Constitution Quote by Charles Evans Hughes Download Open image “The Constitution is what the judges say it is.” — Charles Evans Hughes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Constitution Inspirational Judging Judiciary Love
The Constitution doesn't belong to a bunch of judges and lawyers. It belongs to you. — Anthony Kennedy Copy Share Image
It is the people, and not the judges, who are entitled to say what their constitution means, for the constitution is theirs, it belongs… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Our constitution, in short, is a judge-made constitution, and it bears on its face all the features, good and bad, of judge-made law. — A. V. Dicey Copy Share Image
“After all, a Constitution is what the judges say it is. This is bound to be so when a nation adopts a Constitution, setting… — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
Judges are either partial to the Constitution or they aren't; they either believe that the document is perfect in its form and that rights… — Dana Loesch Copy Share Image
Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Just because a majority of the Supreme Court declares something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so. — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
A constitution, therefore, is to a government what the laws made afterwards by that government are to a court of judicature. The court of… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning,… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
War should be made a crime, and those who instigate it should be punished as criminals. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
The Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal will take care of themselves. Look after the courts of the poor, who stand most in… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
The United States is the greatest law factory the world has ever known. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
Men do not die from overwork. They die from dissipation and worry. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
Each man begins with his own world to conquer, and his education is the measure of his conquest. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
Our institutions were not devised to bring about uniformity of opinion; if they had we might well abandon hope. It is important to remember,… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
I believe in work, hard work, and long hours of work. Men do not breakdown from overwork, but from worry and dissipation. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
While democracy must have its organizations and controls, its vital breath is individual liberty. — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
Selfishness and demagoguery take advantage of liberty. The selfish hand constantly seeks to control government, and every increase of governmental power, even to meet… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
But it is recognized that punishment for the abuse of the liberty accorded to the press is essential to the protection of the public,… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
Every young man should aim at independence and should prepare himself for a vocation; above all, he should so manage his life that the… — Charles Evans Hughes Copy Share Image
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some… — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
There is not a revolution that succe Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is… — Joe Pitts Copy Share Image
Nothing from man's hands, nor law, nor constitution, can be final. Truth alone is final. — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
“I am apprehensive, Sir, that in the warmth of my feelings, I may have uttered expressions, which were too vehement. If such has been… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If you try to come into our state and force our businesses to collect a sales tax in manner that violates our laws or… — Chris Sununu Copy Share Image
