Components Quote by Alexander Hamilton

The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.

— Anonymous

The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union composed of indestructible States.

— Salmon P. Chase

Our Constitution professedly rests upon the good sense and attachment of the people. This basis, weak as it may appear, has not yet been…

— John Quincy Adams

I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I…

— Abraham Lincoln

Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory…

— John Marshall

The substance of the constitution is preserved. That is a fact.

— Angela Merkel

The Constitution was framed upon the theory that the peoples of the several states must sink or swim together, and that in the long…

— Benjamin Cardozo

I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

— Abraham Lincoln

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

— George Washington

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

— Dan Coats

The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition of the State governments, makes them constituent parts of the national sovereignty, by allowing them…

— Alexander Hamilton

It will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions, and particularly by our…

— James Madison