Our Constitution Quotes

179 quotes by 127 authors

The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly held that marriage is one of the most fundamental rights that we have as Americans under our Constitution. — Ted Olson
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
The bottom line is that we've become a nation of thieves, a value rejected by our founders. James Madison, the father of our Constitution, was… — Walter E. Williams
As Members of Congress, we swear an oath to uphold the United States Constitution. It means something to be an American because we believe in… — Todd Tiahrt
Well, today, we are in the struggle brought on to us by the terrorists of Islam. It is a war that we did not choose.… — Todd Tiahrt
The future is not in our hands. We have no power over it. We can act only today. We have a sentence in our Constitution… — Mother Teresa
...the framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom and forbearance in its formation if it was intended to be broken up by… — Robert E. Lee
It's a rare human being who understands intellectually and emotionally the freedoms contained within our Constitution and the right of every human being to make… — Geoffrey Fieger
Unless they can pass the same test that immigrants must pass to become citizens, people shouldnt be allowed to vote. The idea that there is… — Charley Reese
Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves. — Ramsey Clark
Our Constitution is the envy of the world, as it should be for it is the grand design of the finest nation on earth. — Thurgood Marshall
I ask the citizens of this Republic whether such a state of things is to be suffered to pass unnoticed, and the hearts of widows,… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
While other men were peacefully following their vocations and extending their interests they [the Saints in Clay County] have been deprived of the right of… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail. — George Washington
With all the defects in our Constitution, whether general or particular, the comparison of our government with those of Europe, is like a comparison of… — Thomas Jefferson
But the origin of the American Republic is distinguished by peculiar circumstances. Other nations have been driven together by fear and necessity-the governments have generally… — Noah Webster
Ours was the first revolution in the history of mankind that truly reversed the course of government, and with three little words: 'We the people.'… — Ronald Reagan
In these sacred documents are embodied eternal principles that no man, group of men, or nation has the right to withhold from others. Here is… — Ezra Taft Benson
I will continue my consistent record of voting for lower taxes, less spending and fewer regulations to make our government more effective and efficient while… — Roscoe Bartlett
Our Constitution recognises no other power than that of persuasion, for enforcing religious observances. — Richard Mentor Johnson

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