If the General Government should be left dependent on the State Legislatures, it would be happy for us if we had never… — John Dickinson Copy Share Image
The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals. — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
But one way or another, judges perform a very vital function in our society. They have a risky job and they are… — Arlen Specter Copy Share Image
“For regulating the human (in our constitution) and rendering the (proper) service to the heavenly, there is nothing like moderation.” — Lao Tzu Copy Share Image
There's no question that Roberts will vote like William Rehnquist... If he swings, it will be from right to far right. — Jonathan Turley Copy Share Image
The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested in war,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Thank God for the founding fathers, who set up three separate branches of government. And the media acting as the Fourth Estate. — Andre Carson Copy Share Image
We are witnessing a great awakening. Millions of Texans, millions of Americans are rising up to reclaim our country, to defend liberty… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where there are… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Going back all the way to the founding, there was a recognition that in the same way that you need the Constitution… — Lina Khan Copy Share Image
New Jersey was threatened like no other region in this country and what we did was we took action within the constitution… — Chris Christie Copy Share Image
The very idea of the law in a constitutional republic involves the requisite that it be a rule, a guide, uniform, fixed… — Levi Woodbury Copy Share Image
Well, today, we are in the struggle brought on to us by the terrorists of Islam. It is a war that we… — Todd Tiahrt Copy Share Image
The national government was itself the creature of the States...Yet today it is often made to appear that the creature, Frankenstein-like, is… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
The Constitution of the United States of America clearly affirms the right of every American citizen to bear arms. And as Americans,… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
President Ronald Reagan used to speak of the Soviet constitution, and he noted that it purported to grant wonderful rights of all… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
The first essential responsibility of the state is control of the market-place: there must be some official charged with the duty of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Much of the Constitution is remarkably simple and straightforward - certainly as compared to the convoluted reasoning of judges and law professors… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary; an irresponsible body, (for impeachment is… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
If they are incorporated into the Constitution, independent tribunals of justice will consider themselves in a peculiar manner the guardians of those… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Actually, Bush, technically speaking, is not really President-because he refused to take the Oath of Office. I don’t know how many of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
[I watch] all that stuff - Game of Thrones and all the other series. How about House of Cards? As for Boardwalk… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
For the power given to Congress by the Constitution does not extend to the internal regulation of the commerce of a State… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The Court has a special responsibility to ensure that the Constitution works in practice. While education, including the transmission of our civic… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
The Court's primary duty, in short, is not to minimize its role or avoid friction with the political branches, but to try… — Diane S. Sykes Copy Share Image
The judiciary is peopled by judges who are human, and being human, they are occasionally motivated by considerations other than an objective… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
A compromise is but an act of Congress. It may be overruled at any time. It gives us no security. But the… — John C. Calhoun Copy Share Image
No for the return of Saddam's Baath party. This is against the constitution and those who are negotiating to bring them back… — Jalal Talabani Copy Share Image
We're going to appoint great justices to the United States Supreme Court to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
If the Court were to extend its reach to the base, judges could begin managing conditions of confinement, interrogation methods, and the… — John Yoo Copy Share Image
Nadine Gordimer came over just before she died. She didn't want to talk about books or the arts, but about the abuse… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
Blacks have no rights - in fact they were three - fifths human according to the constitution to give slave owners more… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Apart from life, a strong constitution, and an abiding connection to the Thembu royal house, the only thing my father bestowed upon… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
The office of president requires the constitution of an athlete, the patience of a mother, the endurance of an early Christian. — Harold Wilson Copy Share Image
...[T]oday's Washington is about as attentive to the Tenth Amendment as the Unitarian Church is to the Book of Revelation. — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“The framers were realists; they recognized that the best constitution in the world could be distorted and destroyed by men determined to… — John Eidsmoe Copy Share Image
Lord, give us righteous judges who will not try to legislate and dominate this society. Take control, Lord! We ask for additional… — Pat Robertson Copy Share Image
No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It is the function of a judge not to make but to declare the law, according to the golden mete-wand of the… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
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