Accumulation Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Each state, so that it does not abridge the great fundamental rights belonging, under the Constitution, to all citizens, may grant or withhold such…

— Lyman Trumbull

If state protects the rights of people, they start respecting the state.

— Asma Jahangir

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

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

It is necessary above all that the citizens, who have rallied round the constitution, should be assured that the rights it guarantees will be…

— Marquis de Lafayette

“if our rights are not unalienable, if they don’t come from a source higher than ourselves, then they’re malleable at the will of the…

— Mark R. Levin

I’m a strong supporter of states’ rights to do what they need,

— Brian Sandoval

“The Constitution seeks to protect the basic rights of the people and the spirit of human liberty against encroachment by the state. Hence”

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly

Encroachment upon the powers and rights of States also goes against the grain of the Constitution and federal principles.

— Pinarayi Vijayan

“The right to suppress everyone that bothers us should rank first in the constitution of the ideal State.”

— Emil M. Cioran

The rights of some must not be enjoyed by denying the rights of others. Neither can we permit states' rights at the expense of…

— George W. Romney

Today, as always, the people, no less than the courts, must remain vigilant to preserve the principals of our Bill of Rights, lest in…

— Earl Warren