Constitutions Quote by George Washington

“The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.”

— George Washington

Constitution is for the people, people are not for the constitution. Change it for the betterment of the common man.

— Arvind Kejriwal

A government on the principles on which constitutional governments arising out of society are established, cannot have the right of altering itself. If it…

— Thomas Paine

You can not possibly have a broader basis for government than that which includes all the people, with all their rights in their hands,…

— William Lloyd Garrison

A government of our own is our natural right

— Thomas Paine

The basis of our government (is) is opinion of the people.

— Thomas Jefferson

A government of our own is our natural right; and when a man seriously reflects on the precariousness of human affairs, he will become…

— Thomas Paine

The people's right to change what does not work is one of the greatest principles in our system of government

— Richard M. Nixon

[the framers of the Constitution] intended our government should be a republic, which differs more widely from a democracy than a democracy from a…

— Fisher Ames

The genius of our founders is that they designed a system of government that can be changed. And we should take heart, because we’ve…

— Barack Obama

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends [life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness] it is the right of the people…

— Thomas Jefferson

The only right is what is after my constitution; the only wrong is what is against it.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson