Constitution Quotes

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The framers of our Constitution understood the dangers of unbridled government surveillance. They knew that democracy could flourish only in spaces free from government snooping… — Elizabeth Holtzman
The more I study it [the Constitution], the more I have come to admire it, realizing that no other document devised by the hand of… — Calvin Coolidge
Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution . . — William Howard Taft
Thank God, under our Constitution there was no connection between Church and State, and that in my action as President of the United States I… — James K. Polk
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
Whatever one's religion in his private life may be, for the officeholder, nothing takes precedence over his oath to uphold the Constitution and all its… — John F. Kennedy
As you know, the separation of church and state is not subject to discussion or alteration. Under our Constitution no church or religion can be… — Richard M. Nixon
Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united… — William Howard Taft
The framers of the Constitution realized that . . . there needed to be some guardian of the sober second thought, and so they created… — Elihu Root
For the Humanist, . . . head and heart . . . must function together. . . . The constitution of the Phillips Exeter Academy… — Corliss Lamont
Last year I was on Pat Robertson's show, and we discussed our basic Christian faith - for instance, separation of church and state. It's contrary… — Jimmy Carter
Even though we now have the half-century-old new Constitution, there is a popular sentiment of support for the old one that lives on in reality… — Kenzaburo Oe
One day the South will know that when these disinherited children of God sat down at lunch counters they were in reality standing up for… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Going around this country, I have found a great hunger in America for spiritual revival; for a belief that law must be based on a… — Ronald Reagan
The President, and government, will only control the militia when a part of them is in the actual service of the federal government, else, they… — Alexander Hamilton
I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution. — Honore Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
The revolution is the war of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule of liberty against its enemies. The constitution is the rule… — Maximilien Robespierre
The makers of our Constitution . . . conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone - the most comprehensive of rights… — Louis D. Brandeis
When the doctrine of allegiance to party can utterly up-end a man's moral constitution and make a temporary fool of him besides, what excuse are… — Mark Twain
[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a despotism. — Fisher Ames

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