Constitution Quote by Plato

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

The nation guarantees the nurture, education, and comfortable maintenance of every citizen from the cradle to the grave.

— Edward Bellamy

“People aren’t good by nature. They’re good by nurture.”

— Kody Boye

The EU Constitution is something new in human history. Though it is not as eloquent as the French and U.S. constitutions, it is the…

— Jeremy Rifkin

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible…

— Alexander Hamilton

We have staked the whole future of our new nation, not upon the power of government; far from it. We have staked the future…

— James Madison

The Emancipation Proclamation is predicated upon the idea that the President may so annul the constitutions and laws of sovereign states, overthrow their domestic…

— Melville Fuller

All constitutions, those of the States no less than that of the nation, are designed, and must be interpreted and administered so as to…

— Theodore Roosevelt

We may form free constitutions, but our vices will destroy them; we may enact laws, but they will not protect us.

— Lyman Beecher

The characteristic merit of the English constitutions is, that its dignified parts are very complicated and somewhat imposing, very old and rather venerable, while…

— Walter Bagehot

“Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny,” Paul said. “They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized…

— Frank Herbert

There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.

— Stephen Breyer