Constitution Quote by Stephen Johnson Field Download Open image “The Constitution deals with substance, not shadows.” — Stephen Johnson Field ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Constitution Deals Shadow Substance
As shadows attend substances, so words follow upon things. — Richard Chenevix Trench Copy Share Image
The shadows of things are greater than themselves; and the more exaggerated the shadow, the more unlike the substance. — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
The Constitution is a mere thing of wax in the hands of the judiciary, which they may twist and shape into any form they… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
It's very easy to say that something is a shadow of itself, and it may be true in some senses. — Sydney Schanberg Copy Share Image
The present assault upon capital is but the beginning. It will be but the stepping-stone to others, larger and more sweeping, till our political… — Stephen Johnson Field Copy Share Image
Here I close my opinion. I could not say less in view of questions of such gravity that go down to the very foundations… — Stephen Johnson Field Copy Share Image
Questions of such gravity go down to the very foundations of the government. If the provisions of the Constitution can be set aside by… — Stephen Johnson Field Copy Share Image
Next came the Patent laws. These began in England in 1624; and, in this country, with the adoption of our constitution. Before then [these?],… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
“In American terms, the accomplishment of Genghis Khan might be understood if the United States, instead of being created by a group of educated… — Jack Weatherford Copy Share Image
In this choice of inheritance we have given to our frame of polity the image of a relation in blood; binding up the constitution… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
As for doing good; that is one of the professions which is full. Moreover I have tried it fairly and, strange as it may… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some… — Paul Gillmor Copy Share Image
There is not a revolution that succe Women are suffering because they are being excluded. The high military council excluded women from the committee… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions, to bind down those… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The Constitution is very clear on the - on the declaration of war or reacting to international crimes - crimes against nations. It is… — Joe Pitts Copy Share Image
Nothing from man's hands, nor law, nor constitution, can be final. Truth alone is final. — Charles Sumner Copy Share Image
“I am apprehensive, Sir, that in the warmth of my feelings, I may have uttered expressions, which were too vehement. If such has been… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
If you try to come into our state and force our businesses to collect a sales tax in manner that violates our laws or… — Chris Sununu Copy Share Image
