Constitution Quotes

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Inequalities of mind and body are so established by God Almighty, in his constitution of human nature, that no art or policy can ever plane… — John Adams
A lawyer's primer: If you don't have the law, you argue the facts; if you don't have the facts, you argue the law; if you… — Frederic Bastiat
The chief foundations of all states... are good laws and good arms. And as there cannot be good laws where there are not good arms...… — Niccolo Machiavelli
We have seen that the American Constitution has changed, is changing, and by the law of its existence must continue to change, in its substance… — James Bryce
The liberties of our country, the freedoms of our civil Constitution are worth defending at all hazards; it is our duty to defend them against… — Sam Adams
The portion of a law usually found unconstitutional is the teeth — Washington Irving
To exclude from positions of trust and command all those below the age of 44 would have kept Jefferson from writing the Declaration of Independence,… — John Fitzgerald Kennedy
One word was sufficient to gain public favour. That word was Constitution, of all words the least precise, the most open to variety of interpretation,… — Prince Klemens Von Metternich
The Constitution was framed in order to form a more perfect union, not to establish mass confusion. Byron Goines — Byron Goines
I vote not because of the policies of any political party, but I vote to defend the constitution of the land. — Kwarteng Davis
The United States Constitution only gives the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. — Benjamin Franklin
Amendment of the constitution is the minority's affair. Constitutions are invented to protect the rights of suppressed groups. — Mohammad MUSTAFA
I find it extremely ironic that Bush says that personal opinion should not be a tool in the interpretation of the Constitution, when he's the… — Jessi Klein
And the president is all wrong when he maintains that a nominee should have an up-or-down vote. The Constitution doesn't say that. The Constitution doesn't… — Robert Byrd
I'd love to thwart the Census form, but I want a constitutional basis for doing it - and here's the tricky thing. I think even… — Mark Davis
I'm a child of the sixties, I'm a man of the sixties. During that period of time this country was coming apart at the seams.… — Curt Flood
Each state in the Union is honored in the order of when it ratified the Constitution and became a part of the United States. This… — Leonard Boswell
If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane. — Henry Billings Brown
There are only two ways to remove the president - if he violates the constitution or commits high treason. How could anyone accuse me of… — Emile Lahoud
It is preposterous that the current members of the United States Senate and all of their predecessors for more than 200 years haven't been able… — John Jay Hooker

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