Constitution Quote by William Blackstone

The King can do no wrong; he cannot constitutionally be supposed capable of injustice.

— John Nichol

The whole Constitution has been erected upon the assumption that the King not only is capable of doing wrong but is more likely to…

— A. P. Herbert

If the king refuses the constitution, I shall oppose him; if he accepts it, I shall defend him; and the day on which he…

— Marquis de Lafayette

“Indeed, during the ensuring centuries, Englishmen repeatedly protested that a king could “not break or dispense with the positive laws,” and they asked, “What…

— Philip Hamburger

What an English King has no right to demand, an English subject has a right to refuse

— John Hampden

The problem for the King is just how strict The lack of liberty, the squeeze of the law And discipline should be in school…

— Robert Frost

The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail.

— George Washington

“Now, it’s a pity that your schools no longer teach the same language in which the Declaration and the Constitution were written because you’ve…

— Jack Pelham

No king should rule absolutely, like a dictator.

— Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa

“The power of a king was not absolute, after all: it could be restrained by the will of the people.”

— Ken Follett

“There is something exceedingly ridiculous in the composition of monarchy; it first excludes a man from the means of information, yet empowers him to…

— Thomas Paine

“It would be hard to point out any error more truly subversive of all the order and beauty, all the peace and happiness, of…

— Edmund Burke