Constitution Quote by Daniel Webster Download Open image “The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions” — Daniel Webster ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Constitution Danger Freedom Good intentions Intention Libertarian Liberty Made People
Good intentions will always be pleaded, for every assumption of power; but they cannot justify it ... It is hardly too strong to say,… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The Constitution was framed fundamentally as a bulwark against governmental power, and preventing the arbitrary administration of punishment is a basic ideal of any… — William J. Brennan Copy Share Image
To answer the purpose of the adversaries of the Constitution, they ought to prove, not merely that particular provisions in it are not the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Nothing can be clearer than that what the Constitution intended to guard against was the exercise by the general government of the power of… — Melville Fuller Copy Share Image
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of… — Herbert Croly Copy Share Image
The Constitution was definitely and specifically designed to hobble all people who are so foolish as to think themselves capable of leading others by… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
In history, good intentions do not always make good consequences — Alija Izetbegovic Copy Share Image
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.” -Patrick Henry” — Mark Goodwin Copy Share
“The Constitution seeks to protect the basic rights of the people and the spirit of human liberty against encroachment by the state. Hence” — Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly Copy Share Image
In addition to protecting the rights of every citizen of our country, our Constitution makes the citizens of the country mindful of their duties. — Ram Nath Kovind Copy Share Image
And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience;… — Samuel Adams Copy Share Image
In the nature of things, those who have no property and see their neighbors possess much more than they think them to need, cannot… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
If we work on marble it will perish. If we work on brass, time will efface it. If we raise temples, they will crumble… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
This is the Book. I have read the Bible through many times, and now make it a practice to read it through once every… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades; shoe makers hang out a gigantic shoe; jewelers a monster watch, and the dentist… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
There is something on earth greater than arbitrary or despotic power. The lightning has its power, and the whirlwind has its power, and the… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital. — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
The Bible is a book of faith, and a book of doctrine, and a book of religion, of special revelation from God; but it… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Our destruction, should it come at all, will be from...the inattention of the people to the concerns of their government, from their carelessness and… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself. — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
If the Union was formed by accession of States then the Union may be dissolved by the secession of States. — Daniel Webster 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