Constitution Quotes

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I can't find anything in the Constitution that says you prefer the life of the mother, or the convenience of the mother if it's an… — Alan Dershowitz
The Constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of people. — William O. Douglas
History is rich with adventurous men, long on charisma, with a highly developed instinct for their own interests, who have pursued personal power - bypassing… — Umberto Eco
Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution expensive, and needs to be rich. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Preventing terrorist attacks is of the highest important, but trashing the Constitution is not the right way to do it. — Eliot Engel
Oh, if I had been loved at the age of seventeen, what an idiot I would be today. Happiness is like smallpox: if you catch… — Gustave Flaubert
Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment. — Larry Flynt
Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change… — Alexander Hamilton
Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle. — Thomas Hardy
Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath to uphold and… — Robin Hayes
I have quite a decent constitution in spite of all my abuse of it and my advanced years. I'm still quite robust. — Christopher Hitchens
Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year, until… — Francois Hollande
If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
In the name of the constitution of Texas, which has been trampled upon, I refuse to take this oath. I love Texas too well to… — Sam Houston
It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in… — Molly Ivins
When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote. — Jesse Jackson
The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be… — Thomas Jefferson
Honest conviction is my courage; the Constitution is my guide. — Andrew Johnson
Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives… — Andrew Johnson
I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it. — Andrew Johnson

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