The very inclusion of the right to keep and bear arms in the Bill of Rights shows that the framers of the… — Samuel Ray Cummings Copy Share Image
...the framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom and forbearance in its formation if it was intended to be… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them (the framers of… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
The modern presidency, as expressed in the policies of the administration of George W. Bush, provides the strongest piece of evidence that… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
For all the great dreams profitlessly invested in the digital computer, it is nonetheless true that not since the framers of the… — David Berlinski Copy Share Image
It was not until the Abraham Lincoln administration that an income tax was imposed on Americans. Its stated purpose was to finance… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
When a judge goes beyond [his proper function] and reads entirely new values into the Constitution, values the framers and ratifiers did… — Robert Bork Copy Share Image
If you look at the minutes of the constitutional convention - which we have - Madison who was the main framer, proceeded… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
In my opinion, Chief Justice Roberts put it best during his recent confirmation hearings. And he said, and I quote, "The framers… — Mike DeWine Copy Share Image
If our free society is to endure, those who govern must recognize human dignity and accept the enforcement of constitutional limitations on… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
Republicans, supposed defenders of limited government, actually are enablers of an unlimited presidency. Their belief in strict construction of the Constitution evaporates,… — George Will Copy Share Image
Let us face reality. The framers (of the Constitution) have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us. They designed… — James MacGregor Burns Copy Share Image
The War between the States... produced the foundation for the kind of government we have today: consolidated and absolute, based on the… — Walter E. Williams Copy Share Image
The powers of the sword are in the hands of the yeomanry of America from sixteen to sixty. The militia of these… — Tench Coxe Copy Share Image
It is impossible to build sound constitutional doctrine upon a mistaken understanding of Constitutional history... The establishment clause has been expressly freighted… — William Rehnquist Copy Share Image
The framers of the constitution knew human nature as well as we do. They too had lived in dangerous days; they too… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
I think he's [Louis Brandeis] a great model for progressive justices today who want to answer the originalists. It's not that the… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
That, in part, is why the Constitution's framers gave justices life tenure ? to enable them to rule wherever the law and… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
You can understand why the original framers of judicial ethics thought it would be undignified and would call into question the legitimacy… — Deborah Rhode Copy Share Image
A profound transformation is happening here. The framers of our nation never envisioned these huge media giants; never imagined what could happen… — Bill Moyers Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment, like the rest of the Bill of Rights, was meant to inhibit only the federal government, not the states.… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
The framers knew that liberty is a fragile thing, and so should we. — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
I sort of thought the framers of the Constitution were talking about the rights of individuals, not corporate entities. — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Games played with the ball, and others of that nature, are too violent for the body and stamp no character on the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment. — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
As you know, I have over the years written critically about the U.N. I have consistently stressed in my writings that American… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
Its minority rule and majority limited rights. In fact it's set up that way. If you read the framers of the constitution,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
All in all, the framers would probably agree that it's better to impeach too often than too seldom. If presidents can't be… — Joseph Sobran Copy Share Image
The Framers of the Bill of Rights did not purport to 'create' rights. Rather, they designed the Bill of Rights to prohibit… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The Constitution created a framework, not a Ouija board, precisely because the Framers understood that prospect of a nation ruled for centuries… — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms,… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The rise of the presidency began with the Louisiana Purchase, which in 1803 doubled the land mass of the United States. History… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
In those days, our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all, and thought to include all; but now, to aid in… — Abraham Lincoln 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
Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate… — James Madison Copy Share Image
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