Constitution Quote by John C. Calhoun

[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.

— Patrick Henry

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government…

— Patrick Henry

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government…

— Mark Goodwin

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

Contrary to popular opinion, the Constitution was not - and is not - a grant of rights to the citizenry. Instead, the Constitution is…

— Jacob G. Hornberger

The Constitution limits the role of government. The Constitution enumerates the freedoms of the people and enforces those freedoms against government, making sure government…

— Rush Limbaugh

The Constitution was not written to restrain the citizen's behavior, it was writtne to restrain the government's behavior.

— Rand Paul

The constitution is an instrument, above all, for LIMITING the functions of government.

— Barry Goldwater

A constitution, therefore, is to a government what the laws made afterwards by that government are to a court of judicature. The court of…

— Thomas Paine

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

The Constitution is the origin and measure of legislative authority. It says to legislators, thus far ye shall go and no farther. Not a…

— William Paterson

A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.

— Napoleon Bonaparte