Quote by Alexander Hamilton

“. . . a constitution, intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.”

— John Marshall

“By a constitutional policy, working after the pattern of nature, we receive, we hold, we transmit our government and our privileges, in the same…

— Edmund Burke

Our Constitution is so simple and practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

“Where there is a constitution, there is always the politics of negotiated or compromised power.”

— Mwanandeke Kindembo

“The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their will, and lives only by their will.”

— John Marshall

“The Constitution seeks to protect the basic rights of the people and the spirit of human liberty against encroachment by the state. Hence”

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly

“I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such: because I think a General Government necessary for us, and there…

— Benjamin Franklin

“In which, if any, of these constitutions do we find the art of ruling being practiced in the actual government of men? What art…

— Plato

“I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions...but I know also that laws and constitutions must go…

— Thomas Jefferson

The wise and just man will always feel that he stands on his own feet; that he imparts strength to the state, not receives…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to the nature…

— Alexander Hamilton

“Today, when a concerted effort is made to obliterate this point, it cannot be repeated too often that the Constitution is a limitation on…

— Ayn Rand