Affirm Quote by William H. Seward

We can't pick and choose when to adhere to the Constitution and when to cast it aside.

— Dan Coats

The particular phraseology of the Constitution of the United States confirms and strengthens the principle, supposed to be essential to all written constitutions, that…

— John Marshall

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

— Romano Prodi

For myself, therefore, I desire to declare that the principle that will govern me in the high duty to which my country calls me…

— Martin Van Buren

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

[T]he Constitution ought to be the standard of construction for the laws, and that wherever there is an evident opposition, the laws ought to…

— Alexander Hamilton

For my part, I sincerely esteem the Constitution, a system which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and agreed upon…

— Alexander Hamilton

The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this principle be…

— Thomas Jefferson

The express authority of the people alone could give validity to the Constitution.

— James Madison

It is in vain to oppose constitutional barriers to the impulse of self-preservation. It is worse than in vain; because it plants in the…

— James Madison

The Constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole People is sacredly obligatory upon all.

— George Washington

“You Must Explicitly Invoke Your Constitutional Rights”

— James Duane