Constitution Quote by James Madison

It is wrong to admit into the Constitution the idea that there can be property in man

— John Adams

How easily men satisfy themselves that the Constitution is exactly what they wish it to be

— Joseph Story

But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man.

— William H. Seward

I deem it established, then, that the Constitution does not recognize property in man, but leaves that question, as between the states, to the…

— William H. Seward

Thirdly, the supreme power cannot take from any man any part of his property without his own consent: for the preservation of property being…

— John Locke

It is self-evident that no number of men, by conspiring, and calling themselves a government, can acquire any rights whatever over other men, or…

— Lysander Spooner

“During elections for the 1776 convention to frame a constitution for Pennsylvania, a Privates Committee urged voters to oppose “great and overgrown rich men…

— Howard Zinn

If the Constitution says that marriage is between a man and woman, then things that are inconsistent with that would be inconsistent with the…

— Rick Santorum

Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men.

— Gerald R Ford

I'm a little skeptical about using the Constitution this way, but I also believe marriage is between a man and a woman and that…

— Pete Coors

Some men look at constitutions with sanctimonious reverence, and deem them like the ark of the Covenant, too sacred to be touched. They ascribe…

— Thomas Jefferson

Man is more than constitutions.

— John Greenleaf Whittier