Books Quote by Roger Rosenblatt

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state, especially of the highest of all. The government is everywhere sovereign in the state,…

— Aristotle

As the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most wonderful work…

— William E. Gladstone

A constitution, in the American sense of the word, is a written instrument by which the fundamental powers of the government are established, limited,…

— Samuel Freeman Miller

The Constitution exists precisely so that opinions and judgments, including esthetic and moral judgments about art and literature, can be formed, tested, and expressed.…

— Anthony Kennedy

It doesn't really matter what one writes into a constitution. The important thing is what the collective instinct eventually makes of it.

— Oswald Spengler

“Interpreters, when challenged on their manipulations, tell us the Constitution was written for a different and simpler time. Actually, the genius of the Constitution…

— Mark David Ledbetter

Our Constitution is the envy of the world, as it should be for it is the grand design of the finest nation on earth.

— Thurgood Marshall

Of course I wrote most of the Constitution myself. I remember hesitating for a long time over the US presidential system. But it wouldn't…

— Eamon de Valera

I love the Constitution. But it's still a document, meant to protect human beings and ensure their life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

— S.E. Cupp

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

Like psychoanalysis, constitutional jurisprudence has become a game without rules. By defying the plain meaning of words, ignoring context and history, and using a…

— Joseph Sobran

I do not believe that the Constitution was the offspring of inspiration, but I am as satisfied that it is as much the work…

— Benjamin Rush