedy

If judicial review means anything, it is that judicial restraint does not allow everything.

— Don Willett

Just because a majority of the Supreme Court declares something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.

— Rand Paul

Constitutional interpretation is not the business of the Court only, but also properly the business of all branches of government.

— Edwin Meese

A constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom.

— Anonymous

Our plans protect freedom and opportunity, and our blueprint is the Constitution of the United States.

— Mitt Romney

The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen's behavior, it was writtne to restrain the government's behavior.

— Rand Paul

This is the most historic moment in Supreme Court history in our lifetime, no question about it. These are justices who are…

— Jay Alan Sekulow

I've passed on a number of bills. I've studied the Constitution myself. I am reasonably well educated.

— Dianne Feinstein

The Constitution was framed in order to form a more perfect union, not to establish mass confusion

— Byron Goines

The Constitution gives you the right to a lawyer, but it doesn't allow you the right to a good reputation.

— Eric Dezenhall

I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention-being ... almost sure, they will ... lay the foundation of a Civil War.

— Elbridge Gerry

One is either judge or accused. The judge sits, the accused stands. Live on your feet.

— Jean Cocteau