Circumstances Quote by John Marshall

No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.

— David Foster Wallace

Our Constitution is so simple and practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

Again, a law may be both constitutional and expedient, and yet may be administered in an unjust and unfair way.

— Abraham Lincoln

One moment cannot be the most important.

— Fiona Shaw

Constitutional arguments that seem as dry as dust can have momentous consequences.

— George Will

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

— Maxime Bernier

A constitution is, in fact, and must be regarded by judges, as a fundamental law. It therefore belongs to them to ascertain its meaning,…

— Alexander Hamilton

Just because a majority of the Supreme Court declares something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.

— Rand Paul

As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have…

— Arlen Specter

We can't pick and choose when to adhere to the Constitution and when to cast it aside.

— Dan Coats

No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.

— Ferdinand Mount

“Because we believe that one moment is more or less like the next, we lose touch with the essential urgency of the present, the…

— Robert Grudin