Constitution Quotes · Page 6

Donald Trump doesn't believe that the Constitution is a suicide pact.

— Rush Limbaugh

Nobody wants a stalemate in constitutional development.

— Carrie Lam

We may have lured judges into roaming at large in the constitutional field.

— Warren E. Burger

That's the problem with precedents. Even the extreme ones tend to get repeated.

— Ari Melber

I know the constitution in Oregon was passed in 1859. Free expression of opinion.

— Bill O'Reilly

I don't think we should have justices appointed that decide what they want to hear.

— Donald Trump

Constitution is a living document; no strict constructionism.

— Barack Obama

The Constitution is a document that should only be amended with great caution.

— Carl Levin

Deep within the human constitution lie written laws of nature that should guide man in the conduct of his life.

— Herbert M. Shelton

It is wrong to admit into the Constitution the idea that there can be property in man

— John Adams

The first thing [Donald Trump] does on January 20th is take an oath to defend and adhere to the Constitution of the…

— Chuck Todd

The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it…

— Anonymous

The court's authority must be clear, and it must not blatantly intervene in the decisions of the legislative and executive branches.

— Ayelet Shaked

The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.

— Erwin Griswold

Stability in law - particularly constitutional law - is critically important; the Supreme Court would do well to remember that.

— Benjamin Wittes

By vesting in the House the 'sole Power of Impeachment,' the Constitution makes it wholly the House's business how to decide whether…

— George T. Conway III

But when men have realized that time has upset many fighting faiths, they may come to believe...that the best test of truth…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration,…

— George Washington

The Left regards the Constitution as defective and outmoded - in part because it impedes the government's ability to control institutions, like…

— Gary Bauer

In the span of three years, the Iraqi people participated in three elections, drafted a constitution, and elected a new government. While…

— Tim Murphy

The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where there are…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Going back all the way to the founding, there was a recognition that in the same way that you need the Constitution…

— Lina Khan

I tend to agree with those who say that a justice's duty is to the Constitution and that it is thus more…

— Amy Coney Barrett

American patriotism is generally something that amuses Europeans, I suppose because children look idiotic saluting the flag and because the constitution contains…

— Katharine Whitehorn

Let us ask... how things work at the level of on-going subjugation, at the level of those continuous and uninterrupted processes which…

— Michel Foucault

Numbered among our population are some 12,000,000 colored people. Under our Constitution their rights are just as sacred as those of any…

— Calvin Coolidge

Class warfare always sounds good. Taking action against the rich and the powerful and making 'em pay for what they do, it…

— Rush Limbaugh

This is America. We're proud. We're not afraid of a bunch of terrorists. But this government is all about terror alerts and…

— Merle Haggard

What joins the Americans one to another is not a common ancestry, language or race, but a shared work of the imagination…

— Lewis H. Lapham

“Christianity may be good and Satanism evil. Under the Constitution, however, both are neutral. This is an important, but difficult, concept for…

— Carl Sagan

Our founding fathers detested the idea of a democracy and labored long to prevent America becoming one. Once again - the word…

— Neal Boortz

In reading over the Constitutions of all fifty of our states, I discovered something which some of you may not know: there…

— D. James Kennedy

The portion of a law usually found unconstitutional is the teeth

— Washington Irving

It's the people's Supreme Court, and we should let them decide its direction.

— Cathy McMorris Rodgers

Judges have to be neutral, but they don't have to be eunuchs.

— Jed S. Rakoff

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended

— Benjamin Franklin

I taught the Constitution for ten years, I believe in the Constitution.

— Trey Gowdy

Under our Constitution, presidents have something called 'veto power.

— Hillary Clinton

The practice of the Court forms the law of the Court.

— Sherrilyn Kenyon

The Constitution favors no racial group - no political or social group.

— William O. Douglas