Constitution Quote by Alexander Hamilton

The only constitutional exception to the power of making treaties is, that it shall not change the Constitution.… On natural principles, a treaty, which…

— Alexander Hamilton

No treaty or international agreement can contravene the Constitution.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

In every treaty, insert a clause which can easily be violated, so that the entire agreement can be broken in case the interests of…

— Louis XIV

The Constitution cannot protect us unless we protect the Constitution.

— Thomas Sowell

A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that…

— Thomas Paine

Even when you sign a treaty like I think [Richard] Nixon did, the anti-ballistic missile treaty, George W. Bush reneged on it. He got…

— Jerry Brown

When it is not necessary to amend the Constitution, it is necessary not to amend the Constitution.

— Bill Vaughan

“The constitution of a country should not violate the constitutions of its citizens.”

— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

[T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws ought to…

— Alexander Hamilton

The agreement of the parties cannot make that good which the law maketh void.

— Edward Coke

Treaties negotiated with foreign powers create binding obligations on future generations that cannot be repealed in the way that domestic law can. As a…

— Barry Gardiner

Altering the Constitution has become the daily business of the Federal Government which the document is supposed to guide and limit. Both Congress and…

— Joseph Sobran