America Quote by Joseph Smith, Jr

“the Constitution was designed not to give us rights but to prevent government from taking our rights.”

— Thom Hartmann

We, the People of this country, have no unalienable rights... all our rights are subject to modification... the Constitution of the United States of…

— Alan Dershowitz

I do not like [in the new Federal Constitution] the omission of a Bill of Rights providing clearly and without the aid of sophisms…

— Thomas Jefferson

The Constitution does not grant rights, it recognizes them

— Jason Laumark

It is wrong to take away all the rights granted by the Constitution after the hard-fought Independence. It is a betrayal of the fighters…

— M. K. Stalin

Americans chose a limited government that exists to protect our rights, not to grant them.

— Marco Rubio

The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the expense of…

— George W. Romney

Without amendments we would never even have had the Bill of Rights.

— Adrian Cronauer

It is unfortunate that Americans are no longer aware of what the constitution says and what their rights are. Because of that, we are…

— James Bovard

There are unquestionable violations of our Constitution.

— Edward Snowden

I cannot believe that the American people and the people they elected would use the Constitution to stifle any group's rights.

— Jean O'Leary

Some other natural rights... [have] not yet entered into any declaration of rights.

— Thomas Jefferson