Accepting Quote by George Will

After all, our Constitution was intended as a popular document. It was drafted and ratified by the people. It established democratic institutions. It entrusts…

— Mike DeWine

Americans revere both the Constitution and an independent Court that applies the document's provisions. The Court has done many excellent things in our history,…

— Robert Bork

Popularity is a crime from the moment it is sought; it is only a virtue where men have it whether they will or no.

— George Savile

[The current governing judicial philosophy is:] If you want something passionately enough, it is guaranteed by the Constitution. No need to fiddle around gathering…

— Robert Bork

Lots of countries have great constitutions, but their leaders have a practice of ignoring the rules whenever they feel like it.

— Adam Davidson

To be true to its constitutional role, the Supreme Court should refuse to be drawn into making public policy, and it should strike down…

— Mark Levin

Now judicial review, beloved by conservatives, can, of course, fulfill the excellent function of declaring government interventions and tyrannies unconstitutional. But it can also…

— Murray Rothbard

In this age, in this country, public sentiment is everything. With it, nothing can fail; against it, nothing can succeed. Whoever molds public sentiment…

— Abraham Lincoln

It's easy to be popular when you don't make the decisions a president makes. And it's easy to be unpopular when you're the president…

— Dorothy Bush Koch

Of course in a democracy the government and the citizens have to abide by court rulings, even if we don't like them or don't…

— Ayelet Shaked

The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.

— Sandra Day O'Connor

Whether it is in the United States or in mainland Europe, written constitutions have one great weakness. That is that they contain the potential…

— Margaret Thatcher