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Constitutional Quotes by William J. Brennan
- If we are to be as a shining city upon a hill, it will be because of our ceaseless pursuit of the constitutional ideal of…
- The calculated killing of a human being by the state involves, by its very nature, an absolute denial of the executed person's humanity. The most…
- If our free society is to endure, those who govern must recognize human dignity and accept the enforcement of constitutional limitations on their power conceived…
- One area of law more than any other besmirches the constitutional vision of human dignity. . . . The barbaric death penalty violates our Constitution.…
- Our amended Constitution is the lodestar for our aspirations. Like every text worth reading, it is not crystalline. The phrasing is broad and the limitations…
- Consequences flow from a justice's interpretation in a direct and immediate way. A judicial decision respecting the incompatibility of Jim Crow with a constitutional guarantee…
More Constitutional Quotes
- I do support a constitutional amendment on marriage between a man and a woman, but I would not be going into the… — Michele Bachmann
- I think you may see again a rise at the federal government level for a - a call for the federal constitutional… — Michele Bachmann
- We need a strong, bold constitutional conservative who won't back down and who will fight for the values we believe in. That's… — Michele Bachmann
- The question is: how bad do things have to get before you will do something about it? Where is your line in… — Michael Badnarik
- A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. — Walter Bagehot
- Presidents have the right to nominate their own cabinet secretaries. But their nominees don't have a right to confirmation. Senators have a… — Gary Bauer
- When the American people elected Barack Obama and large Democrat majorities, the die was cast. ObamaCare was coming. Popular or not, constitutional… — Bob Beauprez
- The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes. — Benazir Bhutto
- No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment was needed… — Judy Biggert
- The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional. — Hugo Black
- The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial… — Robert Bork
- The more that voting is glorified as a panacea, the more lackadaisical people become about preserving their constitutional rights. — James Bovard