Alone Quote by James Madison

I entirely concur in the propriety of resorting to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that…

— James Madison

“I entirely concur in the propriety of restoring to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that…

— James Madison

The Constitution was not made to fit us like a straitjacket. In its elasticity lies its chief greatness.

— Woodrow Wilson

I love the Constitution. But it's still a document, meant to protect human beings and ensure their life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

— S.E. Cupp

The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself and not what we have said about it.

— Felix Frankfurter

We've looked for the constitution to be a national pact, and the perception now is that it's not.

— George W. Casey, Jr

But whether the Constitution really be one thing, or another, this much is certain - that it has either authorized such a government as…

— Lysander Spooner

It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one.

— Romano Prodi

I feel that the constitution is workable, it is flexible and it is strong enough to hold the country together both in peacetime and…

— B. R. Ambedkar

I reverence the Constitution of the United States as a sacred document. To me its words are akin to the revelations of God, for…

— Ezra Taft Benson

Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.

— John Adams

Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory…

— John Marshall