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“generally the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. [It] says what the states can’t do to you. [It] says what the federal government…

— Thom Hartmann

Generally, the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can't do to you. Says what the federal government can't do…

— Barack Obama

It is the Constitution of the United States that has been undermined, undercut, and is under attack. It is the American people's liberties that…

— Robert Byrd

“the Constitution was designed not to give us rights but to prevent government from taking our rights.”

— Thom Hartmann

The Constitution limits the role of government. The Constitution enumerates the freedoms of the people and enforces those freedoms against government, making sure government…

— Rush Limbaugh

“Freedom is not a constitution, or the day it is declared, it's a long process and all of us, each one of us removing…

— Ari Sitas

Contrary to popular opinion, the Constitution was not - and is not - a grant of rights to the citizenry. Instead, the Constitution is…

— Jacob G. Hornberger

Our Constitution, which was intended to limit government power and abuse, has failed,

— Ron Paul

The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen's behavior, it was writtne to restrain the government's behavior.

— Rand Paul

“The new Constitution will promote the “general” welfare, not welfare varying by condition or by place of residence. It will secure our liberties—against whom?…

— Garrett Epps

Constitutions are violated, and it would be absurd to expect the federal government to enforce the Constitution against itself. If the very federal judges…

— John Taylor

The Founding Fathers envisioned a federal government that trusts its people with their money and freedom, outlining this limited, non-intrusive federal government in...the Constitution,…

— Milton Friedman