Constitution Quotes

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If the American people really tire of democracy and want to make a trial of Fascism, I shall be the last person to object. But… — H. L. Mencken
There is nothing, in itself, valuable or despicable, desirable or hateful, beautiful or deformed; but that these attributes arise from the particular constitution and fabric… — David Hume
The human body contains blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile. These are the things that make up its constitution and cause its pain and… — Hippocrates
How can those who are invested with the power of government be prevented from the abuse of those powers as the means of aggrandizing themselves?… — John C. Calhoun
Since Vice President Al Gore is constantly making things up, it should come as no surprise that he wants Supreme Court justices who will do… — Ann Coulter
America's greatness is due in no small measure to our system of government, in which power and authority are deliberately divided. The separation of powers… — Richard Allen Epstein
....I am sure that the dangers of this system (the Federal Constitution) are real, when those who have no similar interest with the people of… — Patrick Henry
What right do they have to say "we the people" rather than we the States? — Patrick Henry
In no part of the Constitution is more wisdom to be found than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to… — James Madison
The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional. — John Marshall
Make sure the government treats others the same as you would want the government to treat you. ...Once you consent to the government ignoring the… — Charley Reese
The poor Constitution itself is hardly paid any attention to. It's necessary to ignore it because most of what government does these days is clearly… — Charley Reese
Terrorists can endanger some of us, but the war on terror endangers us all. How much more can the Constitution be diminished before it is… — Paul Craig Roberts
Unequal group rights, the politics of redistribution and a Constitution whose meaning varies with changeable coalitions are a recipe for civil war. — Paul Craig Roberts
How odd that Americans, and not just their presidents, have come to think of their Constitution as something separable from the government it's supposed to… — Joseph Sobran
Some people don't mind a little constitutional sophistry in a good cause; and for liberals, centralizing all power in the federal government is always a… — Joseph Sobran
...[T]he Constitution conferred only a few specific powers on the federal government, all others being denied to it (as the Tenth Amendment would make plain).… — Joseph Sobran
The liberal understanding of 'the separation of church and state' means that as the area of politics expands, the area of private freedom - religious… — Joseph Sobran
...[T]oday's Washington is about as attentive to the Tenth Amendment as the Unitarian Church is to the Book of Revelation. — Joseph Sobran
Those who wrote the Constitution clearly understood that power is dangerous and needs to be limited by being separated - separated not only into the… — Thomas Sowell

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