Constitution Quote by Junius Download Open image “The right of election is the very essence of the constitution.” — Junius ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Constitution Democracy Election Essence
One's right to life, liberty, and property depends on the outcome of no election. — Robert H. Jackson Copy Share Image
A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The continued vitality of our Constitution and the survival of each freedom it protects depend upon the right to vote and the vibrant democracy… — Amy Klobuchar Copy Share Image
A share in the sovereignty of the state, which is exercised by the citizens at large, in voting at elections is one of the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Elections remind us not only of the rights but the responsibilities of citizenship in a democracy. — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
The right to vote is fundamental to citizenship, and Election Day is the most important day of the year to our democracy. — Dean Phillips Copy Share Image
The right to vote is the right upon which all of our rights are leveraged - and without which none can be protected. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.” — George Washington Copy Share Image
This right to vote is the basic right without which all others are meaningless. It gives people, people as individuals, control over their own… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
The definition of the right of suffrage is very justly regarded as a fundamental article of republican government. — James Madison Copy Share Image
“All despotism is bad; but the worst is that which works with the machinery of freedom.” — Junius Copy Share Image
One precedent creates another and they soon accumulate and constitute law. What yesterday was a fact, today is doctrine. — Junius Copy Share Image
Let all your views in life be directed to a solid, however moderate, independence; without it no man can be happy, nor even honest. — Junius Copy Share Image
I hold myself indebted to any one from whose enlightened understanding another ray of knowledge communicates to mine. Really to inform the mind is… — Junius Copy Share Image
It is a maxim received in life that, in general, we can determine more wisely for others than for ourselves. The reason of it… — Junius Copy Share Image
Compassion to an offender who has grossly violated the laws is, in effect, a cruelty to the peaceable subject who has observed them. — Junius Copy Share Image
When a person is determined to believe something, the very absurdity of the doctrine confirms them in their faith. — Junius Copy Share Image
The integrity of men is to be measured by their conduct, not by their professions. — Junius Copy Share Image
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some… — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
In a recent decision of the Supreme Court, not made, however, by the full court, and concurred in by only four justices, it was… — John Bates Clark Copy Share Image
The judiciary must not take on the coloration of whatever may be popular at the moment. We are guardian of rights, and we have… — Rose Bird Copy Share Image
There is not a revolution that succe Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
“The Court has a special responsibility to ensure that the Constitution works in practice. While education, including the transmission of our civic values from… — Stephen Breyer Copy Share Image
The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is… — Joe Pitts Copy Share Image