Constitution Quotes

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The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to… — Albert Einstein
When it shall be said in any country in the world my poor are happy; neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them;… — Thomas Paine
Charity is no part of the legislative duty of the government. — James Madison
The illness of a doctor is always worse than the illnesses of his patients.The patients only feel, but the doctor, as well as feeling, has… — Maxim Gorky
Men are qualified for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral chains upon their own appetitesâ€¦in proportion as they are more… — Edmund Burke
Today, no less than five Supreme Court justices are on record, either through their opinions or speeches (or both), that they will consult foreign law… — Mark Levin
When you want genuine music -- music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your system like strychnine whisky, go… — Mark Twain
[quoting someone else] the American constitution is a document designed by geniuses to be eventually interpreted by idiots — Joseph J. Ellis
Judicial activists are nothing short of radicals in robes--contemptuous of the rule of law, subverting the Constitution at will, and using their public trust to… — Mark Levin
But Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is a part of an Englishman's constitution. His thoughts and beauties are so spread abroad… — Jane Austen
No: I am not tired. I have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely." ~ Sherlock Holmes — Arthur Conan Doyle
The inferior position of blacks, the exclusion of Indians from the new society, the establishment of supremacy for the rich and powerful in the new… — Howard Zinn
The Constitution. . . illustrates the complexity of the American system: that it serves the interests of a wealthy elite, but also does enough for… — Howard Zinn
The legislator should direct his attention above all to the education of youth; for the neglect of education does harm to the constitution. The citizen… — Aristotle
Experience teaches that for most people there is a limit beyond which their constitution cannot comply with the demands of civilization. All who wish to… — Sigmund Freud
That's why I believe in a Constitution which separates church from state. I've seen what happens when they get in cahoots. — Craig Ferguson
That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at… — Margaret Atwood
Most people, when they move, well they just move depending on whatever's around them. At this very moment, as I am writing, Constitution the cat… — Muriel Barbery
Last comes the class of persons, of nervous organization and enfeebled vigour, whose sensual appetite craves highly seasoned dishes, men of a hectic, over-stimulated constitution.… — Joris-Karl Huysmans
The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions — Daniel Webster

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