Conditions Quote by Stephen Breyer

That's the argument of flexibility and it goes something like this: The Constitution is over 200 years old and societies change. It has to…

— Antonin Scalia

The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there…

— Anonymous

The New Deal is inconsistent with the principles of limited government and with the constitutional provisions designed to secure that end.

— Richard Allen Epstein

“Identifying the flaw in the US philosophical roots requires that we move beyond the intellectual and emotional climate in which the Constitution was conceived…

— David E. Wilkins

“The judiciary, by its interpretation of the Constitution, plays a significant role in changing the destiny of the nation and which it has done…

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly

We have seen that the American Constitution has changed, is changing, and by the law of its existence must continue to change, in its…

— James Bryce

Our Constitution is so simple and practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

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

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

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 President is at liberty, both in law and conscience, to be as big a man as he can. His capacity will set the…

— Woodrow Wilson

A constitutional tradition that works is one that is in a constant state of dynamic evolution. You have a written constitution that says 'x,'…

— Noah Feldman