Century Quote by Diane Wood

On every question of construction (of the Constitution) let us carry ourselves back to the time when the Constitution was adopted, recollect the spirit…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Constitutionalism as a guiding political tendency will require careful and thoughtful development, as did jurisprudential originalism. But its wide appeal and philosophical depth make…

— Charles Krauthammer

That's the argument of flexibility and it goes something like this: The Constitution is over 200 years old and societies change. It has to…

— Antonin Scalia

“The banishment of the Constitution and republicanism, like the disembowelment of the Declaration of Independence and individualism, has been scrupulous. There is now a…

— Mark R. Levin

It is difficult to maintain the illusion that we are interpreting a Constitution, rather than inventing one.

— Antonin Scalia

Is that which was deemed to be of so fundamental a nature as to be written into the Constitution to endure for all times…

— Felix Frankfurter

“Identifying the flaw in the US philosophical roots requires that we move beyond the intellectual and emotional climate in which the Constitution was conceived…

— David E. Wilkins

The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.

— Felix Frankfurter

“The United States Constitution turned 225 years old in 2012. It is the central document of American history and politics. From all sides of…

— Garrett Epps

I believe in an evolving Constitution. A flexible Constitution leaves room for us to consider not merely how the world once was, but how…

— Eliot Spitzer

A Constitution is not meant to be a flexible arrangement which evolves from one decade to another depending on political expediency.

— Maxime Bernier

Anyone who says the American Constitution is obsolete just because social and economic conditions have changed does not understand the real genius of the…

— W. Cleon Skousen