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- With typical arrogance, the Anglos claimed to cherish freedom of speech but failed to recognize this right for anyone but themselves. Where did the Constitution…
- Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place…
- [It is not the purpose nor right of Congress] to attend to what generosity and humanity require, but to what the Constitution and their duty…
- The congress of the United States possesses no power to regulate, or interfere with the domestic concerns, or police of any state: it belongs not…
- The fight against drug trafficking is a wildfire that threatens to consume those fundamental rights of the individual deliberately enshrined in our Constitution.
- If cruelty is no longer declared unlawful, but instead is applied as a matter of policy, it alters the fundamental relationship of man to government.…
- Every legislative limitation upon utterance, however valid, may in a particular case serve as an inroad upon the freedom of speech which the Constitution protects.
- The Patriot Act followed 9-11 as smoothly as the suspension of the Weimar constitution after the Reichstag Fire Decree.
- It seems incredible that the trustees of typically American fortune-created foundations should have permitted them to be used to finance ideas and practices incompatible with…
- For those who have taken an oath to defend the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic, it is a call of duty to…
- Our constitution mentions religion just twice, and both times the word 'no' are attached.
- The principles of the United States Constitution are, because of Senator Byrd, still the heartbeat of the US Senate.
- This case is not about whether marriages between same-sex couples are consistent or inconsistent with the teachings of a particular religion, whether such marriages are…
- The deep inequalities that persist are visible reminders of the effects of apartheid and colonialism. Until these scars are healed, the vision of our Constitution…
- The framers of our Constitution understood the dangers of unbridled government surveillance. They knew that democracy could flourish only in spaces free from government snooping…
- What is a constitution? It is a booklet with twelve or ten pages. I can tear them away and say that tomorrow we shall live…
- Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage licence. Indeed, the evidence shows…
- Health coverage for regular citizens isn't mandated by the Constitution, but we're obligated to provide adequate medical care for prisoners, whatever the cost.
- The aim of the Constitutional treaty was to be more readable; the aim of this treaty is to be unreadable...The Constitution aimed to be clear,…
- The people are sovereign and the Constitution is supreme. There is no one greater than the people.
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