Constitution Quote by Frederick Douglass

Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the Constitution is a glorious liberty document. Read its preamble, consider its purposes. Is slavery among them?…

— Frederick Douglass

The Constitution is a GLORIOUS LIBERTY DOCUMENT. Read its preamble, consider it purposes. Is slavery among them? Is it at the gateway? or is…

— Frederick Douglass

I love the Constitution. But it's still a document, meant to protect human beings and ensure their life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

— S.E. Cupp

Unfortunately, people are re-interpreting the Constitution as a living document, and it's not. It's a solid-based document and it shouldn't be played with.

— Chuck Norris

Hence we say, that the Constitution of the United States is a glorious standard; it is founded in the wisdom of God. It is…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

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

— Joseph J. Ellis

The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms; guard and cherish it; keep honor and order in your own house; and the republic…

— Gerald R. Ford

I cannot interpret the constitution. Only the constitutional courts can interpret the constitution.

— Joseph Kabila

“Interpreters, when challenged on their manipulations, tell us the Constitution was written for a different and simpler time. Actually, the genius of the Constitution…

— Mark David Ledbetter

It is every Americans' right and obligation to read and interpret the Constitution for himself.

— Thomas Jefferson

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 has to be interpreted loosely, otherwise it becomes a straitjacket. You can't interpret it literally. You can pretend to, and go digging…

— Richard Posner