Amendments Quote by Alexander Hamilton

[T]he powers granted by the proposed Constitution are the gift of the people, and may be resumed by them when perverted to their oppression,…

— James Madison

[I]t is religion and morality alone which can establish the principles upon which freedom can securely stand. The only foundation of a free constitution…

— John Adams

[T]o preserve the republican form and principles of our Constitution and cleave to the salutary distribution of powers which that [the Constitution] has established…

— Thomas Jefferson

[T]here is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit…

— Alexander Hamilton

We can't pick and choose when to adhere to the Constitution and when to cast it aside.

— Dan Coats

[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.

— Patrick Henry

What is a constitution? It is a booklet with twelve or ten pages. I can tear them away and say that tomorrow we shall…

— Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq

For myself, therefore, I desire to declare that the principle that will govern me in the high duty to which my country calls me…

— Martin Van Buren

[M]y wish is, that the Convention may adopt no temporizing expedient, but probe the defects of the Constitution [i.e., the Articles of Confederation] to…

— George Washington

[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

If we set out with... a scrupulous regard to the Constitution, the government will acquire a spirit and a tone productive of permanent blessings…

— Alexander Hamilton

Though written constitutions may be violated in moments of passion or delusion, yet they furnish a text to which those who are watchful may…

— Thomas Jefferson