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Constitution Quotes by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
- [The Constitution] is an experiment as all life is an experiment.
- The provisions of the Constitution are not mathematical formulas having their essence in their form; they are organic, living institutions transplanted from English soil. Their…
- 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…
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- 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