Quotes About Constitution

The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men.

I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.

The government was set to protect man from criminals, and the Constitution was written to protect man from the government.

In violation of the Habeas Corpus Act and the fundamental laws of our constitution these men have never been brought to trail or even allowed to see a lawyer.

To seek to keep the established constitution unchanged argues a good citizen and a good man.

Free men do not ask permission to bear arms

The Fifth Amendment is an old friend and a good friend, one of the great landmarks in men's struggle to be free of tyranny, to be decent and civilized.

The makers of our Constitution . . . conferred, as against the government, the right to be let alone - the most comprehensive of rights and the right most valued by civilized men.

I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the constitution to a man who will burn the constitution and then wrap himself in the flag.

Whenever you hear a man prating about the Constitution, spot him as a traitor.

No man can well doubt the propriety of placing a president of the United States under the most solemn obligations to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution.

The American Constitution declares 'All men are born equal.' The British Socialist Party add: 'All men must be kept equal'.

Wise men wrote the Constitution, but clever judges have been destroying it, bit by bit, turning it into an instrument of arbitrary judicial power, instead of a limitation on all government power.

All authority belongs to the people... In questions of power let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief with chains of the Constitution.

Don't have their own police force—no immigration control—undesirables can walk right in without being frisked or even harassed. Now a Burbclave, that's the place to live. A city-state with its own constitution, a border, laws, cops, everything.

The real reason the Constitution provides for the right to bear arms is defending oneself against oppressive governments, and when it comes to that, your handgun is close to useless. So (according to these guys) if you are going to assert your right to keep and bear arms you should do it openly, by packing something really big.

The least free people in a free society are people like us who have a sworn duty to defend the constitution.

los regímenes constitucionales basados en el imperio de la ley son a su vez más susceptibles de experimentar revoluciones financieras que alienten tanto la inversión extranjera como la formación interna de capital. Una

La presente Constitución, que nace de la voluntad de los pueblos y los estados de Europa de construir un futuro común, crea la Unión Europea, a la que los estados miembros confieren competencias para alcanzar sus objetivos comunes. La Unión coordinará las políticas de los estados miembros encaminadas a lograr dichos objetivos y ejercerá, de modo comunitario, las competencias que estos le transfieran.»

In our administration, we're going to follow the law, and any policy that we move forward will fall well within the law and the Arizona Constitution.

Historically, Congress hasn't paid much attention to the confines the Constitution establishes.

You can be a Christian. You can be Jew. You can be a Muslim. You can be atheist. This is your own choice. But the law, the constitution, the law of the people is above God's law. So when somebody arrives in Europe, people need to accept those rules.

I don't have a problem with the Centre sanctioning funds to any state. However, when this is done for narrow political considerations, it damages the federal fabric mandated by the Constitution.

Understanding the Constitution is of critical importance for all Americans, for it is this brief document that protects our liberties and, by keeping our nation from falling into chaos, allows us to get on with our lives. Nothing matters so much as this.