But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same… — William H. Seward Copy Share Image
Under our Constitution, military leaders have no choice but to endorse the president's decision after giving him their best advice. — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
When absolutes are abandoned for principles, the U.S. Constitution becomes a blank slate for anyone’s graffiti. — Wayne LaPierre Copy Share Image
Every legislative limitation upon utterance, however valid, may in a particular case serve as an inroad upon the freedom of speech which… — Stanley Forman Reed Copy Share Image
Unlike tennis matches, Supreme Court decisions are tiebreaker-free, meaning the lower-court ruling stands without any high-court guidance. — Don Willett Copy Share Image
The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Since the time of the Founding Fathers, and since they added the Second Amendment to the Constitution, our guns have developed at… — Emma Gonzalez Copy Share Image
The American Constitution, one of the few modern political documents drawn up by men who were forced by the sternest circumstances to… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
Hence, instead of Man Thinking, we have the bookworm. Hence, the book-learned class, who value books, as such; not as related to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is my belief that there are "absolutes" in our Bill of Rights, and that they were put there on purpose by… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
I do not believe in lawyers, in that mode of attacking or defending a man, because you descend to meet the judge… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The president is the high priest of what sociologist Robert Bellah calls the 'American civil religion.' The president must invoke the name… — Jonathan Haidt Copy Share Image
The Constitution was framed upon the theory that the peoples of the several states must sink or swim together, and that in… — Benjamin Cardozo Copy Share Image
We are a people of faith. We have been so secure in that faith that we have enshrined in our Constitution protection… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
But I think the possibility of a black and white society feeding each other's expertises, living harmoniously, will probably go along in… — Janet Suzman Copy Share Image
In all cases where incidental powers are acted upon, the principal and incidental ought to be congenial with each other, and partake… — Henry Clay Copy Share Image
I believe our nation is at a point where there are enough irreconcilable differences between those Americans who want to control other… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The constitution of madness as a mental illness, at the end of the eighteenth century, affords the evidence of a broken dialogue,… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of Constitutional history... The establishment clause has been expressly freighted… — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
The inferior position of blacks, the exclusion of Indians from the new society, the establishment of supremacy for the rich and powerful… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Why not include a provision that everybody shall, in good weather, hunt on his own land and catch fish in rivers that… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
“...the founders of our nation were nearly all Infidels, and that of the presidents who had thus far been elected { George… — Bird Wilson Copy Share Image
But Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is a part of an Englishman's constitution. His thoughts and beauties are… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
North Carolina wants its judges to be fair and impartial, and partisan politics has no place on the judges' bench. — Roy Cooper Copy Share Image
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Could it be that violence is as much a part of the American identity as the Constitution, and a vital component to… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
A move to decide citizenship on the basis of religion amounts to rejecting the Constitution. — Pinarayi Vijayan Copy Share Image
Unfortunately a Constitutional amendment that would have empowered Congress to make desecration of the United States flag illegal failed to pass by… — Kenny Marchant Copy Share Image
The importance of the Bible to a church is to keep the church on track. The role of the Constitution in government… — Ted Haggard Copy Share Image
We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be… — Frank Murphy Copy Share Image
When all is said and done, the Constitution of the United States is a set of words on a piece of paper.… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
Nonbelievers are protected by the religion clauses of the Constitution not because secular humanism is a religion, which it is not, but… — Norman Dorsen Copy Share Image
Through electing officials that will protect the Constitution and commit themselves to the rights of the people and the health of the… — Harry Belafonte Copy Share Image
I consider the difference between a system founded on the legislatures only, and one founded on the people, to be the true… — James Madison Copy Share Image
I believe the two biggest mistakes made by the Founders were giving Federal judges life-time appointments and permitting them to be confirmed… — John Jay Hooker Copy Share Image
The reason to split a court is for administrative purposes, and in the past there has been much debate about the liberal… — Michael K. Simpson Copy Share Image
I cannot agree with those who think of the Bill of Rights as an 18th century straitjacket, unsuited for this age...The evils… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
It is time... to end the long-standing and unproductive methodological debate over 'originalism' versus 'dynamism' or 'evolution' and focus instead on how,… — Diane Wood Copy Share Image
The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
