Bill of rights Quote by Ayn Rand

The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.

— Ayn Rand

The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to…

— Henry Steele Commager

[The Bill of Rights is] designed to protect individuals and minorities against the tyranny of the majority, but it's also designed to protect the…

— Laurence Tribe

The Bill of Rights is a remarkable document because it weaves into the fabric of our democracy the idea that government has a responsibility…

— Ted Lieu

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government…

— Thomas Jefferson

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

— James Madison

The rights of persons, and therights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted.

— James Madison

The Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the nature of…

— Walter Lippmann

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on…

— Thomas Jefferson

Nothing in our Constitution suggests that government is a grantor of rights. Instead, government is a protector of rights.

— Walter E. Williams

“The Constitution became even more acceptable to the public at large after the first Congress, responding to criticism, passed a series of amendments known…

— Howard Zinn

Revealingly, the central function of the Constitution as law--the supreme law--was to impose limitations not on the behavior of ordinary citizens but on the…

— Glenn Greenwald