Thus far women have been the mere echoes of men. Our laws and constitutions, our creeds and codes, and the customs of… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
“I have no right to give my opinion," said Wickham, "as to his being agreeable or otherwise. I am not qualified to… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
What I don't like is judges legislating from the bench. And as president of the United States, I will appoint justices who… — Michele Bachmann Copy Share Image
It is not only the juror's right, but his duty to find the verdict according to his own best understanding, judgment and… — John Adams Copy Share Image
The body must be regarded as a site of social, political, cultural and geographical inscriptions, production or constitution. The body is not… — Elizabeth Grosz Copy Share Image
Next to being one in worshipping God there is nothing in this world upon which the Church should be more united that… — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
In view of the tide of religiosity engulfing a once secular republic it is refreshing to be reminded by Freethinkers that free… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
The people that can't win elections, outside of Barack Obama, the people on the Democrat side who cannot win elections, who do… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
“The nation’s Charters of Freedom were also evacuated from the capital. The attorney general ruled that the Library of Congress had the… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image
If colleges wanted to admit only legacies, or only tuba players, or only people who got astonishingly low SAT scores ' to… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
A constitution is not the act of a government, but of a people constituting a government; and government without a constitution is… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words:… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
So about 80 years after the Constitution is ratified, the slaves are freed. Not so you'd really notice it of course; just… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
Let the Democrates go on making its case for more government control over every aspect of our lives. More taxes to pay.… — Paul Ryan Copy Share Image
I am persuaded, from all the facts that have come to me, that it would have been possible, if we had functioned… — J. Reuben Clark Copy Share Image
A judicial standard means that a judicious decision can be entirely correct, even when the result does not line up with our… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
One good Man may take another's Word, if they so agree, but a whole Nation ought never to trust to any Honesty,… — Bernard de Mandeville Copy Share Image
“The Constitution doesn’t give us rights: it restrains government from infringing on rights we acquire at birth by virtue of being human… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
And as a man, who is attached to a prostitute, is unfitted to choose or judge of a wife, so any prepossession… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who… — Caroline Kennedy Copy Share Image
Fairness' can be an important quality for legislators to consider when they are passing public policies. But it is a subjective standard.… — Gary Bauer Copy Share Image
The congress of the United States possesses no power to regulate, or interfere with the domestic concerns, or police of any state:… — St. George Tucker Copy Share Image
If we set the precedent of limiting the First Amendment, in order to protect the sensibilities of those who are offended by… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
The fascination about being a judge is the same about the duty of being a judge, and that is to ask yourself,… — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
Whether interpreting the Constitution or filling in the blanks of a law or a regulation, every word of the court's opinion can… — Herb Kohl Copy Share Image
I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates… — Dana Rohrabacher Copy Share Image
Any change of government which has to be introduced should be one which men, starting from their existing constitutions, will be both… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The unfortunate and inescapable historical truth is that those in government - from both parties and with a few courageous exceptions -… — Andrew Napolitano Copy Share Image
Over the last few years, we have seen too many politicians disregard the Constitution as they voted to increase the size and… — Matthew Whitaker Copy Share Image
We should make the case for the things we love, even if we think that people will misunderstand them. That is why… — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
And therefore, for the sake of my mater, without any regard for my own, I hope all those that have a due… — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Brandon McCaw did a question about Federalism is a politicial system in which two or more distinct levels of government share and… — Brandon Mccaw Copy Share Image
The greater the importance to safeguarding the community from incitements to the overthrow of our institutions by force and violence, the more… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
“They should get another lawyer,” he said. “Surely there are better people around. That man with the big nose—you know the one—they… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
You might call that a peaceful invasion [of Muslims] but that's the nicest thing can you call it. They're not assimilating and… — Steve King Copy Share Image
If you believe that through putting the judiciary under political control you can make it a better judiciary, you are wrong, and… — Frans Timmermans Copy Share Image
The Holy Scriptures...can alone secure to society order and peace, and to our courts of justice and constitutions of government, purity, stability,… — James McHenry Copy Share Image
The Constitution is designed to inconvenience one person from taking us to war. War is a very solemn and sobering and extraordinary… — Ron Dellums Copy Share Image