Framers Quotes

43 quotes by 31 authors

The Constitution created a framework, not a Ouija board, precisely because the Framers understood that prospect of a nation ruled for centuries by dead prophets… — Dahlia Lithwick
It is time... to end the long-standing and unproductive methodological debate over 'originalism' versus 'dynamism' or 'evolution' and focus instead on how, as a substantive… — Diane Wood
All in all, the framers would probably agree that it's better to impeach too often than too seldom. If presidents can't be virtuous, they should… — Joseph Sobran
I believe that the Framers of the Constitution made their intent clear when they wrote the First Amendment. I believe they wanted to keep the… — Nick Rahall
Let us face reality. The framers (of the Constitution) have simply been too shrewd for us. They have outwitted us. They designed separate institutions that… — James MacGregor Burns
Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the bloodshed in Northern… — Barry Goldwater
In a constitutional democracy the moral content of law must be given by the morality of the framer or legislator, never by the morality of… — Robert Bork
Americans - not just starting thirty years ago but going back to the beginning, when we were rebelling against King George - we've always been… — William J. Clinton
That, in part, is why the Constitution's framers gave justices life tenure ? to enable them to rule wherever the law and the Constitution led… — Gerald R. Ford
As you know, I have over the years written critically about the U.N. I have consistently stressed in my writings that American leadership is critical… — John Bolton
The Framers of the First Amendment were not concerned with preventing government from abridging their freedom to speak about crops and cockfighting, or with protecting… — George Will
The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. — Billy Graham
Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment. — Sandra Day O'Connor
It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were… — Sandra Day O'Connor
I sort of thought the framers of the Constitution were talking about the rights of individuals, not corporate entities. — Sandra Day O'Connor
The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success… — Sandra Day O'Connor
Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent judicial branch that… — Sandra Day O'Connor
Constitutional government, as designed by the framers, will survive only with a righteous people. — Ezra Taft Benson
The modern presidency, as expressed in the policies of the administration of George W. Bush, provides the strongest piece of evidence that we are governed… — Noah Feldman
The rise of the presidency began with the Louisiana Purchase, which in 1803 doubled the land mass of the United States. History taught the framers… — Noah Feldman

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