Age Quote by John Marshall

“. . . a constitution, intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.”

— John Marshall

Constitution is not a mere lawyers document, it is a vehicle of Life, and its spirit is always the spirit of Age.

— Anonymous

The Constitution that I interpret and apply is not living, but dead, or as I prefer to call it, enduring. It means, today, not…

— Antonin Scalia

The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document. It is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the…

— Woodrow Wilson

A 'living constitution' is a dead constitution, because it does not do the one and only thing a written constitution is supposed to do:…

— Kevin Gutzman

“In framing a system which we wish to last for ages, we shd. not lose sight of the changes which ages will produce. [James…

— 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

That's the argument of flexibility and it goes something like this: The Constitution is over 200 years old and societies change. It has to…

— Antonin Scalia

To say the Constitution is living is to say that it's dead.

— Thomas Sowell

“Immortality and absolute power do not mix. The longer we live, the more we believe the conclusions we have drawn over time are not…

— David Kersten

The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document; it is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the…

— Anonymous

Those who would give us a "living" Constitution are actually giving us a dead one, since such a thing is completely unable to protect…

— Kevin Gutzman