Constitution Quotes

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The preservation of a free government requires not merely that the metes and bounds which separate each department of power be invariably maintained; but more… — James Madison
To every description of citizens, let praise be given. but let them persevere in their affectionate vigilance over that precious depository of American happiness, the… — George Washington
The national government was itself the creature of the States...Yet today it is often made to appear that the creature, Frankenstein-like, is determined to destroy… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for public charity. — Franklin Pierce
No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend… — Joseph Story
The public welfare demands that constitutional cases must be decided according to the terms of the Constitution itself, and not according to judges views of… — Hugo Black
But the origin of the American Republic is distinguished by peculiar circumstances. Other nations have been driven together by fear and necessity-the governments have generally… — Noah Webster
In the formation of such a government, it is not only the right, but the indispensable duty of every citizen to examine the principles of… — Noah Webster
The American Constitution is a written instrument full and complete in itself. No Court in America, no Congress, no President, can add a single word… — Frederick Douglass
The real object of the First Amendment was not to countenance, much less advance Mohammedanism, or Judaism or infidelity, by prostrating Christianity; but ... to… — Joseph Story
Before the formation of this Constitution it had been affirmed as a self evident truth, in the Declaration of Independence, very deliberately made by the… — Samuel Adams
All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized… — Ezra Stiles
The constitution regulates our stewardship; the constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defense, to welfare, and to liberty. But there is a… — William H. Seward
Study the Constitution. Let it be preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislatures, and enforced in courts of justice. — Abraham Lincoln
But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes. — William H. Seward
I hope that you have re-read the Constitution of the United States in these past few weeks. Like the Bible, it ought to be read… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: 'We the people.'… — Ronald Reagan
Now I realize it's fashionable in some circles to believe that no one in government should encourage others to read the Bible. That we're told… — Ronald Reagan
If the Constitution framers would come back today, they would have contempt for most of us. — Walter E. Williams
Very few established institutions, governments and constitutions ...are ever destroyed by their enemies until they have been corrupted and weakened by their friends. — Walter Lippmann

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