...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
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 meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it… — Hugo Black Copy Share Image
The Framers of the Constitution wisely understood that constitutional principles must not be sacrificed on the altar of political appeasement. — Max Baucus Copy Share Image
The Framers [of the Constitution] . . . created the federally protected right of silence and decreed that the law could not… — William O. Douglas 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
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
I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted… — Nick Rahall 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
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 property qualifications for federal office that the framers of the Constitution expressly chose to exclude for demonstrating an unseemly "veneration of… — Bill Moyers 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
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
What the framers of the Constitution tried to achieve when they wrote that Constitution back in the 1700s was an independent federal… — Sandra Day O'Connor Copy Share Image
Make no mistake, abortion-on-demand is not a right granted by the Constitution. No serious scholar, including one disposed to agree with the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The Framers of the Constitution expected the presidency to be occupied by special individuals, selfless people of the highest character and ability.… — George T. Conway III Copy Share Image
The framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom, and forbearance in its formation, and surrounded it with so many… — Robert E. Lee 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
“The framers of the Constitution, dealing with slavery as an incidental but troublesome circumstance, ended by extending it a kind of shamefaced… — Don E. Fehrenbacher Copy Share Image
If our free society is to endure, and I know it will, those who govern must recognize that the Framers of the… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
“nation and the Framers of the Constitution. They were sufficiently worried about corporate power that they didn’t even include in the Constitution… — Thom Hartmann Copy Share Image
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