I haven't given up on my country. I believe in the potential. I believe in the Constitution. — Linda Sarsour Copy Share Image
Unequal group rights, the politics of redistribution and a Constitution whose meaning varies with changeable coalitions are a recipe for civil war. — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
When drafting our Constitution, the Founders took great care to ensure our military is above politics, that its leaders were civilians. — Nancy Mace Copy Share Image
Labour's constitutional blueprint is nothing less than a plan for the destruction of UK democracy. — John Redwood Copy Share Image
I think that the legitimacy of the court would be undermined in any case if the court made a decision based on… — Samuel Alito Copy Share Image
This is a time for a national conversation. A conversation about the document that binds us as a nation and a people.… — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle. — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression. — James K. Polk Copy Share Image
Judges decide upon copyright law. They decide upon trademark law. They decide upon scientific issues. They decide upon very complex technical issues… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that… — Elena Kagan Copy Share Image
The Constitution created a system of checks and balances designed to prevent the president from becoming a king or a dictator. Our… — Jessica Tarlov Copy Share Image
There is no reason to believe that in the face of statutory ambiguity, the meaning of federal law should be settled by… — Cass Sunstein Copy Share Image
[T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The question now was...whether that beautiful fabric [the English constitution]...was to be maintained in that freedom...for which blood had been spilt; or… — Charles James Fox Copy Share Image
How can those who are invested with the power of government be prevented from the abuse of those powers as the means… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
Even the country's first president chafed at the limits placed on him by the writers of the U.S. Constitution. From the nature… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me [as President] according to the safe and honest meaning contemplated… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
To the security of a free Constitution it [knowledge] contributes in various ways: by teaching the people themselves to know and to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Following in this tradition, Americans constitutions almost uniformly authorized American governments to act against their subjects only through and under law. As… — Philip Hamburger Copy Share Image
I remember George Mitchell - I was doing the Clarence Thomas hearing, and there were 48 senators declared they were not prepared… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
I believe in the separation of powers. If a judge crosses the line between interpreting and making the law, he has crossed… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
One day I was just looking at the coins is what brought this up. I saw "In God We Trust" on my… — Michael Newdow Copy Share Image
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetites…in proportion as… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
The honest and serious student of American history will recall that our Founding Fathers managed to write both the Declaration of Independence… — Clarence Manion Copy Share Image
The hour of noon has passed,' said Judge Fang. 'Let us go and get some Kentucky Fried Chicken. — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
A nominee [to Supreme Court] must possess the competence, character and temperament to serve on the bench. — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
The Constitution says Congress has complete control over who is and who is not a US citizen. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Test matches to me are the caviar compared to the fast food stuff. Having the ability and the constitution to triumph over… — Viv Richards Copy Share Image
I am not an advocate for frequent changes in laws and constitutions, but laws and institutions must go hand in hand with… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is nothing in the Constitution that authorizes or makes it the official duty of a president to have anything to do… — Sam Ervin Copy Share Image
You think you can govern separate from our Constitution? That's the foundation of progressivism right there, folks. — Trish Regan Copy Share Image
The faculty of self-help is that which distinguished man from animals; that it is the Godlike element, or holds within itself the… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy. — Lamar S. Smith Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court has always been the last bastion of the protection of our freedoms. — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
I have allowed the president to pick his political appointees…But I will not sit quietly and let him shred the Constitution. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
This shift from the Judeo-Christian basis for law and the shift away from the restraints of the Constitution automatically militates against religious… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
[Y]ou wonder why anyone would make the mistake of calling it the Commerce Clause instead of the 'Hey, you -can-do-whatever-you-feel-like Clause? — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail. — George Washington Copy Share Image
A reasonable fine is such as the law will judge to be so . . . but what a reasonable fine is,… — Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke Copy Share Image
The Constitution sets out no standards for granting pardons. They require no consent from Congress, and courts can't second-guess them. — George T. Conway III Copy Share Image
![“[T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws ought to give place to the Constitution. But this doctrine is not deducible from any circumstance peculiar to the plan of convention, but from the general theory of…” quote by Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a00/alexander-hamilton-619_circumstances_t-he-constitution-ought-to-be-the-standa_636805.jpg)
![“The question now was...whether that beautiful fabric [the English constitution]...was to be maintained in that freedom...for which blood had been spilt; or whether we were to submit to that system of despotism, which had so many advocates in this country.” quote by Charles James Fox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/07d/charles-james-fox-24224_beautiful_the-question-now-was-whether-that-beauti_880291.png)
![“The Constitution on which our Union rests, shall be administered by me [as President] according to the safe and honest meaning contemplated by the plain understanding of the people of the United States at the time of its adoption - a meaning to be found in the explanations of those who advocated…” quote by Thomas Jefferson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/thomas-jefferson-43_adoption_the-constitution-on-which-our-union-rest_929558.jpg)
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![“A nominee [to Supreme Court] must possess the competence, character and temperament to serve on the bench.” quote by Herb Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/herb-kohl-25520_benches_a-nominee-to-supreme-court-must-possess_40021.jpg)
![“[Y]ou wonder why anyone would make the mistake of calling it the Commerce Clause instead of the 'Hey, you -can-do-whatever-you-feel-like Clause?” quote by Alex Kozinski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6c/alex-kozinski-26609_business_y-ou-wonder-why-anyone-would-make-the-mi_2380109.jpg)
