Best 592 quotes in «constitution quotes» category

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.

U.S. Constitution is under attack from Fundamentalist Islam and shari'a.

U.S. Constitution declares rather unambiguously that Congress has the responsibility to “declare war.

Very few established institutions, governments and constitutions ...are ever destroyed by their enemies until they have been corrupted and weakened by their friends.

Vigorous exercise will often fortify a feeble constitution.

Vulgar prejudices are those which arise out of accident, ignorance, or authority; natural prejudices are those which arise out of the constitution of the human mind itself.

We are a nation of laws. And nobody can ignore our Constitution. No one's above the law. And that includes the president of the United States.

We are a people of faith. We have been so secure in that faith that we have enshrined in our Constitution protection for people who profess no faith. And good for us for doing so. That is what the First Amendment is all about.

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

We are a representative democracy. But how did we get there? We got there through direct action. And that's enshrined in our Constitution and in our values.

We are a nation conceived, born and nurtured by faith... Our faith is declared in our Constitution, on our currency and in our lives.

We are involved in a constitution-building process of historic importance. The Convention should mark a new stage in European integration.

We are living in a time when the very integrity of the Constitution is being threatened daily, from federal bailouts to federal assumption of control over private business.

Unfortunately, some of the African leaders employ various nefarious means to remain in office far beyond what their constitutions permit.

We can all live under the Constitution and all express ourself in radically different ways and not control each other.

We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.

We have built into the constitution of the human race the habit and desire of taking, as divorced from its natural precursor and concomitant of making.

We have built no temple but the Capitol. We consult no common oracle but the Constitution.

We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution.

We have introduced a democratic constitution, which put suvery South African on an equal basis.

We have raised an issue that is already in the Bolivian constitution, that water is a universal human right. And we asked the United Nations to recognize water as a human right.

We know that the Constitution wisely separates church from state, but remember: the Constitution guarantees freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.

We have no Constitution which functions in the absence of a moral people

We may form free constitutions, but our vices will destroy them; we may enact laws, but they will not protect us.

We need to reform the constitution in Chile. The current one was written and passed in 1980 during the dictatorship. Some changes were made after the return of democracy, but its origins remain illegitimate. Instead of continuing to make fixes here and there, we need to undertake fundamental changes to our constitution to make it reflect the reality of our democratic society.

We're going to appoint great justices to the United States Supreme Court to uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States.

We've looked for the constitution to be a national pact, and the perception now is that it's not.

We're talking about the responsibility, my responsibility according to the Syrian constitution that said we have to defend ourselves.

We trace the hand of the Almighty in framing the Constitution of our land

What has been happening in Turkey. The country has been taken over by the present rulers and they have been very, very skillful and taking over everything and taking over control over everything and now taking control over the judiciary. They will be taking over the constitution. Unless there will be some radical change, which is unlikely, I will say the tradition of Kemalism will be dead in Turkey. And Turkey is becoming a more Islamic state, in the traditional sense.

What I am endeavoring to do is simply speak the truth, speak common-sense values, free market principles and the Constitution. For every question, the Constitution is my touchstone.

What I am for is justice for everyone, just like it says in the Constitution.

What is the constitution of the universe? The universe is the manifestation of the divine thought; the thought of God embodies itself in the thought-forms that we call worlds.

We make allowance for a certain degree of selfishness in men; because we know it to be inseparable from human nature, and inherent in our frame and constitution. By this reflexion we correct those sentiments of blame, which so naturally arise upon any opposition.

We've made progress in our country, and it's been the Constitution that permitted that to happen.

What's the difference between a liberal and a conservative? A liberal will interpret the constitution, a conservative will quote it!

What Obama did wrong with executive power is he tried to change the law. He tried to ignore the law. And under the Constitution, Article I, all legislative authority is vested in Congress.

When we live up to our Constitution, let's form a Conga line around the Capitol and bungee jump off the dome.

Where there is no market economy, the best intentioned provisions of constitutions and laws remain a dead letter.

Whether the proposed constitution is approved or rejected . . . it is a process and a text largely crafted and imposed by U.S. occupation authorities and their Iraqi dependents, and thus lacking in legal or political legitimacy.

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

Whenever you hear a man prating about the Constitution, spot him as a traitor.

When you go to prison they forget it's your Constitution, too.

Without allegiance to the Constitution it doesn't matter one hill of beans which party is in power!

Why should I resign ... First of all, I am not guilty of any of these charges. Second, we have a constitution to follow.

Winner take all does not exist in the Constitution. It's a restriction imposed on the electors by the states.

With our goddess, the Pachamama, and it is not possible to continue having a monopoly of religious faith, only Catholic. We have therefore adopted the new constitution as a secular state where all religious beliefs will be respected.

Women deserve the same permanent rights and explicit protections given men in the Constitution.

While men's rights are guaranteed by specific language in the Constitution, women's equal rights aren't mentioned.