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Constitution Quotes by Hugo Black
- Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind.
- The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the…
- No higher duty, or more solemn responsibility, rests upon this Court than that of translating into living law and maintaining this constitutional shield deliberately planned…
- The public welfare demands that constitutional cases must be decided according to the terms of the Constitution itself, and not according to judges views of…
- From the very beginning, our state and national constitutions and laws have laid great emphasis on procedural and substantive safeguards designed to assure fair trials…
- The First Amendment was added to the Constitution to stand as a guarantee that neither the power nor the prestige of the Federal Government would…
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- I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350… — Antonio Banderas
- Despite two decisions, in 2008 and 2010, by the U.S. Supreme Court unequivocally affirming that the Second Amendment to the Constitution guarantees… — Bob Barr
- Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other. — John Adams
- All the perplexities, confusion and distress in America arise, not from defects in their Constitution or Confederation, not from want of honor… — John Adams
- The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against all hazards: And it is our duty… — Samuel Adams
- Progressivism is the cancer in America and it is eating our Constitution, and it was designed to eat the Constitution, to progress… — Glenn Beck
- A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. — Joseph Addison