“The Constitution is ink on parchment. It is forty-four hundred words. And it is, too, the accreted set of meanings that have… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
On this day, when we're celebrating our constitutional heritage, I urge you to be faithful to that heritage - to impose on… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
It seems incredible that the trustees of typically American fortune-created foundations should have permitted them to be used to finance ideas and… — Norman Dodd Copy Share Image
Hard labour to succeed in the world? Hard labour no, no, human constitution, human physiology, human intelligence is made of infinite creative… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Copy Share Image
Many voters think about the makeup of the Supreme Court when they are choosing a president. The justices deal not only with… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
Well, first let's say that the fundamental responsibility of any government is national security - in the preamble to the Constitution, provide… — Angus King Copy Share Image
I guess the language that Justice Ginsburg used at the closing of the VMI (United States v. Virginia Military Institute) case is… — Ted Olson Copy Share Image
A Supreme Court justice must convince at least four colleagues to bind the federal government nationwide, whereas a district court judge issuing… — William Barr Copy Share Image
It is superfluous to try by the standards of theory, a part of the constitution which is allowed on all hands to… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The best reason to be assigned, in this case, for not having made the Constitution more free from a charge of uncertainty… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The great objects which presented themselves [to the Constitutional Convention] ... formed a task more difficult than can be well conceived by… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Implementing parts of European constitution and leaving out others - without knowing where we're going - isn't an option. That would be… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
“Or I remember in 1987, when there was a big hoopla about the bicentennial of the Constitution, the Boston Globe published one… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Our inspired Constitution is wisely designed to protect from excesses of political power, but it can do little to protect us from… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution…The only fault I find with the Constitution is, it is not broad enough to… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
“This system is called the " system of checks and balances," because each department of the government is supposed to be a… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There's simply no question under "The Constitution," and, frankly, under federal law, that the president of the United States has the authority,… — Mike Pence Copy Share Image
They will sustain the constitution and laws and institutions of the United States, and be the champions of liberty and of that… — Lorenzo Snow Copy Share Image
I feel that the constitution is workable, it is flexible and it is strong enough to hold the country together both in… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by… — James Madison Copy Share Image
The Constitution of India seeks to guarantee respect for the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary, and the integrity of… — Nyla Ali Khan Copy Share Image
The Electoral College is provided for in Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution. More space in the Constitution is devoted to… — Kayleigh McEnany Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court's most conservative Justices have presented themselves as great respecters of precedent and opponents of 'judicial activism' - of judges… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
However good a Constitution may be, if those who are implementing it are not good, it will prove to be bad. However… — B. R. Ambedkar Copy Share Image
even the best of constitutions need sometimes to be amended and improved, for after all there is but one constitution which is… — Ernestine Rose Copy Share Image
From a constitutional standpoint, the religion of a candidate is supposed to make no difference. Even before the founding fathers dreamed up… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
In all the co-temporary discussions and comments, which the Constitution underwent, it was constantly justified and recommended on the ground, that the… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Every Latter-day Saint should love the inspired Constitution of the United States - a nation with a spiritual foundation and a prophetic… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
John Adams, second president of the United States, wrote that our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. George… — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
It's a rare human being who understands intellectually and emotionally the freedoms contained within our Constitution and the right of every human… — Geoffrey Fieger Copy Share Image
We think the Dred Scott decision is erroneous. We know the court that made it has often overruled its own decisions, and… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I think all these reverend gentlemen who insist on the word 'obey' in the marriage service should be removed for a clear… — Elizabeth Cady Stanton Copy Share Image
Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I currently perform the most important political duties an American has the responsibility to perform - I experiment in self-government on a… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
I imagine an America that can actually change. That we become a nation that prospers again but without pillaging the resources of… — Richard Schiff Copy Share Image
My greatest disappointment in all the projects I worked on during the White House years was the failure of the Equal Rights… — Rosalynn Carter Copy Share Image
The government of the Union, though limited in its powers, is supreme within its sphere of action, and its laws, when made… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
In the United States we have, in effect, two governments ... We have the duly constituted Government ... Then we have an… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
This constitution recognises the need for social dialogue involving labour and management; it involves trade unions in the decision-making process; it has… — Jean-Pierre Raffarin Copy Share Image
Justice Harry A. Blackmun, a quirky but pivotal member of the Supreme Court for 24 years, was a hoarder. He seems to… — Cliff Sloan Copy Share Image
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