Branches Quote by James Madison

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

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state, especially of the highest of all. The government is everywhere sovereign in the state,…

— Aristotle

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

— Aristotle

“A Constitution is] The set of the most important rules and common understandings in any given country that regulate[s] the relations among that country’s…

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly

[T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws ought to…

— Alexander Hamilton

The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals.

— John C. Calhoun

The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition of the State governments, makes them constituent parts of the national sovereignty, by allowing them…

— Alexander Hamilton

The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this principle be…

— Thomas Jefferson

“A constitution is not a thing in name only, but in fact. It has not an ideal, but a real existence; and wherever it…

— Thomas Paine

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible…

— Alexander Hamilton

“Our Constitution is based on three fundamentals, which form the core of constitutionalism. They are: (1)A written Constitution (2)A chapter on fundamental rights (3)Limited…

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly

The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments…

— James Madison