Best 592 quotes in «constitution quotes» category

Saying the Constitution is a living document is the same as saying we don't have a Constitution.

Shahidullah Shahid said there is nothing Islamic in Pakistan’s constitution. He clearly can’t read. The truth is there is nothing Islamic in the TTP.

Should I be worried about being a slave and being returned to slavery? Because certain things happened in the Constitution that had to change.

Simultaneously with the establishment of the Constitution, Virginia ceded to the United States her domain, which then extended to the Mississippi, and was even claimed to extend to the Pacific Ocean.

Slavery discourages arts and manufacturing ...[and] every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant.

Slavery is wrong. If Slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and Constitutions against it, are themselves wrong, and should be silenced, and swept away.

Some may not like the Constitution's requirements, but that doesn't make the Constitution a pirate's charter.

So, I mean to say, as for those who are proving their allegiance with what I would call sickening perseverance, and who are urging the president to brush away the constitution, those I would like to remind of a Russian proverb: "Don't spit into the well, it'll come in handy once you're thirsty.

Some men by unalterable frame of their constitution are stout, others timorous, some confident, others modest and tractable.

Sometimes the state and the constitution are more enlightened than society.

That's the key: get the constitution in place. Get rule of law in place, capital will come, electricity will follow.

That by 1774 the final crisis of the constitution, brought on by political and social corruption, had been reached was, to most informed colonists, evident.

That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.

That's why I believe in a Constitution which separates church from state. I've seen what happens when they get in cahoots.

Ted Cruz will point Americans back to the principles established by our Constitution enabling you to live free.

That's the argument of flexibility and it goes something like this: The Constitution is over 200 years old and societies change. It has to change with society, like a living organism, or it will become brittle and break. But you would have to be an idiot to believe that. The Constitution is not a living organism; it is a legal document. It says something and doesn't say other things.

That text is known to them that have the patience to read it, possibly one one-hundredth of one percent of the denizens. They forget it, all save a few Western states. I think somebody in Dakota once read it. The Constitution.

That which brought me into the capacity I now stand in, was the Petition and Advice given me by you, who, in reference to the ancient Constitution, did draw me here to accept the place of Protector. There is not a man living can say I sought it, no not a man, nor woman, treading upon English ground.

The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the adoption of the Constitution by the states.

[The adoption of the Constitution] will demonstrate as visibly the finger of Providence as any possible event in the course of human affairs can ever designate it.

The American Constitution was designed to make it hard to have too much government.

The aim of the Constitutional Treaty was to be more readable; the aim of this treaty is to be unreadable ... The Constitution aimed to be clear, whereas this Treaty had to be unclear. It is a success.

The Americans who framed our Constitution felt that without freedom of religion no other freedom counted.

The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest.

The ANC is more important than the Constitution.

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.

The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be promptly fulfilled.

The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage.

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

[The British constitution] presumes more boldly than any other the good sense and the good faith of those who work it.

The Bill of Rights never gets off the page and into the lives of most Americans.

The characteristic merit of the English constitutions is, that its dignified parts are very complicated and somewhat imposing, very old and rather venerable, while its efficient part, at least when in great and critical action, is decidedly simple and modern.

The Constitution is a document that should only be amended with great caution.

The Constitution guarantees due process, not judicial process.

The Constitution has no inherent authority or obligation. It has no authority or obligation at all, unless as a contract between man and man. And it does not so much as even purport to be a contract between persons now existing.

"The Constitution" has something called The Emoluments Clause. That's just a fancy, 18th century word for no foreign government payments. And Donald Trump is collecting foreign government payments and other benefits throughout his business.It is a direct violation of "The Constitution" and unless he divests, not just operations, he must divest from all business interests or he will be in violation of "The Constitution" from day one.

The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it is sorely tested

The Constitution admittedly has a few defects and blemishes, but it still seems a hell of a lot better than the system we have now.

The Constitution and the laws are supreme and the Union indissoluble.

The Constitution doesn't belong to a bunch of judges and lawyers. It belongs to you.

The Constitution enjoins an oath upon all the officers of the United States. This is a direct appeal to that God Who is the avenger of perjury. Such an appeal to Him is a full acknowledgement of His being and providence.

The Constitution is like my old blue dress ... it doesn't fit anymore.

The Constitution is what the judges say it is.

The constitution of the United States is the result of the collected wisdom of our country.

The Constitution of the U.S. forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion.

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

The Constitution was made for ordinary people.

The constitution is the ultimate custodian of social will and its making should be accorded all due diligence.

The Convention thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men.

The core values of our constitution are at the heart of our nation's progress.