The framers knew that liberty is a fragile thing, and so should we. — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
Our Constitution framers were men and women with great foresight. They understood the majesty of the rule of law, and of rule… — Ram Nath Kovind 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
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
To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms... — Richard Henry Lee Copy Share Image
The framers, in their wisdom, designed the [political] system so that power's pretty disbursed. — Barack Obama 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
The court's job is to uphold the Constitution and you don't call that off in times of crisis. Would the framers have… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
If the Constitution framers would come back today, they would have contempt for most of us. — Walter E. Williams 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
I think [Louis] Brandeis challenges all of the current justices. As he said, "If we would guide by the light of reason,… — Jeffrey Rosen Copy Share Image
The Constitution's framers intended to restrict central authority to the few areas that could not be handled by states. The drafters would… — Doug Bandow 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
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 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
The framers of the Constitution realized that . . . there needed to be some guardian of the sober second thought, and… — Elihu Root Copy Share Image
It is in seeing ourselves whole that we can begin to see ways of working out our differences, of understanding our similarities… — Robert C. Maynard 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
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
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 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
The framers of our Constitution understood the dangers of unbridled government surveillance. They knew that democracy could flourish only in spaces free… — Elizabeth Holtzman Copy Share Image
It is time... to end the long-standing and unproductive methodological debate over 'originalism' versus 'dynamism' or 'evolution' and focus instead on how,… — Diane Wood Copy Share Image
Until the 1930s, the Constitution served as a major constraint on federal economic interventionism. The government's powers were understood to be just… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
The Framers of the First Amendment were not concerned with preventing government from abridging their freedom to speak about crops and cockfighting,… — George Will Copy Share Image
“The framers were wise in their generation and wanted to do the very best possible to secure their own liberty and independence,… — Ulysses S. Grant Copy Share Image
To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them. — George Mason 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
We don't care what the framers would have thought of violent video games. Times are changing. — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe. — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Constitutional government, as designed by the framers, will survive only with a righteous people. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
The framers gave us the Second Amendment not so we could go deer or duck hunting but to give us a modicum… — Walter E. Williams 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
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
Americans - not just starting thirty years ago but going back to the beginning, when we were rebelling against King George -… — William J. Clinton 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
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