Our Constitution Quotes

179 quotes by 127 authors

Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still. — Charles Edison
America's greatness is due in no small measure to our system of government, in which power and authority are deliberately divided. The separation of powers… — Richard Allen Epstein
We came to say, the Quran is our constitution, we are committed to God and his holy book. God willing, should they try to carry… — Ismail Haniyeh
Our Constitution... has not left the religion of its citizens under the power of its public functionaries, were it possible that any of these should… — Thomas Jefferson
America wasn't founded as a theocracy. America was founded by people trying to escape theocracies. Never in history have we had a Christian theocracy where… — Gregory A. Boyd
The fact that you are here tonight gathered together with us testifies to the fact you understand the need for this organization and the need… — Walter Cronkite
My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our Constitution works; our great Republic is a government of laws and not of men. Here… — Gerald R. Ford
For in a government of laws and not of men, no man, however prominent or powerful, and no mob however unruly or boisterous, is entitled… — John F. Kennedy
Our Constitution wisely assigns both joint and separate roles to each branch of the government; and a President and a Congress who hold each other… — John F. Kennedy
Where any work can be done conformably to the reason which is common to gods and men, there we have nothing to fear; for where… — Marcus Aurelius
If our constitution had followed the style of Saint Paul, the First Amendment might have concluded: "But the greatest of these is speech." In the… — Robert Kennedy
One who belongs to the most vilified and persecuted minority in history is not likely to be insensible to the freedoms guaranteed by our Constitution...… — Felix Frankfurter
The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers - one that would protect Americans'… — Al Franken
I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. — Benjamin Franklin
The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion. — Billy Graham
It is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in… — Molly Ivins
It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility… — Lyndon B. Johnson
We are hated because we are free. We are hated because of the idea that is the United States of America. We are hated because… — Rush Limbaugh
It's enshrined in our Constitution that an individual has a right to release information and disseminate information that makes the powers that be uncomfortable. — Unknown Author
Since 9/11, the Bush administration has used that tragic event as a justification to rip up our constitution and our civil liberties. And I honestly… — Michael Moore

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