Government Quote by Franklin D Roosevelt

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

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

— Woodrow Wilson

The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.

— Stephen Ambrose

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

Next to the Bible, I think the Constitution is the most important document ever written.

— Steve Scalise

The Constitution is what the judges say it is, every time.

— Fred Rodell

A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited,…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

We say, that the Constitution of the United States is a glorious standard; it is founded in the wisdom of God.

— Joseph Smith, Jr

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

In practice, US officials seem to know better than to indulge in the patriotic myth that our constitution is the greatest system of government…

— Matthew Yglesias

It doesn't really matter what one writes into a constitution. The important thing is what the collective instinct eventually makes of it.

— Oswald Spengler