Behavior Quote by Rand Paul

The American Constitution was not written to protect criminals; it was written to protect the government from becoming criminals.

— Lenny Bruce

The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government…

— Patrick Henry

The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals.

— John C. Calhoun

Contrary to popular opinion, the Constitution was not - and is not - a grant of rights to the citizenry. Instead, the Constitution is…

— Jacob G. Hornberger

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government…

— Mark Goodwin

“the Constitution was designed not to give us rights but to prevent government from taking our rights.”

— Thom Hartmann

[Our Constitution] is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.

— Patrick Henry

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

The Constitution was about a limitation on power.

— Roy Moore

A constitution defines and limits the powers of the government it creates. It therefore follows, as a natural and also a logical result, that…

— Thomas Paine

A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

The Constitution was made for the people and not the people for the Constitution.

— Theodore Roosevelt