Character Quote by Robert Bork

“Constitutional democracy can only survive if the people of our nation are moral.”

— Ronald R. Cooke

The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage.

— Alexis de Tocqueville

“Constitutional morality is not a natural sentiment. It has to be cultivated. We must realise that our people have yet to learn it. Democracy…

— B.R. Ambedkar

Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless.

— Martin Luther King, Jr

What can laws do without morals?

— Benjamin Franklin

Our constitutional system is founded on democracy: the will of the people, not the unchecked rule of judges.

— Mike DeWine

Never create by law what can be accomplished by morality.

— Baron de Montesquieu

We have no Constitution which functions in the absence of a moral people

— John Adams

The essence of constitutionalism in a democracy is not merely to shape and condition the nature of majorities, but also to stipulate that certain…

— George Will

“It was the principle of this Court that deterrent laws, however strict, are useless without positive moral discipline; that the happiness of citizens depends,…

— Isocrates

Laws without morals are in vain.

— Benjamin Franklin

When morals are sufficient, law is unnecessary; when morals are insufficient, law is unenforceable.

— Emile Durkheim