American Quote by George Wallace

If the Tenth Amendment were still taken seriously, most of the federal government's present activities would not exist. That's why no one in Washington…

— Thomas Woods

The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals.

— Lenny Bruce

The penal code deals with things like theft, false testimony, adultery, fornication, etc. and then there's the law of the state, the law of…

— Anjem Choudary

“To have submitted it to the legislative discretion of the States, would have been improper for the same reason; and for the additional reason…

— James Madison

I think the federal government should be doing only what the Constitution says it should be. We don't have authority under the federal Constitution…

— Paul Broun

The Constitution does not vest in Congress the authority to protect society from every bad act that might befall it…[I]f followed to its logical…

— Clarence Thomas

“Supreme Court held that you can be convicted and imprisoned for committing a crime even if you had no criminal intent and absolutely no…

— James Duane

We have got so many regulatory laws already that in general I feel that we would be just as well off if we didn't…

— Calvin Coolidge

When I began we did not really have a lot of First Amendment law. It is really surprising to think of it this way,…

— Floyd Abrams

Penal law was not created by the common people, nor by the peasantry, nor by the proletariat, but entirely by the bourgeoisie as an…

— Michel Foucault

It is doubtful that congress would pass the Bill of Rights if it were introduced today.

— Earl Warren

I acted on my belief that the NSA's mass surveillance programs would not withstand a constitutional challenge, and that the American public deserved a…

— Edward Snowden