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- A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. — Joseph Addison
- Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind… — Thomas Jefferson
- We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked… — James Madison
- I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon law and upon courts. These are false… — Learned Hand
- Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority… — William Howard Taft
- But while property is considered as the basis of the freedom of the American yeomanry, there are other auxiliary supports; among which… — Noah Webster
- It will be remembered, that a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles is solemnly enjoined by most of the state constitutions, and particularly… — James Madison
- It is (our) duty . . . to pay especial attention to the principles of government which shall be inculcated therein (at… — Thomas Jefferson
- Men that look no further than their outsides, think health an appurtenance unto life, and quarrel with their constitutions for being sick;… — Thomas Browne
- Men by their constitutions are naturally divided into two parties: 1. Those who fear and distrust the people, and wish to draw… — Thomas Jefferson
- As a matter of law the states recognized no constraints on their legislative scope other than those that were self-imposed. Even where… — Immanuel Wallerstein
- Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with… — Alexander Hamilton