Constitution Quote by Salmon P. Chase

The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.

— Anonymous

I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws, the Union is unbroken; and to the extent of my ability I…

— Abraham Lincoln

While the constitution continues to be read, and its principles known, the states, must, by every rational man, be considered as essential component parts…

— Alexander Hamilton

The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble.

— Andrew Jackson

The union of the states is indissoluble; the country is undivided and indivisible forever.

— David Dudley Field II

The Constitution was framed upon the theory that the peoples of the several states must sink or swim together, and that in the long…

— Benjamin Cardozo

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

— Aristotle

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

I hold, that in contemplation of universal law, and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual.

— Abraham Lincoln

If the Constitution is adopted (and it was) the Union will be in fact and in theory an association of States or a Confederacy.

— Alexander Hamilton

The proposed Constitution, so far from implying an abolition of the State governments, makes them constituent parts of the national sovereignty, by allowing them…

— Alexander Hamilton

The Constitution itself, plainly written as it is, the safeguard of our federative compact, the offspring of concession and compromise, binding together in the…

— James K. Polk