Constitution Quotes

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It is all the more necessary under a system of free government that the people should be enlightened, that they should be correctly informed, than… — Calvin Coolidge
It is (our) duty . . . to pay especial attention to the principles of government which shall be inculcated therein (at the University), and… — Thomas Jefferson
The Constitution established the United States of America as a Christian nation. — John McCain
They have kept us in submission because they have talked about separation of church and state. There is no such thing in the Constitution. It's… — Pat Robertson
I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the living God, and that's what… — Mike Huckabee
Strongly guarded as is the separation between Religion and Government in the Constitution of the United States, the danger of encroachment by Ecclesiastical Bodies may… — James Madison
I believe in the American tradition of separation of church and state which is expressed in the First Amendment to the Constitution. By my office… — Lyndon B. Johnson
I could not do otherwise without transcending the limits prescribed by the Constitution for the President and without feeling that I might in some degree… — Andrew Jackson
We have one country, one Constitution and one future that binds us. — George W. Bush
We cannot ensure that women will be free of discrimination in the workplace and everywhere as long as women are not universally defended under our… — Carolyn Maloney
I say further that for this great legislative body to ignore the Constitution and the fundamental concepts of our governmental system is to act in… — Barry Goldwater
I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of… — Thomas Jefferson
No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises of the civil… — Thomas Jefferson
I am... for freedom of the press, and against all violations of the Constitution to silence by force and not by reason the complaints or… — Thomas Jefferson
I don't believe anybody has a right to own any kind of a firearm. I believe in order to obtain a permit to own a… — John Silber
I believe.....this is my final word......I believe that I'm supporting the Constitution of the United States which does not give the right for any individual… — Jan Schakowsky
If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by… — George Washington
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence.... From the hour the Pilgrims… — George Washington
When we got organized as a country, [and] wrote a fairly radical Constitution, with a radical Bill of Rights, giving radical amounts of freedom to… — William J. Clinton
I simply cannot stand by and watch a right guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States come under attack from those who either can't… — Charlton Heston

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