Bill of rights Quote by Earl Warren

Can any of you seriously say the Bill of Rights could get through Congress today? It wouldn't even get out of committee.

— F. Lee Bailey

Maybe the Jefferson case will give members of Congress second thoughts the next time they get ready to legislate away the rights of ordinary…

— Helen Thomas

Without amendments we would never even have had the Bill of Rights.

— Adrian Cronauer

I have little patience with people who take the Bill of Rights for granted. The Bill of Rights, contained in the first ten amendments…

— Harry S. Truman

Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave…

— James Bovard

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on…

— Thomas Jefferson

I cannot believe that the American people and the people they elected would use the Constitution to stifle any group's rights.

— Jean O'Leary

The Bill of Rights does not come from the people and is not subject to change by majorities. It comes from the nature of…

— Walter Lippmann

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government…

— Thomas Jefferson

The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it,…

— Harry Browne

“since 1886, the Bill of Rights has been explicitly applied to corporations. Perhaps most astoundingly, no branch of the U.S. government ever formally enacted…

— Thom Hartmann

It is commonly believed that the rights of the American people come from the Constitution. Nothing could be further from the truth.

— Jacob G. Hornberger