American Constitution Quotes

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The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest. — Stephen Ambrose
Two Soviets . . . were talking to each other. And one of them asked, "What's the difference between the Soviet Constitution and the United… — Ronald Reagan
The American Constitution is remarkable for its simplicity; but it can only suffice a people habitually correct in their actions, and would be utterly inadequate… — Francis Grund
And I should like to assure you, my Islamic friends, that under the American Constitution, under American tradition, and in American hearts, this Center, this… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
As the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most wonderful work ever… — William E. Gladstone
In view of the tide of religiosity engulfing a once secular republic it is refreshing to be reminded by Freethinkers that free thought and skepticism… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Anyone who says the American Constitution is obsolete just because social and economic conditions have changed does not understand the real genius of the Constitution.… — W. Cleon Skousen
For all the great dreams profitlessly invested in the digital computer, it is nonetheless true that not since the framers of the American Constitution took… — David Berlinski
The American Constitution, one of the few modern political documents drawn up by men who were forced by the sternest circumstances to think out what… — George Bernard Shaw
The American Constitution is a written instrument full and complete in itself. No Court in America, no Congress, no President, can add a single word… — Frederick Douglass
Letter to the committee in charge of the celebration of the centennial of the American Constitution. I have always regarded that Constitution as the most… — William E. Gladstone
An industry devoted to serving the public's right to know gives twisted and evil men the means of becoming known.Â This problem is not obviously amenable… — James Taranto
The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals. — Lenny Bruce
Science is the study of the admitted laws of existence, which cannot prove a universal negative about whether those laws could ever be suspended by… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race. — Calvin Coolidge
The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during the Enlightenment and… — Steven Pinker
Hold on, my friends, to the Constitution and to the Republic for which it stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in… — Daniel Webster
[quoting someone else] the American constitution is a document designed by geniuses to be eventually interpreted by idiots — Joseph J. Ellis
We have seen that the American Constitution has changed, is changing, and by the law of its existence must continue to change, in its substance… — James Bryce
" Ah, this is the constitution," he said. "Now, mark my words. So long as we are a young and virtuous people, this instument will… — Alexander Hamilton

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