Constitution Quote by James Otis Download Open image “An act against the Constitution is void; an act against natural equity is void.” — James Otis ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Constitution Equity Natural Nature Void
Whether a law be void for its repugnancy to the Constitution, is, at all times, a question of much delicacy, which out seldom, if… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
[An] act of the Congress of the United States... which assumes powers... not delegated by the Constitution, is not law, but is altogether void… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under which it… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
Voidness is that which stands right in the middle between this and that. The void is all-inclusive, having no opposite--there is nothing which it… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
Voidness is that which stands right in the middle between this and that. — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
When human laws contradict or discountenance the means, which are necessary to preserve the essential rights of any society, they defeat the proper end… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
The particular phraseology of the Constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to all written constitutions, that… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
When a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest… — John Marshall Copy Share Image
The law serves of nought else in these days but for to do wrong, for nothing is spread almost but false matters by color… — Jack Cade Copy Share Image
The house of a childless person is a void, all directions are void to one who has no relatives, the heart of a fool… — Chanakya Copy Share Image
Now one of the most essential branches of English liberty, is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle; and while… — James Otis Copy Share Image
These manly sentiments, in private life, make good citizens; in public life, the patriot and the hero. — James Otis Copy Share Image
These manly sentiments, in private life, make the good citizen; in public life, the patriot and the hero. — James Otis Copy Share Image
[The passage of the Sugar Act] set people a thinking, in six months, more than they had done in their whole lives before. — James Otis Copy Share Image
MAY it please your Honors: I was desired by one of the court to look into the books, and consider the question now before… — James Otis Copy Share Image
I pray God I may never be brought to the melancholy trial; but, if ever I should, it will then be known how far… — James Otis Copy Share Image
One of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one's house. A man's house is his castle. — James Otis Copy Share Image
And I take this opportunity to declare, that... I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given… — James Otis Copy Share Image
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some… — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
There is not a revolution that succe Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is… — Joe Pitts Copy Share Image
Nothing from man's hands, nor law, nor constitution, can be final. Truth alone is final. — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
“I am apprehensive, Sir, that in the warmth of my feelings, I may have uttered expressions, which were too vehement. If such has been… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If you try to come into our state and force our businesses to collect a sales tax in manner that violates our laws or… — Chris Sununu Copy Share Image
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