Constitution Quotes

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It doesn't say anywhere in the Constitution this idea of the separation of church and state. — Sean Hannity
The pest of society are the egotist, they are dull and bright, sacred and profane, course and fine. It is a disease that like the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Irish Free State was one of dozens of new European democracies to emerge from the cauldron of the 1914-1918 war. It was one of… — John Bruton
I am a man of peace. I am longing and working and praying for peace, but I will not surrender the safety and security of… — Stanley Baldwin
Every government is perpetually degenerating towards corruption, from which it must be rescued at certain periods by the resuscitation of its first principles, and the… — Samuel Johnson
No society can make a perpetual constitution... The earth belongs always to the living generation. — Thomas Jefferson
Each state, so that it does not abridge the great fundamental rights belonging, under the Constitution, to all citizens, may grant or withhold such civil… — Lyman Trumbull
There are some historians who say that democratic republics dont last more than 200 years. Well, weve got to show that you can last more… — Maurice Hinchey
Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all… — William Whewell
It is in seeing ourselves whole that we can begin to see ways of working out our differences, of understanding our similarities and of finally… — Robert C. Maynard
We have built no temple but the Capitol. We consult no common oracle but the Constitution. — Rufus Choate
I follow a set of principles; I follow the Constitution. And that's what I base my votes on. Limited government, economic freedom, and individual liberty. — Justin Amash
I fight very strongly against libertarian influence within the Republican Party and the conservative movement. I don't think the libertarians have it right when it… — Rick Santorum
I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is not the Constitution as I… — Abraham Lincoln
But did the Founding Fathers ever intend for the federal government to involve itself in education, health care or retirement benefits? The answer, quite clearly,… — Larry Elder
The ANC is more important than the Constitution. — Jacob Zuma
The Constitution is only there to regulate matters. — Jacob Zuma
As a result of the World War, this old Germany collapsed. It collapsed in its constitution, in its social order, in its economic structure. Its… — Gustav Stresemann
It's a rare human being who understands intellectually and emotionally the freedoms contained within our Constitution and the right of every human being to make… — Geoffrey Fieger
Shahidullah Shahid said there is nothing Islamic in Pakistanâ€™s constitution. He clearly canâ€™t read. The truth is there is nothing Islamic in the TTP. — Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

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