Constitution Quote by Cyril Ramaphosa

It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one.

— Romano Prodi

The Constitution admittedly has a few defects and blemishes, but it still seems a hell of a lot better than the system we have…

— Robert Anton Wilson

The particular phraseology of the Constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to all written constitutions, that…

— John Marshall

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

We can't pick and choose when to adhere to the Constitution and when to cast it aside.

— Dan Coats

Our Constitution professedly rests upon the good sense and attachment of the people. This basis, weak as it may appear, has not yet been…

— John Quincy Adams

Whether it is in the United States or in mainland Europe, written constitutions have one great weakness. That is that they contain the potential…

— Margaret Thatcher

[T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws ought to…

— Alexander Hamilton

“When economic interest is seen behind the political clauses of the Constitution, then the document becomes not simply the work of wise men trying…

— Howard Zinn

Like psychoanalysis, constitutional jurisprudence has become a game without rules. By defying the plain meaning of words, ignoring context and history, and using a…

— Joseph Sobran

The Constitution: it's not just a good idea, it's the law.

— Michael Badnarik

Most faults are not in our Constitution, but in ourselves.

— Ramsey Clark