Country Quote by Ketanji Brown Jackson

The framers knew that liberty is a fragile thing, and so should we.

— William J. Brennan

“Not everyone born free and equal, as the constitution says, but everyone made equal.”

— Ray Bradbury

Our Constitution was put together for a free people.

— Butch Otter

“that spirit of liberty didn’t extend, in the minds of the Founders, to the slaves who worked their fields, made their beds, and nursed…

— Barack Obama

It appears first, that liberty is a natural, and government an adventitious right, because all men were originally free.

— Thomas Clarkson

The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society.

— Constance Baker Motley

“Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.”

— George Washington

It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed…

— Susan B. Anthony

“Not everyone born free and equal, as the Constitution says, but everyone made equal. Each man the image of every other; then all are…

— Ray Bradbury

“The clause that grants all “persons” equal protection under the law, in context, seems to apply pretty clearly only to human beings “born or…

— Thom Hartmann

...the framers of our Constitution never exhausted so much labor, wisdom and forbearance in its formation if it was intended to be broken up…

— Robert E. Lee

Every constitution written since the end of World War II includes a provision that men and women are citizens of equal stature. Ours does…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg