Constitution Quote by Antonin Scalia

A 'living constitution' is a dead constitution, because it does not do the one and only thing a written constitution is supposed to do:…

— Kevin Gutzman

To say the Constitution is living is to say that it's dead.

— Thomas Sowell

I used to say that the Constitution is not a living document. It's dead, dead, dead. But I've gotten better. I no longer say…

— Antonin Scalia

Unfortunately, people are re-interpreting the Constitution as a living document, and it's not. It's a solid-based document and it shouldn't be played with.

— Chuck Norris

I believe that the Constitution is an enduring document.

— Ketanji Brown Jackson

A constitution is framed for ages to come, and is designed to approach immortality as nearly as human institutions can approach it.

— John Marshall

Saying the Constitution is a living document is the same as saying we don't have a Constitution.

— Walter E. Williams

Those who would give us a "living" Constitution are actually giving us a dead one, since such a thing is completely unable to protect…

— Kevin Gutzman

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

— John Marshall

The Constitution is a living, breathing document that can speak to you and nobody else.

— Lindsey Graham

We current Justices read the Constitution in the only way that we can: as Twentieth Century Americans. We look to the history of the…

— William J. Brennan

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