Constitution Quotes

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They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin. Adultery is responsible for breaking up more… — Al Sharpton
An industry devoted to serving the public's right to know gives twisted and evil men the means of becoming known.Â This problem is not obviously amenable… — James Taranto
Unless we put medical freedom into the constitution the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship and force people who wish… — Benjamin
The God of the modern evangelical rarely astonishes anybody. He manages to stay pretty much with the constitution. Never break our by-laws. He's a very… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
The Constitution is what the judges say it is, every time. — Fred Rodell
Let us face reality. The framers (of the Constitution) have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us. They designed separate institutions that… — James MacGregor Burns
Elect me to office. I will protect and defend the U.S. Constitution. Because there's no constitutional authority for Congress spending on the objects of benevolence,… — Walter E. Williams
Our Cosmic Habitat is certain to be widely quoted and widely read. It is beautifully written, using inspiring and stimulating analogies. While the book is… — John N. Bahcall
So the Clinton-Gore era culminates with an election as stained as the blue dress, a Democratic chorus complaining that the Constitution should not be the… — George Will
The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals. — Lenny Bruce
We need to make some real fundamental change from the Constitution down in this country. — Al Sharpton
I don't think the Constitution is studied almost anywhere, including law schools. In law schools, what they study is what the court said about the… — Robert Bork
We must save the Constitution from the [Supreme] Court and the Court from itself. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen's behavior, it was writtne to restrain the government's behavior. — Rand Paul
You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the… — Caleb Cushing
This revision of the Constitution will not be perfect. But at least the Constitution will not be inflexible. It will be a step towards the… — Laurent Fabius
Conservatives need to know how important it is to fill out the census. It is one of the only things our Constitution specifically asks of… — Patrick McHenry
The world is always childish, and with each new gewgaw of a revolution or new constitution that it finds, thinks it shall never cry any… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men into such swift and close collision in critical moments that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The real reason to abolish departments like Energy and Education is not to promote efficiency, nor even to save taxpayersâ€™ money. It is that many… — David Boaz

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