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

Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!

— Frederick Douglass

Now, take the Constitution according to its plain reading, and I defy the presentation of a single pro-slavery clause in it. On the other…

— Frederick Douglass

This is a time for a national conversation. A conversation about the document that binds us as a nation and a people. That document,…

— Mike DeWine

The constitution is a sacred document in a democracy.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Almost all the worlds' constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our Constitution is a document in which…

— Ronald Reagan

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

But you answer, that the Constitution recognizes property in slaves. It would be sufficient, then, to reply, that this constitutional recognition must be void,…

— William H. Seward

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

Our Constitution exists to secure individual freedom, the essential condition of human flourishing. Liberty is not provided by government; liberty preexists government. It's our…

— Don Willett

The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.

— Thomas Jefferson

Liberty is life; slavery is death.

— Alexandre Vinet