Constitution Quotes

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Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind. — Hugo Black
The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the… — Hugo Black
The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry. But we live in a complex world where you're going to have to have… — Michael Bloomberg
Last I looked - and I'm not a candidate - but last time I checked reading about the Constitution, the Electoral College has nothing to… — Michael Bloomberg
Working Americans who believe in our country and who believe in our Constitution are saying, 'Enough is enough!' — John Boehner
And we can celebrate when we have a government that has earned back the trust of the people it serves... when we have a government… — John Boehner
A Constitution should be short and obscure. — Napoleon Bonaparte
Those who made and endorsed our Constitution knew man's nature, and it is to their ideas, rather than to the temptations of utopia, that we… — Robert Bork
The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review; and it… — Robert Bork
It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are often… — James Bovard
It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. — Edmund Burke
Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward, and freedom will be defended. — George W. Bush
Our ideals of freedom, set forth and realized in our Constitution, are our greatest export to the world. — Robert Byrd
I would have to have people totally committed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this United States. And many of the Muslims,… — Herman Cain
The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity- unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity. — Henry Clay
To every people the land is given on condition. Perceived or not, there is a Covenant, beyond the constitution, beyond sovereign guarantee, beyond the nation's… — Leonard Cohen
Indians today are governed by two different ideologies. Their political ideal set in the preamble of the Constitution affirms a life of liberty, equality and… — B R Ambedkar
The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest. — Stephen Ambrose
And truly, when you look at the Constitution and our founding fathers and their writings, the things that made this country great, you might draw… — Sharron Angle
We are a nation conceived, born and nurtured by faith... Our faith is declared in our Constitution, on our currency and in our lives. — Bob Dole

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