If the Tenth Amendment were still taken seriously, most of the federal government's present activities would not exist. That's why no one… — Thomas Woods Copy Share Image
Conservatives like to insist that their judges are strict constructionists, giving the Constitution and statutes their precise meaning and no more, while… — Adam Cohen Copy Share Image
Illinois Senator Paul Simon, once said "The test for a Supreme Court nominee is not where he stands on any one specific… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Women's roles are diminished for obvious reasons. It's the men whose names are on the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, and… — Cokie Roberts Copy Share Image
Almost all the worlds' constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded… — Tommy Franks Copy Share Image
To their duty to God, youth should realize their duty to our country. They should love and honor the Constitution of the… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Our object in framing the Constitution is rally two-fold: (1) To lay down the form of political democracy, and (2) To lay… — B R Ambedkar Copy Share Image
My friends in the opposition have forgotten that the constitution of the Philippines was amended in 1973 with their participation. The constitution… — Ferdinand Marcos Copy Share Image
For the Humanist, . . . head and heart . . . must function together. . . . The constitution of the… — Corliss Lamont Copy Share Image
Here is what Hillary Clinton said. Crooked Hillary said, "You know, when we talk about the Supreme Court" - fake smile -… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
I am a Libertarian. I want to be known as a Libertarian and a Constitutionalist in the tradition of the early James… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
I believe that it is my duty and your duty to teach our children concerning this great God-inspired Constitution, this great law… — Charles W. Nibley Copy Share Image
I'm a common law judge. I believe in deciding every case on its facts, not on a legal philosophy. And I believe… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“In New York the curriculum guide for 11th-grade American history tells students that there were three "foundations" for the Constitution: the European… — Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr Copy Share Image
In England the judges should have independence to protect the people against the crown. Here the judges should not beindependent of the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our Constitution provides the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression and it also enjoins upon citizens the duty to safeguard… — Ram Nath Kovind Copy Share Image
Letter to the committee in charge of the celebration of the centennial of the American Constitution. I have always regarded that Constitution… — William E. Gladstone Copy Share Image
EXECUTIVE, n. An officer of the Government, whose duty it is to enforce the wishes of the legislative power until such time… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Conservatism is about the basic rights of individuals. God created us. As far as the government goes, the Founding Fathers based the… — Joe Wurzelbacher Copy Share Image
Every human being born within the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is in the language of… — John Bingham Copy Share Image
Any judicial nominee who has said that the Constitution means what it says, not what judges would like it to mean, is… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
[Muslims] who are here and who are behaving according to our laws and our constitutions are happy to stay, are equal to… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
In the year 2010, Kenya adopted a new constitution. With that constitution, we further secured the human rights and civil liberties of… — Mwai Kibaki Copy Share Image
To exclude all jurors who would be in the slightest way affected by the prospect of the death penalty would be to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain… — Mark Goodwin Copy Share Image
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for… — Gouverneur Morris Copy Share Image
I think judicial temperament is a willingness to step back from your own committed views of the correct jurisprudential approach and evaluate… — John Roberts Copy Share Image
Let me be clear: My purpose is not to put Congress in charge of state elections. That's the opposite of what I… — Bill Hagerty Copy Share Image
The retention of the power to punish for contempt for acts of speech alone, which do not directly interfere with the administration… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
The example of changing a constitution by assembling the wise men of the state, instead of assembling armies, will be worth as… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are… — Samuel Freeman Miller Copy Share Image
The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We cannot sanction the view that the Constitution, while solicitous of the cognitive content of individual speech, has little or no regard… — John Marshall Harlan II Copy Share Image
In essence, the Mexica remained little more than a band of pirates, sallying forth from their great city to loot and plunder… — Eric Wolf Copy Share Image
We trace the hand of the Almighty in framing the constitution of our land, and believe that the Lord raised up men… — Lorenzo Snow Copy Share Image
In this day and age, where the Democrat and Republican parties are no longer the voice of Main Street, but the puppets… — Gatewood Galbraith Copy Share Image
It is perfectly clear, in the first place, that the constitution of the United States did not, of itself, create or establish… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
A mob is a society obodies, voluntarily bereaving themselves oreason, and traversing its work. The mob is man, voluntarily descending to the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image