Constitution Quote by Benjamin Franklin

In these sentiments, sir, I agree to this Constitution, with all its faults, if they are such; because I think a General Government necessary…

— Benjamin Franklin

“I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such: because I think a General Government necessary for us, and there…

— Benjamin Franklin

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as…

— Lysander Spooner

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

— Anonymous

If we do not adhere firmly to the constitution, our governments will not last long and will change frequently.

— Suharto

Despotism can no more exist in a nation until the liberty of the press be destroyed than the night can happen before the sun…

— Charles Caleb Colton

Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized…

— Frank Herbert

It is foolishly thought by some that democratical constitutions will not, cannot, last; that the States will quarrel with each other; that a king,…

— Marquis de Lafayette

Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and…

— Benjamin Franklin

The constitution has erected no such single tribunal, knowing that to whatever hands confided, with the corruption's of time and party, its members would…

— Thomas Jefferson

No society can make a perpetual constitution... The earth belongs always to the living generation.

— Thomas Jefferson

Even the most despotic government cannot stand except for the consent of the governed.... Immediately the subject ceases to fear the despotic force, his…

— Mahatma Gandhi