Famous Quotes & Sayings

Timothy Noah

Without the three-fifths rule, there wouldn't have been a Constitution of the United States - not one that governed the American South, at any rate - because the South wouldn't have ratified it.

Wesley Clark

Next to upholding the Constitution of the United States, the president's highest duty is to protect the security of this country - our national security.

John C. Calhoun

The framers of our constitution had the sagacity to vest in Congress all implied powers: that is, powers necessary and proper to carry into effect all the delegated powers wherever vested.

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.

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.

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

Roy Moore

The Constitution was about a limitation on power.

Mike Conaway

The Constitution does not demand that you or I buy anything.

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.

Raila Odinga

The president admits that there should be a meeting between us to discuss pertinent issues on the constitution and the way forward.

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

Today, a major step was taken toward the revision of the constitution.

Having two different structures of relationships creates a stigma the New Jersey constitution does not allow.

Corrine Brown

Historically, amendments to the Constitution have been utilized as a tool to protect or defend the rights and liberties of American citizens.

Richard Baker

It could have happened 100 years ago -- two powerful senators struggling with the meaning of the Constitution,

Ken Buck

While we have a Constitution that is very strong in the sense that we are not gonna have a religion that's sanctioned by the government, it doesn't mean that we need to have a separation between government and religion.

Sam Brownback

He did not say in my private meeting with him whether or not the right to privacy regarding sexual relations is in the Constitution or not in the Constitution,

Having a good constitution is far more important than having an immediate constitution.

He knows that the constitution will not pass the Legislative Yuan.

Jack Reed

He has not convinced me that he will not uphold just the letter of the Constitution, but the spirit of the Constitution as well,

I clung steadfastly to the hope that the democratic party would maintain its nationality and preserve the Constitution and the Union.

We are pleased the court decided the Indiana Constitution prohibits the Evansville school corporation from imposing a fee for programs and services that are essential to young Hoosiers' education.

Louie Gohmert

The truth is that anyone... that wants to subvert our Constitution to Shariah Law is an enemy of the United States.

Carl Levin

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

Eula Biss

Our constitution got built around the idea of minority protection.

Eric Holder

Ferguson and St. Louis County are not the first places that we have become engaged to ensure fair and equitable policing, and they will not be the last. The Department of Justice will continue to work tirelessly to ensure that the Constitution has meaning for all communities.

Gerald R. Ford

Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men.

Benjamin Franklin

I consent Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.

Noah Feldman

The modern presidency, as expressed in the policies of the administration of George W. Bush, provides the strongest piece of evidence that we are governed by a fundamentally different Constitution from that of the framers.