Composition Quote by James Madison

Constitution is a living document; no strict constructionism.

— Barack Obama

Each State, in ratifying the Constitution, is considered as a sovereign body, independent of all others, and only to be bound by its own…

— James Madison

A Constitution is not meant to be a flexible arrangement which evolves from one decade to another depending on political expediency.

— Maxime Bernier

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

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

[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

Whether the proposed constitution is approved or rejected . . . it is a process and a text largely crafted and imposed by U.S.…

— Phyllis Bennis

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

— George W. Casey, Jr

The Constitution is what the judges say it is.

— Charles Evans Hughes

Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.

— Rand Paul