Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jose Mujica

Fascism in Uruguay did not begin just with the military coup of 1973, but years before, even when there was still a government with a constitution and parliament.

Rebecca Brown

Yes, there is a topic (the Constitution), but what we have to think about is whether we think it is appropriate for the government to select a topic.

George Washington

Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing Constitution of a country

Benjamin Franklin

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

The Constitution says that troops can be in the Philippines if there's a treaty that provides for it, and we have two treaties with the United States.

David Souter

The Constitution has a good share of deliberately open-ended guarantees, like rights to due process of law, equal protection of the law, and freedom from unreasonable searches.

David Souter

Over the course of 19 years on the Supreme Court, I learned some lessons about the Constitution of the United States.

Paul Gillmor

While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some of the victories throughout this embattled country.

Michael Badnarik

The reason that we can't find a relationship between the Constitution and the government is that there is none.

Joseph Estrada

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

To be on the road and do that shows tremendous constitution and heart by our team.

Billy Graham

The Bible is the Constitution of Christianity.

To those who are investigating me or others of my colleagues, please understand that I will not be intimidated by these efforts, ... These efforts will not deter me from performing my sworn duty under the Constitution as a member of Congress.

The Constitution overrides a statute, but a statute, if consistent with the Constitution, overrides the law of judges. In this sense, judge-made law is secondary and subordinate to the law that is made by legislators.

Our view is that the constitution of the Philippines and the rule of law must be respected and violence must be rejected. We hope the situation will return to normal.

Rob Woodall

Outside of a few national security issues like treason that the Constitution lays out, we don't need federal crimes, and we don't need federal prisons. We need state crimes and state prisons.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

We need a constitution, we need rules, but we don't need a wall,

Bill Vaughan

When it is not necessary to amend the Constitution, it is necessary not to amend the Constitution.

Ted Haggard

It is a violation of the Constitution for the IRS to threaten that church. It may not be a violation of IRS regulations, but IRS regulations have been wrong,

Jalal Talabani

Some of our demands were met so the party has endorsed the constitution and is urging people to vote 'Yes',

Some in this state say they just want to amend the constitution like they were fixing a flat tire.

That does great violence -great violence - to the provision of the constitution ... which requires that a member sincerely represent the district in which he lives.

Bill Nelson

My wife (Bette) said it best. (Thursday) was Constitution Day. Our country is so fair that a guy can come over here, go to school, kick a field goal and he ends up being the star.

I still have frustration with the constitution. The president and vice-president should not be so tied on the ticket.

Judicial independence is the bulwark of our system. It gives life to the words of the Constitution.

I will continue to fulfill my responsibilities to safeguard the Constitution, Lebanese laws and the integrity of Lebanese territory.

Really, we are disappointed with that. It seems like the Americans want to have a constitution at any cost,

Francis Escudero

Peaceful protests are guaranteed by the constitution, rallies should not be prohibited.

Mike Malone

Part of the Constitution is the First Amendment, ... We have the right to disagree with the government.

Today's lawsuit simply requests the court to uphold the Constitution. The entire law is invalid because the law the House passed is different from the law the Senate passed and the president signed.

Jalal Talabani

We need to unite and maintain peace as this incident can divert Iraq from the constitution to violence,

Kevin McCarthy

We know the Constitution gives the purse strings to the House.

Pat Oliphant

The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is.