Famous Quotes & Sayings

The constitution is for us all to live together, a common life, we need each other.

Hoshyar Zebari

We want a good, solid constitution. We don't want to force a deal on any group that they're uncomfortable with.

John Breaux

We do not have to have a trial. The Constitution says that the Senate shall be the sole trier of an impeachment resolution. It gives us the power to do it, but it doesn't demand that we have to,

We are trying to move from a state constitution to a constitutional state,

John Roberts

What Daniel Webster termed 'the miracle of our Constitution' is not something that happens every generation,

Jose Barroso

We will not have the constitution in the next years.

Roger Pilon

There's irony in using an unconstitutional measure to promote Constitution Day.

Bruce Fein

There's nothing to suggest that in 60 years, she's ever thought or written a word about the U.S. Constitution. This is an opportunity squandered.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

The United States Constitution has proven itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written

Abhisit Vejjajiva

We do not support a coup. We have always operated within the means of the Constitution.

The Constitution has not greatly bothered any wartime President.

Antonin Scalia

My view is regardless of whether you think prohibiting abortion is good or whether you think prohibiting abortion is bad, regardless of how you come out on that, my only point is the Constitution does not say anything about it. It leaves it up to democratic choice.

Gary Johnson

Where in the Constitution does it say that because we don't like a foreign country's leader, we should go in and topple the dictator?

Gloria Steinem

The Constitution did not mention women when it was first written, and it still doesn't.

We urge all parties there to work together to maintain peace, support the constitution and promote national reconciliation.

Harry Browne

The Constitution isn't written in Chinese, Swahili or Sanskrit. It's in plain English.

Luke Scott

Our forefathers got it; they got it, man. They took godly principles and they put them into action, and they developed our Constitution - the land of freedom where each man is accountable and responsible for his actions.

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.

She is pressing for a view of the Constitution that is quite cosmopolitan, and she is using an out-of-country venue to make her point.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

I would not look to the U.S. Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in 2012.

We need to reform the constitution as fast as possible and have a new election. We have not finished our duty yet. We still need constitutional reform -- that will be a real victory for us.

We need to reform the constitution as fast as possible and have a new election.

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

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

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

Bill Vaughan

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

Stephen Ambrose

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

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

This constitution recognises the need for social dialogue involving labour and management; it involves trade unions in the decision-making process; it has a social vision founded on social dialogue.

This constitution opens the path to all parties to participate in the next legislative elections in order to elect representatives of all the Iraqi communities,

Patrick Sullivan

A whole holiday about studying the Constitution just sounds like they're pushing, like they're trying to make more national pride and glorify the country, ... If one or two want to do it, that's fine but don't make it a holiday that everyone has to celebrate.

I mean, it's shocking when you see how easily they fold in the media today. They don't stand their ground. You know, if they are criticized by the White House, they just fall apart. I mean, come on, toughen up, guys. It's only our Constitution and our country at stake. Let's get some spine going here.

I'll say yes, yes to the constitution with all 10 of my fingers, ... My daughters were so excited, and I wanted the new generation to see democracy.

John Roberts

I, John Roberts, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States...,