If the president is allowed to suspend constitutional rights on his own personal whims, our free republic has effectively ceased to exist. — Steve Stockman Copy Share Image
It didn't really change my opinion about [Edward] Snowden all that much, but I definitely feel like as a culture, it gave… — Zachary Quinto Copy Share Image
Historically, the court has been the forum to which individuals can turn when they believed their constitutional rights were violated. This has… — Dianne Feinstein Copy Share Image
As Pennsylvania Attorney General, I have the responsibility to act as a check on the federal government when it infringes upon our… — Josh Shapiro Copy Share Image
The interest of the man must be connected with the constitutional rights of the place. It may be a reflection on human… — James Madison Copy Share Image
My belief has always been... that wherever in this land any individual's constitutional rights are being unjustly denied, it is the obligation… — Ronald Reagan 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
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 rioter with a Molotov cocktail in his hands is not fighting for civil rights any more than a Klansman with a… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
When we use the term pig, for example, we are referring to the people who systematically violate the peoples' constitutional rights -… — Bobby Seale Copy Share Image
I believe strongly that we can protect our people without undermining our constitutional rights and I worry very, very much about the… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I strongly object to the fact that so many newspapers have given the American public and the world the impression that I… — Muhammad Ali Copy Share Image
“Using the powers of the office of President of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully… — Andrew McCarthy Copy Share Image
Constitutional rights are useful up to a point, but they do not serve to guarantee much more than what could be called… — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
For black politicians, civil rights organizations and white liberals to support the racist practices of the University of Michigan amounts to no… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
“If you simply say nothing in the face of police questions, unless you are in custody and under arrest, your silence can… — James Duane Copy Share Image
Students and invited speakers do not shed their constitutional rights when they step up to the graduation podium. Expressing faith in God… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I know that we will be judged in history by not only how we disrupt terrorism but how we protect the civil… — Robert Mueller Copy Share Image
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the… — Joseph Story Copy Share Image
There is nobody that I know who believes that Bank of America is a human being who should be entitled for the… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
If everyone charged with crimes suddenly exercised his constitutional rights, there would not be enough judges, lawyers, or prison cells to deal… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of man, asserted, carried out, and secured by… — Gerrit Smith 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
President Bush has asserted the right to wiretap and eavesdrop on any American without a warrant in the name of fighting terrorism.… — Helen Thomas Copy Share Image
If you ask someone whether our Constitutional rights are being flushed down the porcelain oubliette, and their response is, "If I answer… — Robert X. Cringely Copy Share Image
People who want to come to this country don't have constitutional rights. Once they get here, they do. But coming here is… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
I'm endorsing Col. Maness for United States Senate because of his deeply held commitment to the constitutional rights and principles our nation… — Tim Kennedy Copy Share Image
During times of emergencies, civil crisis, or natural disasters it is important for persons to remain free to exercise their constitutional rights… — Colleen Hanabusa Copy Share Image
If Americans loved judicial activism, liberals wouldn't be lying about what it is. Judicial activism means making up constitutional rights in order… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
My first and foremost consideration is the safety of the people of the city of Minneapolis. And my first and foremost consideration… — Betsy Hodges Copy Share Image
“University Life" bureaucrats are teaching the next generation of young Americans that the First Amendment is not a guarantee of constitutional rights;… — Kim R. Holmes Copy Share Image
Vermont will continue to uphold the laws of our State and nation, but we will not be forced to take any action… — Phil Scott Copy Share Image
The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
While conservatives love to talk-the-talk on protecting individuals' constitutional rights, they continue to use backdoor, coordinated legal strategies to try and rip… — Jasmine Crockett Copy Share Image
I think that, as Americans, we should never forget that when we tamper with freedom of speech, it is a very sensitive… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be… — Frank Murphy Copy Share Image
Laws are made with such attention to protecting women that, if a man's constitutional rights conflict with a woman's protection, his rights… — Warren Farrell Copy Share Image
My judgment is that neither House of Congress, nor both combined, have any right to interfere in the count. It is for… — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The entire future of marriage rests with Justice Anthony Kennedy, the man who declared in Citizens United that corporations are people with… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
They have accorded me my constitutional rights, and that is to their credit because the media hate campaign against me has been… — Ernst Zundel Copy Share Image