Adapted Quote by Joseph Story

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

The provisions of the Constitution are not mathematical formulas having their essence in their form; they are organic, living institutions transplanted from English soil.…

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

Like psychoanalysis, constitutional jurisprudence has become a game without rules. By defying the plain meaning of words, ignoring context and history, and using a…

— Joseph Sobran

Good constitutions are formed upon a comparison of the liberty of the individual with the strength of government: If the tone of either be…

— Alexander Hamilton

Constitutions are checks upon the hasty action of the majority. They are the self-imposed restraints of a whole people upon a majority of them…

— William Howard Taft

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state, especially of the highest of all. The government is everywhere sovereign in the state,…

— Aristotle

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

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

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

— Ferdinand Mount

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

The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they…

— Thomas Jefferson

“Our Constitution is based on three fundamentals, which form the core of constitutionalism. They are: (1)A written Constitution (2)A chapter on fundamental rights (3)Limited…

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly