Accepted 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

Contrary to popular opinion, the Constitution was not - and is not - a grant of rights to the citizenry. Instead, the Constitution is…

— Jacob G. Hornberger

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

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

A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that…

— Thomas Paine

The constitution is a sacred document in a democracy.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

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

— Woodrow Wilson

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

— Felix Frankfurter

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

A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited,…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

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