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Quotes About Constitution

We have a government of limited power under the Constitution, and we have got to work out our problems on the basis of law.
~ William Howard Taft
I feel like I am not an American in the eyes of my government because of their religious beliefs. I think that is un-American.
~ Michael Newdow
The object of a Constitution is to restrain the Government, as that of laws is to restrain individuals.
~ John C. Calhoun
Even if a government can be constitutional without being democratic, it cannot be democratic without being constitutional.
~ Clinton Rossiter
I think the founding fathers believed religion shouldn't interact directly with government.
~ Jesse Ventura
A Supreme Court decision does not establish a "supreme law of the land" that is binding on all persons and parts of government, henceforth and forevermore.
~ Edwin Meese
Like the government, corporations must be bound with the chains of the Constitution, and especially of the Bill of Rights.
~ L. Neil Smith
Some of the conflict of interest laws do apply to the president, particularly The Emoluments Clause to "The Constitution," which prohibits any type of benefit from a foreign government.
~ Reince Priebus
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~ Marc Rotenberg
The Second Amendment is the right to keep and bear arms for our citizenryThis is for usThis is for us when our government becomes tyrannical
~ Sharron Angle
I think fully, that an independent candidate can't win in this country. The Constitution is structured for basically a two-party government, a two-party race.
~ Michael Bloomberg
The First Amendment says keep government out of religion. It doesn't say keep religion out of government.
~ Rand Paul
We must educate ourselves and others about our precious civil liberties to ensure that we never accept demands that we give up our Constitution so that the government can pretend to protect us.
~ Ron Paul
No matter how many pro-freedom politicians we elect to office, the only way to guarantee constitutional government is through an educated and activist public devoted to the ideals of liberty.
~ Ron Paul
A government of laws, and not of men
~ John Adams
The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
~ George Washington
I believe that a government has only one religion - India first. A government has only one holy book - our Constitution. A government has only one kind of devotion - towards nation.
~ Narendra Modi
But separation of church and state was never meant to separate God and government.
~ Roy Moore
Our constitution works. Our great republic is a government of laws, not of men.
~ Gerald R. Ford
The euro is a great achievement. It's a symbolic achievement. But, the European constitution was a missed opportunity.
~ Bernard-Henri Levy
Neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt.
~ Samuel Adams
I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent.
~ Giacomo Casanova
A prime part of the history of our Constitution is the story of the extension of constitutional rights to people once ignored or excluded.
~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg
One who comes to the Court must come to adore, not to protest. That's the new gloss on the First Amendment.
~ William O. Douglas