Constitution Quotes

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There is no reason for anyone in the country, for anyone except a police officer or a military person, to buy, to own, to have,… — Michael Gartner
The Oval Office symbolizes... the Constitution, the hopes and dreams, and I'm going to say democracy. And when you have a dress code in the… — Andrew Card
The Constitution is the sole source and guaranty of national freedom. — Calvin Coolidge
Journalism is the only profession explicitly protected by the U.S. Constitution, because journalists are supposed to be the check and balance on government. We're supposed… — Amy Goodman
The Constitution they wrote was designed to protect the rights of white, male citizens. As there were no black Founding Fathers, there were no founding… — Shirley Chisholm
The system of banking have[for]ever reprobated. I contemplate it as a blot left in all our Constitutions, which, if not covered, will end in their… — Thomas Jefferson
The sum of all is, if we would most truly enjoy the gift of Heaven, let us become a virtuous people; then shall we both… — Samuel Adams
The Constitution of most of our states (and of the United States) assert that all power is inherent in the people; that they may exercise… — Thomas Jefferson
I believe that justice is instinct and innate, that the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing,… — Thomas Jefferson
When we come to the moral principles on which the government is to be administered, we come to what is proper for all conditions of… — Thomas Jefferson
But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either party? The ultimate… — Thomas Jefferson
The question whether the judges are invested with exclusive authority to decide on the constitutionality of a law has been heretofore a subject of consideration… — Thomas Jefferson
It is every Americans' right and obligation to read and interpret the Constitution for himself. — Thomas Jefferson
I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such momentous importance… — Benjamin Franklin
The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain… — Alexander Hamilton
The only constitutional exception to the power of making treaties is, that it shall not change the Constitution.â€¦ On natural principles, a treaty, which should… — Alexander Hamilton
There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under which it is… — Alexander Hamilton
If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Constitution framed in the Convention where I had the honor to preside might possibly endanger… — George Washington
Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the Constitution be… — George Washington
The Constitution is said to have beautiful features; but when I come to examine these features, Sir, they appear to me horribly frightful. Among other… — Patrick Henry

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