Obama's defiantly vowed not only to radically expand the reach of government from cradle to grave, but to smash the Constitution's restrictions… — Steve Stockman Copy Share Image
I don't have a problem with the Centre sanctioning funds to any state. However, when this is done for narrow political considerations,… — Naveen Patnaik Copy Share Image
“The constitution of most of the states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I don't know how to run your life. I don't know how to run your life. I don't have the authority to… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
When you read the Oath of Office, to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, we should be supportive… — Ron Rivera Copy Share Image
No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment was needed… — Judy Biggert Copy Share Image
I certainly would not vote against a particular judge already in office because of a decision in a case. You may not… — Charles T. Canady Copy Share Image
We should perceive that man's period of historical existence, a period so short that his physical constitution has not been altered in… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
I have very deep concern about the legacy of the Rehnquist court and its efforts to restrict congressional authority to enact legislation… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
The question before us is, whether people of African ancestry compose a portion of this people, and are constituent members of this… — Roger Brooke Taney Copy Share Image
The framers of the constitution employed words in their natural sense; and, where they are plain and clear, resort to collateral aids… — Melville Fuller Copy Share Image
The Constitution, when it says, "We, the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice,… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
“… I believe that the maintenance of the rights and authority reserved to the states and to the people … are the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Lawyers are necessary in a community. Some of you...take a different view; but as I am a member of that legal profession,… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
“In framing that great document which Gladstone declared ‘the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The theory of medicine, therefore, presents what is useful in thought, but does not indicate how it is to be applied in… — Avicenna Copy Share Image
For my own part I am persuaded that everything advances by an unchangeable law through the eternal constitution and association of latent… — Quintus Curtius Rufus Copy Share Image
Money is speech. It's incongruous to say a multimillionaire can spend as much on his own campaign as he wants, but you… — Roger Stone Copy Share Image
He [Roosevelt] has made some speeches that indicate that he is going quite beyond anything that he advocated when he was in… — William Howard Taft Copy Share Image
One aspect of appellate judging is we have to give reasons for all of our decisions. And when you sit down and… — Ruth Bader Ginsburg Copy Share Image
I believe in the absolute separation of church and state and in the strict enforcement of the Constitution that Congress shall make… — Al Smith Copy Share Image
I call myself a radical conservative. What's that? Well, let's analyze it. Go to the dictionary. Radical: One who gets to the… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
I am tired of the misrepresentation, calumny and detraction, heaped upon me by wicked men; and desire and claim, only those principles… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the constitutions of the several states, and the organic laws of the territories all… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
More fundamentally, however, the answer to petitioners' objection is that there can be no impairment of executive power, whether on the state… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
The 45th president no longer holds office. There is no sanction available under the constitution, in our view, for him to be… — Bill Hagerty Copy Share Image
The yearning for the common good comes from the refusal to accept that perhaps Americans have very little in common apart from… — Simon Critchley Copy Share Image
We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
The spectacle of a judge pouring over the picture of some nude, trying to ascertain the extent to which she arouses prurient… — Thurman Arnold Copy Share Image
Join America taught English, an understanding of the U.S. Constitution, that the Bill of Rights is the ultimate insurance policy for a… — Niger Innis Copy Share Image
The U.S. Constitution grants Congress the authority to regulate interstate commerce, and the ENCRYPT Act sends a clear message that the complicated… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
Though liberty is established by law, we must be vigilant, for liberty to enslave us is always present under that very liberty.… — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
What I am endeavoring to do is simply speak the truth, speak common-sense values, free market principles and the Constitution. For every… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
To draw around the whole nation the strength of the General Government as a barrier against foreign foes... is [one of the]… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The word 'free' is used three times in the Declaration of Independence and once in the First Amendment to the Constitution, along… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The federal government is acknowledged by all to be one of enumerated powers. The principle, that it can exercise only the powers… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
We must use a judicial, rather than a political, standard to evaluate [a nominee's] fitness for the Supreme Court. That standard must… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
There is not, in the Constitution, a syllable that implies that persons, born within the territorial limits of the United States, have… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Under our system of three branches of government, the courts ultimately are the checks on the legislative and executive branches when they… — Nina Totenberg Copy Share Image
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