Constitution Quotes

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Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age. — B R Ambedkar
The future and success of America is not in this Constitution, but in the laws of God upon which this Constitution is founded. — James Madison
The united, well-ordered American home is one of the greatest contributing factors to the preservation of the Constitution of the United States. — David O. McKay
May those principles, which were so honorably and nobly defended, namely, the Constitution of our land, by our fathers, be established forever. — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Those who enjoy the blessings of liberty under a divinely inspired constitution should promote morality, and they should practice what the Founding Fathers called civic… — Dallin H. Oaks
Though liberty is established by law, we must be vigilant, for liberty to enslave us is always present under that very liberty. Our Constitution speaks… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
[Tar water] is of a nature so mild and benign and proportioned to the human constitution, as to warm without heating, to cheer but not… — George Berkeley
We have much to contribute to the world; ways of knowing and being that are going to be essential to everyone's survival on our planet.… — Patrick Dodson
Charles Beard warned us that governments-inc luding the government of the United States-are not neutral, that they represent the dominant economic interests, and that their… — Howard Zinn
No man can delegate,... any right of arbitrary dominion over a 3rd person; for that would imply a right in the 1st person, not only… — Lysander Spooner
The government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that… — Thomas Jefferson
The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. — Alexis de Tocqueville
A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded. — Ruth Bader Ginsburg
It's time to recognize that under the equal protection clause of the United States [Constitution], same-sex couples should have the same rights as anybody else. — Barack Obama
I was a constitutional law professor, which means unlike the current president I actually respect the Constitution. — Barack Obama
Lawyers are necessary in a community. Some of you...take a different view; but as I am a member of that legal profession, or was at… — William Howard Taft
The Constitution has been eviscerated while Democrats have stood by with nary a whimper. It is a gutless, unprincipled party, bought and paid for by… — Rocky Anderson
I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we're facing right now have to do with [the president] trying to bring more and… — Barack Obama
I swore an oath to uphold the laws on the books . Now, I know some people want me to bypass Congress and change the… — Barack Obama
It [the Constitution] didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution, at least as it's been… — Barack Obama

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