Constitution Quotes

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Stop throwing the Constitution in my face. It's just a goddamned piece of paper! — George W. Bush
It is clear that those constitutions which aim at the common good are right, as being in accord with absolute justice; while those which aim… — Aristotle
The right constitutions, three in number- kingship, aristocracy, and polity- and the deviations from these, likewise three in number - tyranny from kingship, oligarchy from… — Aristotle
... the community suffers nothing very terrible if its cobblers are bad and become degenerate and pretentious; but if the Guardians of its laws and… — Plato
As the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most wonderful work ever… — William E. Gladstone
Generally, the Constitution is a charter of negative liberties, says what the states can't do to you. Says what the federal government can't do to… — Barack Obama
Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor. — Thomas B. Macaulay
Probably the worst thing that has happened in America in my time is the decay of confidence in the courts. No one can be sure… — H. L. Mencken
The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights. — Erwin Griswold
Like a majority of Americans in recent years, I came to understand that fear of homosexuality was leading our governments ... to deny the equal… — Ronnie Musgrove
There is no negro problem. The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough, to live up to their own… — Frederick Douglass
A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must have the economic… — Nelson Mandela
The painter thinks in terms of form and color. The goal is not to be concerned with the reconstitution of an anecdotal fact, but with… — Georges Braque
Why should I resign ... First of all, I am not guilty of any of these charges. Second, we have a constitution to follow. — Joseph Estrada
The president is the high priest of what sociologist Robert Bellah calls the 'American civil religion.' The president must invoke the name of God (though… — Jonathan Haidt
I want to make a toast to all at this press event who agree with Thomas Jefferson, who said that our liberty depends on the… — Sarah Palin
Howard Phillips of the Constitution Party asked me to consider seriously running for president in 2008 and I am doing so. — Jerome Corsi
Our great Constitution has been beaten and torn until now it hangs by a single thread, and that thread is our franchise to vote. — Ezra Taft Benson
I testify to you that God's hand has been in our destiny. I testify that freedom as we know it today is being threatened as… — Ezra Taft Benson
I am fully persuaded that thousands of our fellow-men might profit equally by a similar course to mine; but, constitutions not being all alike, a… — William Banting

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