Bill of rights Quote by Matt Welch

Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave…

— James Bovard

The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it,…

— Harry Browne

At least Romney and McCain, they respect the rule of law. At least Romney and McCain, they understand their limitations.

— Barack Obama

Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that cares about…

— James Bovard

The declaration of rights [Bill of Rights] is, like all other human blessings, alloyed with some inconveniences and not accomplishing fully its object. But…

— Thomas Jefferson

[John] McCain seemed to be winking to the Right, and [Barack] Obama seemed to be winking to the Left. Neither one of them -…

— Bill Ayers

I have little patience with people who take the Bill of Rights for granted. The Bill of Rights, contained in the first ten amendments…

— Harry S. Truman

Those who are fond of setting things to rights, have no great objection to seeing them wrong.

— William Hazlitt

A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government…

— Thomas Jefferson

The Bill of Rights was not written to protect governments from trouble. It was written precisely to give the people the constitutional means to…

— Henry Steele Commager

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on…

— Thomas Jefferson

People are beginning to become disturbingly comfortable with a kind of official hypocrisy. Bizarrely, for instance, we've become numb to the idea that rights…

— Matt Taibbi