Constitution Quote by Abraham Lincoln Download Open image “We seek not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow those who would prevert it.” — Abraham Lincoln ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Constitution
We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Our safety, our liberty, depends upon preserving the Constitution of the United States as our fathers made it inviolate. The people of the United… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“Although we have not been overrun by an invading army, or experienced an overt coup d’etat, the Constitutional government of the United States, formed… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
Our inspired Constitution is wisely designed to protect from excesses of political power, but it can do little to protect us from the excesses… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Is it not the excess and greed of this and the neglect of all other things that revolutionizes this constitution too and prepares the… — Plato Copy Share Image
“The people’s right to alter or abolish their form of government was, to the American revolutionaries, supposedly absolute. Yet, strangely, neither the people nor the states may even begin the process of amending the Constitution until Congress permits. That body “whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary,” may propose an amendment or amendments and send them to… — Garrett Epps Copy Share
The Constitution was definitely and specifically designed to hobble all people who are so foolish as to think themselves capable of leading others by… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
We have to continue to resist all attempts to change our constitution. — Pinarayi Vijayan Copy Share Image
The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
If the United States is hit with a weapon of mass destruction that inflicts large casualties, the Constitution will likely be discarded in favor… — Tommy Franks Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the government in… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I could not have slept tonight if I had left that helpless little creature to perish on the ground. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Let us at all times remember that all American citizens are brothers of a common country, and should dwell together in bonds of fraternal… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
If you wish to be a lawyer, attach no consequence to the place you are in, or the person you are with; but get… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
As we keep or break the Sabbath Day we nobly save or meanly lose the last best hope by which man rises. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
We know, Southern men declare that their slaves are better off than hired laborers amongst us. How little they know, whereof they speak! There… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
I am glad to see that a system of labor prevails under which laborers can strike when they want to. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some… — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
There is not a revolution that succe Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is… — Joe Pitts Copy Share Image
Nothing from man's hands, nor law, nor constitution, can be final. Truth alone is final. — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
“I am apprehensive, Sir, that in the warmth of my feelings, I may have uttered expressions, which were too vehement. If such has been… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If you try to come into our state and force our businesses to collect a sales tax in manner that violates our laws or… — Chris Sununu Copy Share Image