Constitution Quote by Patrick Henry Download Open image “What right do they have to say "we the people" rather than we the States?” — Patrick Henry ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Constitution Inspirational People States
We, the people." It is a very elegant beginning. But when that document was completed on the 17th of September in 1787, I was… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
'We, The People' is more than a statement of purpose. It is an acknowledgement of an obligation to each other. — Charlie Pierce Copy Share Image
To ask for 'our rights' is our right... the state may or may not accede to our demands... but our right to demand, endures! — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Nowhere else in the Constitution does a "right" attributed to "the people" refer to anything other than an individual right. What is more, in… — Antonin Scalia Copy Share Image
Our country, right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right. — Carl Schurz Copy Share Image
Our whole system of government is based on "We the people," but if we the people don't pay attention to what's going on, we… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.' — John Ridley Copy Share Image
The Declaration calls us to recognize the inherent equality of all people. And when it becomes unmistakably evident that a government is denying the… — Mike Crapo Copy Share Image
The States should be watchful to note every material usurpation on their rights; to denounce them as they occur in the most peremptory terms;… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“We need our people and families to unite….to question with boldness without wavering and stand tall. After all, isn’t that what our Founding Fathers… — Barbara Post-Askin Copy Share Image
We express America's values from the State Department. We represent the American people. We represent America's values, our commitment to freedom, our commitment to… — Rex W. Tillerson Copy Share Image
Our country ... when right, to be kept right. When wrong, to be put right. — Carl Schurz Copy Share Image
You ought to be extremely cautious, watchful, jealous of your liberty; for instead of securing your rights, you may lose them forever. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
I have now disposed of all my property to my family. There is one thing more I wish I could give them, and that… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
My great objection to this government is, that it does not leave us the means of defending our rights, or of waging war against… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
“When the American Spirit was in its youth, the language of America was different; Liberty, sir, was then the primary object.” — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Shall we, who have laid the proud British lion at our feet, now be afraid of his whelps? — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction,… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
It is the business of a virtuous clergy to censure vice in every appearance of it. — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
Being a Christian... is a character which I prize far above all this world has or can boast. — Patrick Henry 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
![“Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?], any man might instantly use what another had invented; so that the inventor had no special advantage from his own invention. The patent system changed this…” quote by Abraham Lincoln](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/449/abraham-lincoln-88_adoption_next-came-the-patent-laws-these-began-in_1828.jpg)
