Constitution Quote by Jacob Zuma

What all these lofty and vague phrases boil down to is that the court can impose things that the voters don't want and the…

— Thomas Sowell

The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail.

— George Washington

It is by far the safer course to lay [considerations of the future] altogether aside; and to confine our attention wholly to the nature…

— Alexander Hamilton

The Constitution empowers the people to resolve our day's most contentious issues. When judges forget this basic truth, they do a disservice to our…

— Mike DeWine

The Constitution exists precisely so that opinions and judgments, including esthetic and moral judgments about art and literature, can be formed, tested, and expressed.…

— Anthony Kennedy

Deciding not to decide is, of course, among the most important things done by the Supreme Court. It takes a lot of doing, but…

— Thurgood Marshall

[I]f the policy of the Government, upon vital questions affecting, the whole people is to be irrevocably fixed by decisions of the Supreme Court,…

— Abraham Lincoln

The idea that the object of constitutions is not to confirm the predominance of any interest, but to prevent it; to preserve with equal…

— Lord Acton

Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them…

— William Howard Taft

Contemporary political theorists continue this type of thinking about democracy by arguing that the development of "public judgment" among regular citizens should be made…

— Kevin Mattson

The Supreme Court overrules, distinguishes, and upholds prior precedents. Sometimes it ignores them. But it does not - cannot - 'defy' them.

— Wendy Long

The Constitution was framed fundamentally as a bulwark against governmental power, and preventing the arbitrary administration of punishment is a basic ideal of any…

— William J. Brennan