Amendments Quote by Thomas Jefferson

Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only…

— Ben Nelson

I mean ... to let you know how deeply I am impressed with a sense of the importance of Amendments; that the good people…

— Samuel

We know no document is perfect, but when we amend the Constitution, it would be to expand rights, not to take away rights from…

— Barbara Boxer

I do not like [in the new Federal Constitution] the omission of a Bill of Rights providing clearly and without the aid of sophisms…

— Thomas Jefferson

I will now add what I do not like. First, the omission of a bill of rights providing clearly and without the aid of…

— Thomas Jefferson

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

The first ten amendments were proposed and adopted largely because of fear that Government might unduly interfere with prized individual liberties. The people wanted…

— Hugo Black

The Bill of Rights should contain the general principles of natural and civil liberty. It should be to a community what the eternal laws…

— Thomas Paine

“The Constitution became even more acceptable to the public at large after the first Congress, responding to criticism, passed a series of amendments known…

— Howard Zinn

We also intend to deal with the issue of incorporating basic human rights into our new constitution.

— Chen Shui-bian

“…the very purpose of a Bill of Rights was to withdraw certain subjects from the vicissitudes of political controversy, to place them beyond the…

— Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly

And, as you recall, last year, people were asking us, don't vote on the bill until you read every part of the bill. So,…

— Henry Cuellar