Bill of rights Quote by Thom Hartmann

“You Must Explicitly Invoke Your Constitutional Rights”

— James Duane

“I revere the Bill of Rights, but at the same time I believe that anyone who's using three or more of them at a…

— Sarah Vowell

“But we need to remember that our definition of what is right is, as often as not, simply the way that people in positions…

— Malcolm Gladwell

“The right to be ridiculous is something I hold dear...”

— U2

And that the said Constitution be never construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience;…

— Samuel Adams

The following [addition to the Bill of Rights] would have pleased me: The people shall not be deprived or abridged of their right to…

— Thomas Jefferson

“His concern was that if there were a few rights specified in the Constitution, future generations may forget that those are just examples and…

— Thom Hartmann

“Surely of all ‘rights of man’, this right of the ignorant man to be guided by the wiser, to be, gently or forcibly, held…

— Thomas Carlyle

Laws abridging the natural right of the citizen should be restrained by rigorous constructions within their narrowest limits.

— Thomas Jefferson

The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.

— Erwin Griswold

A Bill of Rights that means what the majority wants it to mean is worthless.

— Antonin Scalia

“And those rights are not to be lightly infringed upon by government in any way. They’re explicitly protected by the Constitution from the government.…

— Thom Hartmann