Constitution Quote by James Madison

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

“Among the most formidable of the obstacles which the new Constitution will have to encounter may readily be distinguished the obvious interest of a…

— Alexander Hamilton

The great advantage of our system of government over all others, is, that we have a written constitution, defining its limits, and prescribing its…

— Henry Clay

All writers on the science of policy are agreed, and they agree with experience, that all governments must frequently infringe the rules of justice…

— Edmund Burke

“… I believe that the maintenance of the rights and authority reserved to the states and to the people … are the safeguard to…

— Anonymous

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

— George Washington

“By a constitutional policy, working after the pattern of nature, we receive, we hold, we transmit our government and our privileges, in the same…

— Edmund Burke

It will at least be a recommendation to the proposed constitution that it is provided with more checks and barriers against the introduction of…

— George Washington

While the constitution continues to be read, and its principles known, the states, must, by every rational man, be considered as essential component parts…

— Alexander Hamilton

It may safely be received as an axiom in our political system, that the state governments will in all possible contingencies afford complete security…

— Alexander Hamilton

“On this great plan, or Constitution the safety and happiness of the United States does, under Almighty God, mainly depend: all our laws are…

— Glenn Beck

It is foolishly thought by some that democratical constitutions will not, cannot, last; that the States will quarrel with each other; that a king,…

— Marquis de Lafayette