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America was founded to be a beacon of liberty, particularly religious liberty. The framers of our Constitution sought to preserve religious liberty to such an extent that they made it the first right protected in the Bill of Rights.

Quotes by Edwin Meese

The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.

Quotes by Edward Kennedy

It is unbelievable that the federal court itself ignores that rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution apply in Puerto Rico.

Quotes by Eduardo Bhatia

It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters.

Quotes by Edmund Burke

The incurably suspicious Arthur Lee, youngest brother of Richard Henry, was of opinion that what others termed 'errors' in the Constitution were a deliberate scheme to create an oligarchy.

Quotes by Douglas Southall Freeman

The capacity of the commonwealth government created under the local constitution to exercise governmental powers in local affairs is like that of local government in the states of the union in regard to non-federal affairs at the local level.

Quotes by Dick Thornburgh

Neither James Madison, for whom this lecture is named, nor any of the other Framers of the Constitution, were oblivious, careless, or otherwise unaware of the words they chose for the document and its Bill of Rights.

Quotes by Diane Wood

The Court's primary duty, in short, is not to minimize its role or avoid friction with the political branches, but to try as best it can to get the Constitution right.

Quotes by Diane S. Sykes

The Court's legitimacy arises from the source of its authority - which is, of course, the Constitution - and is best preserved by adhering to decision methods that neither expand nor contract but legitimize the power of judicial review.

Quotes by Diane S. Sykes

We have a First Amendment right to burn the flag as symbolic speech. The Constitution protects that right. To spend time and effort on this is ridiculous.

Quotes by Deborah K. Ross

Our nation is being led astray by ungodly judges, mayors and governors, who are given to change, defying the Constitution and substituting their own wicked agendas.

Quotes by David Wilkerson

Over the course of 19 years on the Supreme Court, I learned some lessons about the Constitution of the United States.

Quotes by David Souter

The language of the Constitution's guarantee of equal protection of the laws did not change between 1896 and 1954, and it would be very hard to say that the obvious facts on which 'Plessy' was based had changed.

Quotes by David Souter

The Constitution is a pantheon of values, and a lot of hard cases are hard because the Constitution gives no simple rule of decision for the cases in which one of the values is truly at odds with another.

Quotes by David Souter

When Congress exercises the powers delegated to it by the Constitution, it may impose affirmative obligations on executive and judicial officers of state and local governments as well as ordinary citizens.

Quotes by David Souter

Islam and the Constitution are in clear conflict.

Quotes by Darryl Glenn

Religious freedom is already protected in the United States. It's in our Constitution. It's in most state constitutions.

Quotes by Dannel Malloy

One country, one constitution, one destiny.

Quotes by Daniel Webster

Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny.

Quotes by Daniel Webster

Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress.

Quotes by Daniel Ellsberg

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this collection of "constitution" quotes cover?
It ranges from privacy rights, to presidential duty, equal citizenship, and a real political debate over how the Constitution should be interpreted.
Does a quote discuss privacy and the Constitution?
Yes: "No right of private conversation was enumerated in the Constitution. I suppose it never occurred to anyone at the time that it could be prevented."
Is there a quote about the president's duty to the Constitution?
Yes: "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."
Does a quote address equal citizenship?
Yes: "The constitution does not provide for first and second class citizens." See the Constitutional Rights collection for more.
Does this collection include real political debate?
Yes, restrained: one quote characterizes another's motive as trying "to establish in federal law the personhood from conception forward and try and alter the Constitution through statute." That's presented as the speaker's own opinion about someone else's intent, not a claim verified or endorsed by this page.

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