British Quote by William E. Gladstone

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

— Romano Prodi

The characteristic merit of the English constitutions is, that its dignified parts are very complicated and somewhat imposing, very old and rather venerable, while…

— Walter Bagehot

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

Our Constitution rests on the good sense and the respect of the American people.

— John Quincy Adams

In the absence of a written constitution, we still rely far too heavily in the U.K. on unwritten and unenforceable 'constitutional conventions.'

— Keir Starmer

Our Constitution professedly rests upon the good sense and attachment of the people. This basis, weak as it may appear, has not yet been…

— John Quincy Adams

It is difficult to maintain the illusion that we are interpreting a Constitution, rather than inventing one.

— Antonin Scalia

The British Constitution has always been puzzling and always will be.

— Queen Elizabeth II

It doesn't really matter what one writes into a constitution. The important thing is what the collective instinct eventually makes of it.

— Oswald Spengler

[I]n Great-Britain it is said that their constitution relies on the house of commons for honesty, and the lords for wisdom; whichwould be a…

— Thomas Jefferson

[N]either the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.

— Samuel Adams

The Constitution is what the judges say it is.

— Charles Evans Hughes