Constitution Quotes - Page 4

Can it be of less consequence that the meaning of a Constitution should be fixed and known, than a meaning of a law should be so?

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived as a fallen creature and would always yearn for more power.

Let us remind ourselves again that the Second Amendment of the US Constitution should be referred to as the Statute of Liberty.

Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law.

Constitutions have to be written on hearts, not just paper.

Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the Constitution be reprehended: If defective let it be amended, but not suffered to be trampled upon whilst it has an existence.

Interpreted as it ought to be interpreted, the constitution is a Glorious Liberty Document!

The Central Bank is an institution of the most deadly hostility existing against the principles and form of our Constitution.

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

The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.

Unfortunately, people are re-interpreting the Constitution as a living document, and it's not. It's a solid-based document and it shouldn't be played with.

I don't care about the Constitution! The Constitution isn't here; you're here. Don't be a pinhead.

When absolutes are abandoned for principles, the U.S. Constitution becomes a blank slate for anyone’s graffiti.

[T]he Constitution was a product of its times. [Progressive]

The fact that slavery is written into the Constitution is about as entrenched a form of classism as you could possibly imagine.

We are attempting, by this Constitution, to abolish factions, and to unite all parties for the general welfare.

We seek not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow those who would prevert it.

I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.

The Constitution provides for freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

When I came here, I put my hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. I didn't put my hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible.

I entirely concur in the propriety of resorting to the sense in which the Constitution was accepted and ratified by the nation. In that sense alone it is the legitimate Constitution. And if that is not the guide in expounding it, there may be no security.

Government without a constitution, is a power without a right.

The fact that the Church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women, is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution.

Obama says his recreation consists of reading the Constitution... looking for a loophole.