--- title: "7 Living Constitution Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 7 Living Constitution quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Living Constitution sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/antonin-scalia-2855_abortion_if-you-think-aficionados-of-a-living-con_34474.jpg" --- > [If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/antonin-scalia/if-you-think-aficionados-of-a-living-constitution-want-to-bring-you/) [Antonin Scalia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/antonin-scalia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd0/antonin-scalia-2855_abortion_if-you-think-aficionados-of-a-living-con_34474.jpg) > [I think if you accept the Left's premise of a living Constitution, then you accept the Left's premise of a living America,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-breitbart/i-think-if-you-accept-the-left-s-premise-of-a-living-constitution/) [Andrew Breitbart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-breitbart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f25/andrew-breitbart-2046_america_i-think-if-you-accept-the-left-s-premise_805844.png) > [Justice Scalia was a person who effectively bludgeoned the life out of the living Constitution, the Constitution that gave us desegregation, that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberle-williams-crenshaw/justice-scalia-was-a-person-who-effectively-bludgeoned-the-life-out/) [Kimberle Williams Crenshaw](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberle-williams-crenshaw/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc8/kimberle-williams-crenshaw-112_environmental_justice-scalia-was-a-person-who-effectiv_1380003.jpg) > [Judges are either partial to the Constitution or they aren't; they either believe that the document is perfect in its form and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dana-loesch/judges-are-either-partial-to-the-constitution-or-they-aren-t-they/) [Dana Loesch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dana-loesch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/995/dana-loesch-6409_believe_judges-are-either-partial-to-the-constit_1513823.jpg) > [Those who would give us a "living" Constitution are actually giving us a dead one, since such a thing is completely unable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-gutzman/those-who-would-give-us-a-living-constitution-are-actually-giving-us/) [Kevin Gutzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-gutzman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cd/kevin-gutzman-45277_constitution_those-who-would-give-us-a-living-constit_1747648.jpg) > [Much of the Constitution is remarkably simple and straightforward - certainly as compared to the convoluted reasoning of judges and law professors…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/much-of-the-constitution-is-remarkably-simple-and-straightforward/) [Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/thomas-sowell-247_bases_much-of-the-constitution-is-remarkably-s_1981815.jpg) > [A 'living constitution' is a dead constitution, because it does not do the one and only thing a written constitution is supposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-gutzman/a-living-constitution-is-a-dead-constitution-because-it-does-not-do/) [Kevin Gutzman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-gutzman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db0/kevin-gutzman-45277_constitution_a-living-constitution-is-a-dead-constitu_2213207.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/living-constitution/#itemlist", "name": "Living Constitution Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. 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