You want a judge who makes objective decisions, and that's why temperament is such an important component of being a judge. You… — Steven Pacey Copy Share Image
I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on… — James Madison Copy Share Image
As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
Last time I checked, Congress was created to uphold the values of the Constitution, not the Bible and its biased teachings. 'All… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
At times, I feel America is something that I can actually put my arms around, more than a land mass and a… — Henry Rollins Copy Share Image
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My father would always say Kashmiris have made so much sacrifice to achieve something more, but we have a constitution, special status… — Mehbooba Mufti Copy Share Image
Your constitution guarantees to every citizen, even the humblest, the enjoyment of life, liberty, and property. It promises to all, religious freedom,… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
I spent my entire career trying to protect the Constitution, the civil rights and the civil liberties of American citizens and people… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
Many think it not only inevitable but entirely proper that liberty give way to security in times of national crisis--that, at the… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Of the six men who have done most to make America the wonder and the joy she is to all of us,… — John Chadwick Copy Share Image
Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
In referendums in 2005, the Dutch and the French electorates rejected the European Constitution, which aimed to turn the E.U. into a… — Geert Wilders Copy Share Image
The bigotry is so virulent that it may be time to make Christians a protected class. Right now 'Christo-phobia' and 'Biblo-phobia' are… — E.W. Jackson Copy Share Image
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Government employees are public servants and prohibited by the Constitution from inhibiting religious freedom, that is a far cry from sneaking around… — Mathew Staver Copy Share Image
The citizens begin by giving up some part of the constitution, and so with greater ease the government change something else which… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There was a sorry judge who lived at the Swan by himself. He got but little honor, and he got but little… — St. George Tucker Copy Share Image
Anyone who says the American Constitution is obsolete just because social and economic conditions have changed does not understand the real genius… — W. Cleon Skousen Copy Share Image
I do not believe it is the function of the judiciary to step in and change the law because the times have… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
But did the Founding Fathers ever intend for the federal government to involve itself in education, health care or retirement benefits? The… — Larry Elder Copy Share Image
The overreach of the judiciary can be attributed to, one, the inability of the executive to deliver; and two, the tendency to… — Kapil Sibal Copy Share Image
..if the Northern states refuse, willfully and deliberately, to carry into effect that part of the Constitution which respects the restoration of… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
On the subject of money and politics and the rest, I have a DARE: Disclose who are these people; Amend the Constitution… — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
In a recent decision of the Supreme Court, not made, however, by the full court, and concurred in by only four justices,… — John Bates Clark Copy Share Image
Americans think their danger is terrorists. They don't understand the terrorists cannot take away habeas corpus, the Bill of Rights, the Constitution…… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
The decisions we make about the Internet don't affect just the Internet – they are answers to basic questions about the relationship… — Mike Godwin Copy Share Image
Seats on the [Court] bench are not reserved for causes or interests. They're given to those who will uphold the rule of… — Sam Brownback Copy Share Image
While Roberts wanted to give the impression he respected the right to privacy and the precedent of Roe vs. Wade, his answers… — Nancy Keenan Copy Share Image
The President can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power in the Federal… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
In the book I define conservatism, as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution, respect… — Jonathan Krohn Copy Share Image
The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry. But we live in a complex world where you're going to… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
The profession of the law of which he [a judge] is a part is charged with the articulation and final incidence of… — Learned Hand Copy Share Image
The principle of free speech is no new doctrine born of the Constitution of the United States. It is a heritage of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that Republican control of the Senate is the only way to preserve the Constitutional integrity of our Supreme… — Todd Wilcox Copy Share Image
You have a mayor who hates guns. If it was up to me, we wouldn’t have any handguns in the District of… — Muriel Bowser Copy Share Image
To take a single step beyond the boundaries specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
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