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Constitution Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- All authority belongs to the people... In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief…
- Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those whom…
- The true theory of our Constitution is surely the wisest and best, that the states are independent as to everything within themselves and united as…
- The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they please.
- I consider the government of the United States as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises. This results…
- I consider the government of the U.S. as interdicted by the Constitution from intermeddling with religious institutions, their doctrines, discipline, or exercises.
- The mobs of the great cities add just so much to the support of pure government as sores do to the strength of the human…
- It is (our) duty . . . to pay especial attention to the principles of government which shall be inculcated therein (at the University), and…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Difference of opinion leads to enquiry, and enquiry to truth; and I am sure...we both value too much the freedom of opinion sanctioned by our…
- Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from…
- To me... it appears that there have been differences of opinion and party differences, from the first establishment of government to the present day, and…
- The elective franchise, if guarded as the ark of our safety, will peaceably dissipate all combinations to subvert a Constitution, dictated by the wisdom, and…
- The moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as that of feeling, seeing, or hearing.
- I join cordially in admiring and revering the Constitution of the United States, the result of the collected wisdom of our country. That wisdom has…
- We established however some, although not all its [self-government] important principles . The constitutions of most of our States assert, that all power is inherent…
- But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that…
- The germ of dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal judiciary; an irresponsible body, (for impeachment is scarcely a scare-crow)…
More Constitution Quotes
- Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind… — Thomas Jefferson
- A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. — Aristotle
- The Constitution is government's stop sign. It says, you - the three branches of government - can go so far and no… — Michele Bachmann
- Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government.… — Michael Badnarik
- I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350… — Antonio Banderas
- 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 Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it… — Hugo Black