Bill of rights Quote by George Washington

The rights to life, liberty and property were not meant to be subject to the vagaries of majority rule.

— Ilana Mercer

There is no person in this room whose basic rights are not involved in any successful defiance to the carrying out of court orders.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Neither James Madison, for whom this lecture is named, nor any of the other Framers of the Constitution, were oblivious, careless, or otherwise unaware…

— Diane Wood

The Constitution favors no racial group - no political or social group.

— William O. Douglas

The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society.

— Constance Baker Motley

As a framer and defender of the Constitution [Madison] had no peer.

— Garry Wills

When it is not necessary to amend the Constitution, it is necessary not to amend the Constitution.

— Bill Vaughan

A Supreme Court nomination and appointment is not a roving commission to rewrite our laws.

— John Cornyn

There are no insuperable constitutional difficulties.

— Anonymous

The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen's behavior, it was writtne to restrain the government's behavior.

— Rand Paul

We are not living up to Thomas Jefferson's idea of what a trial by jury means.

— Glenne Headly

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political…

— Hugo Black