Action Quote by Walter Bagehot

The strength of the British constitution is supposedly its ability, because it is unwritten in key respects like the incapacity of the prime minister,…

— Andrew Adonis, Baron Adonis

Having a good constitution is far more important than having an immediate constitution.

— Kenneth M. Pollack

As the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most wonderful work…

— William E. Gladstone

Constitutions are not designed for metaphysical or logical subtleties, for niceties of expression, for critical propriety, for elaborate shades of meaning, or for the…

— Joseph Story

The great generalities of the constitution have a content and a significance that vary from age to age.

— Benjamin Cardozo

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

The constitution of England is not a paper constitution. It is an aggregate of institutions, many of them founded merely upon prescription, some of…

— Benjamin Disraeli

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

It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one.

— Romano Prodi

The nature of our constitution makes eloquence more useful and more necessary in this country than in any other in Europe.

— Bill Vaughan

Whether it is in the United States or in mainland Europe, written constitutions have one great weakness. That is that they contain the potential…

— Margaret Thatcher

Good constitutions are formed upon a comparison of the liberty of the individual with the strength of government: If the tone of either be…

— Alexander Hamilton