Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ted Cruz

I'm a constitutionalist. You know, does faith matter to me? Sure. But the beauty of the Constitution, the beauty of the First Amendment, it protects everyone's faith.

John Walsh

I'm passionate about the Constitution and the rule of law and the issue of fairness and the issue of acceptance. This is a wonderful community. Why would we want to do something that drives a wedge between us?

If one little item is determined to be unconstitutional the whole (legislation) is going to fall.

The fight has just begun. What you did here today is a direct violation of the Constitution of the State of California, and in violation of the U.S. Constitution.

Elton Gallegly

The fifth amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees that no private property shall be taken for a public use without the payment of just compensation.

Lamar S. Smith

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

a greater Albania, not the constitution not the human rights.

Jalal Talabani

you will see in the constitution that it is not a problem.

And lastly, let us provide in our Constitution for its revision at stated periods

Jalal Talabani

The draft constitution is ready and will be presented to the Iraqi people, who are known for their intelligence, to give their verdict on October 15,

Chris Rogers

This is our heritage. Everything that's written (in the Constitution) defines how we live.

Hoshyar Zebari

All indications we are getting ... are encouraging and positive for a 'Yes' vote for this constitution. This would be really a major achievement, ... So my guess is, yes, it will be passed.

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

Thomas Jefferson

Bind them down by the chains of the Constitution where they can do no mischief.

Thomas Jefferson

It is every Americans' right and obligation to read and interpret the Constitution for himself.

Roy Moore

Power's not what the Constitution was about.

Stephen Ambrose

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

Thomas B. Macaulay

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

William G. Boykin

I do stand in opposition to those who want to implement Sharia and essentially attack the Constitution of the United States.

Thomas Sowell

To say the Constitution is living is to say that it's dead.

Thomas Sowell

The Constitution cannot protect us unless we protect the Constitution.

Robert Anton Wilson

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.

Zachary Taylor

In the discharge of duties my guide will be the Constitution, which I this day swear to preserve, protect, and defend.

William E. Gladstone

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

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The whole constitution of property on its present tenures, is injurious, and its influence on persons deteriorating and degrading.

Lee Greenwood

The Constitution of the United States allows us to change; I don't have a problem with that.

Romano Prodi

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

Thurgood Marshall

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

Robert Bork

The right to procreate is not guaranteed, explicitly or implicitly, by the Constitution

Vladimir Putin

First, the constitution [of Ukraine] has to be reformed. Only then can confidence building and border security follow.

William O. Douglas

The court is really the keeper of the conscience, and the conscience is the Constitution.

William O. Douglas

The conscience of this nation is the Constitution.