Constitutional Quote by Zephyr Teachout Download Open image “Every constitutional standard is engaged in difficult but important line-drawing.” — Zephyr Teachout ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Constitutional Difficult Important
The line must follow some direction of policy, whether rooted in logic or experience. Lines should not be drawn simply for the sake of… — Felix Frankfurter Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A government does not desire its powers to be strictly defined, but the subjects require the line to be drawn with increasing precision. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
“Anyone who writes a law that cannot be easily understood by an average citizen is not worthy of leadership. The Constitution, which was written… — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written. — Franklin D Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The Constitution's Preamble, its renowned introductory passage, was written by a man with a peg-leg. Which, if you think about it, gives our Constitution… — Kevin Bleyer Copy Share Image
“The Secret of Drawing consists of just two things: 1) Making lines on paper; and 2) Choosing where they go.” — James A. Owen Copy Share Image
Amazon's outsized power is looking less and less like smart business and more and more like oppressive politics - one company bullying us all. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
I think part of the reason the Tea Party has resonated is that people feel disempowered. The Tea Party says, "You are out of… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Anti-corruption is a core constitutional value. It always has been. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Integrity is hard work. I do think the internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity,… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
I think a lot of the reason people are attracted to the Keystone pipeline is because at least we're doing something. There's a fear… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
If you think art is a competitive forum, then you're going to stop doing it if you're not good. But if it's not competitive,… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
A combination of working in politics as well as teaching and being [an actor] certainly helped. I became so much more comfortable in front… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
If those people in power never made any mistakes, we'd be done for as a democracy. But people keep making mistakes. History is a… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Normally, politicians lie because they want to persuade us of the truth of what they are saying. A candidate for Congress will claim that… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
The Internet is an important organizing tool. But the goal of a campaign isn't to use the Internet for organizing; the goal is always… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
At a policy level, we can support protecting and serving as opposed to militarization or disproportionate response. Step one is making sure we don't… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
I think that, as Americans, we should never forget that when we tamper with freedom of speech, it is a very sensitive issue that… — Charles B. Rangel Copy Share Image
The current constitutional law places the president of the republic in an embarrassing situation. — Jose Eduardo Dos Santos Copy Share Image
The British monarchy has the political and constitutional task of subtracting from the government and governors of Britain the papal and kingly airs that… — Mark Helprin Copy Share Image
Most of us know nothing about constitutional law, so it's hardly surprising that we take sides in the Obamacare debate the way we root… — Paul Bloom Copy Share Image
If nothing else came out of all of this debacle over Obamacare, one thing that should is a class-action lawsuit against the University of… — Louie Gohmert Copy Share Image
There simply aren't enough constitutional safeguards in place to protect against a rogue president. — Jeff Vandermeer Copy Share Image
I am running to fix the economy, restore the constitutional system of checks and balances and to end this game of crony capitalism by… — Dave Brat Copy Share Image
On February 7, 2.2 million Haitians went to the polls and exercised their constitutional right to select a leader. They went by foot, by… — Mark Foley Copy Share Image
Anti-corruption is a core constitutional value. It always has been. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
I went to Ferguson and walked with the demonstrators and saw this heavily armed police force, tactical units pointing sniper rifles at my constituents… — William Lacy Clay, Jr Copy Share Image
The basis on which the Good Friday agreement was constructed was in addressing those problems in the history of Northern Ireland, the social and… — John Reid Copy Share Image
Nothing in the 14th Amendment or in any other constitutional provision suggests that the president may usurp legislative power to prevent a violation of… — Laurence Tribe Copy Share Image
