Constitutional Quotes

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Homosexuals now pervade and control American government at every level and branch. Thus, only those churches that support and promote the militant homosexual agenda enjoy… — Fred Phelps
The great constitutional corrective in the hands of the people against usurpation of power, or corruption by their agents is the right of suffrage; and… — Andrew Jackson
Congress is best viewed from a distanceâ€”the farther the betterâ€”because up close, it is truly ugly. I saw most of Congress as uncivil, incompetent at… — Robert M. Gates
In time of peace there can, at all events, be no justification for the creation of a permanent debt by the Federal Government. Its limited… — Martin Van Buren
Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts. — Roger Wicker
Between government in the republican meaning, that is, Constitutional, representative, limited government, on the one hand, and Empire on the other hand, there is mortal… — Garet Garrett
Ive been in the legislative branch and now the executive branch and in each case I felt it was important we use our constitutional responsibilities… — John Engler
Indeed, that the Second Amendment poses no barrier to strong gun laws is perhaps the most well-settled proposition in American constitutional law. — Erwin Griswold
Men of Virginia, countrymen of Washington, of Patrick Henry, of Jefferson, and of Madison, will ye be true to your constitutional faith? — Caleb Cushing
If it is not totalitarian to arrest a man and detain him, when you cannot charge him with any offence against any written law â€“… — Lee Kuan Yew
Given currency by Jrgen Habermas in the late l980s, 'constitutional patriotism' has emerged as an appealing principle for post-national political allegiance. Jan-Werner Mller traces the… — Charles S. Maier
I guess the language that Justice Ginsburg used at the closing of the VMI (United States v. Virginia Military Institute) case is an important thing;… — Ted Olson
Let there be no reservation or doubt that I believe the Senate should vote on each and every judicial appointment made by the President of… — Johnny Isakson
Our task is nothing less than the creation of a new constitutional order for a new united Europe. — Peter Hain
Just think - guns have a constitutional amendment protecting them and women don't. — Eleanor Smeal
As presidential authority expands, and the role of Congress diminishes, the American people continue to lose control over their government. Today's assertions of executive power… — Mickey Edwards
We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our constitutional health, and we're surrendering it all at the same… — Paul Hawken
Newspapers, magazines and other publications have the constitutional right to be offensive, even disgusting. As evidence of that, just watch this space regularly. — Mike Royko
When law enforcers are shown to have such unswerving integrity, only the most churlish among us would question the methods they use to "get their… — Donna Woolfolk Cross
In Madison's famous formulation in the Federalist, constitutional restrictions on government assume that we "first enable the government to control the governed." If the public… — Stephen Holmes

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