Constitution Quotes

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Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary, from… — Alexander Hamilton
If, then, the courts of justice are to be considered as the bulwarks of a limited Constitution against legislative encroachments, this consideration will afford a… — Alexander Hamilton
The interpretation of the laws is the proper and peculiar province of the courts. A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by the… — Alexander Hamilton
A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot. — Thomas B. Macaulay
The instability of our laws is really an immense evil. I think it would be well to provide in our constitutions that there shall always… — Thomas Jefferson
Wise politicians will be cautious about fettering the government with restrictions that cannot be observed, because they know that every break of the fundamental laws,… — Alexander Hamilton
What is to be the consequence, in case the Congress shall misconstrue this part [the necessary and proper clause] of the Constitution and exercise powers… — James Madison
Nothing has yet been offered to invalidate the doctrine that the meaning of the Constitution may as well be ascertained by the Legislative as by… — James Madison
I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial. But I beg to know… — James Madison
Good constitutions are formed upon a comparison of the liberty of the individual with the strength of government: If the tone of either be too… — Alexander Hamilton
[T]o preserve the republican form and principles of our Constitution and cleave to the salutary distribution of powers which that [the Constitution] has established .… — Thomas Jefferson
The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this principle be not… — Thomas Jefferson
My construction of the constitution is very different from that you quote. It is that each department is truly independent of the others, and has… — Thomas Jefferson
It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first comports… — Alexander Hamilton
A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that the… — Thomas Paine
To what expedient then shall we finally resort, for maintaining in practice the necessary partition of power among the several departments, as laid down in… — James Madison
Should the States reject this excellent Constitution, the probability is, an opportunity will never again offer to cancel another in peacethe next will be drawn… — George Washington
The President can exercise no power which cannot be fairly and reasonably traced to some specific grant of power in the Federal Constitution or in… — William Howard Taft
There are two life-forces in the world I know: Jewish and gentile, ours and yours...I do not believe that this primal difference between gentile and… — Maurice Samuel
In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution of… — Edmund Burke

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