Constitution Quote by Dahlia Lithwick

It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich…

— Lyndon B. Johnson

As the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most wonderful work…

— William E. Gladstone

[quoting someone else] the American constitution is a document designed by geniuses to be eventually interpreted by idiots

— Joseph J. Ellis

The genius of the Constitution rests not in any static meaning it might have had in a world that is dead and gone, but…

— William J. Brennan

The central genius of the American Constitution lies in its use of structure to protect individual liberty. It does not rely solely, or even…

— William Barr

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

A lot of Americans have some view of the Constitution as just this thing that was handed down [intact]. But it really was the…

— Bill Vaughan

The Constitution was not made to fit us like a straitjacket. In its elasticity lies its chief greatness.

— Woodrow Wilson

“The genius of the American system is not freedom; the genius of the American system is checks and balances. Nobody gets all the power.…

— Donald Miller

“My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over. Our constitution works.”

— Gerald Ford

We Americans love our Constitution so much that we can't bear to change even the stupid parts.

— Timothy Noah

“our Constitution can be understood by any American with average intelligence and minimal education.”

— Joseph Befumo