Constitution Quotes

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And as a man, who is attached to a prostitute, is unfitted to choose or judge of a wife, so any prepossession in favour of… — Thomas Paine
The Constitution is colorblind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. — John Marshall
The people made the Constitution, and the people can unmake it. It is the creature of their own will, and lives only by their will. — John Marshall
The particular phraseology of the Constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to all written constitutions, that a… — John Marshall
Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of… — John Marshall
Our Constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens. In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law. The… — John Marshall
The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are… — James Madison
The Constitution of the U.S. forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion. — James Madison
I entirely concur in the propriety of resorting to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that sense… — James Madison
The Constitution expressly and exclusively vests in the Legislature the power of declaring a state of war [and] the power of raising armies.... A delegation… — James Madison
I consider itâ€¦as subverting the fundamental and characteristic principle of the Governmentâ€¦and as bidding defiance to the sense in which the Constitution is known to… — James Madison
The constitution ought to secure a genuine militia and guard against a select militia. ...All regulations tending to render this general militia useless and defenseless,… — Richard Henry Lee
So far as this has gone, I am satisfied to see a spirit prevailing that promises to send the system out free from those vexations… — Richard Henry Lee
Such is the constitution of man that labour may be styled its own reward; nor will any external incitements be requisite, if it be considered… — Samuel Johnson
To think that because those who wield power in society wield in the end that of government, therefore it is of no use to attempt… — John Stuart Mill
The only way out of the current crisis is to amend the Constitution. — Abhisit Vejjajiva
The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is the reward of… — Polybius
To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man. — Augustus
The federal government has taken too much tax money from the people, too much authority from the states, and too much liberty with the Constitution. — Ronald Reagan
But I am pro-life and will intend, if Iâ€™m president of the United States, to encourage pro-life policies. [...] And I hope to appoint justices… — Mitt Romney

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