The Constitution did not mention women when it was first written, and it still doesn’t. – Gloria Steinem
Certainly, the president is expected to safeguard the Constitution by vetoing unconstitutional acts of Congress. This is especially true because many laws can only be brought before the courts in a collateral way, if at all. – Charles A. Beard
So too, in forming a constitution, or in enacting rules of procedure, or making canons, the people do not merely passively assent, but actively cooperate. They have, in all these matters, the same authority as the clergy. – Charles Hodge
The individual is not only best qualified to provide his own personal defense, he is the only one qualified to do so: and his right to do so is guaranteed by the Constitution. – David Mamet
Religious freedom is already protected in the United States. It’s in our Constitution. It’s in most state constitutions. – Dannel Malloy
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. – Diane Wood
The Iraqis have once again failed to meet a deadline for a final draft of the constitution. – Matt Lauer
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. – Elton Gallegly
The Constitution is government’s stop sign. It says, you – the three branches of government – can go so far and no farther. – Michele Bachmann
Republicans constantly claim to be the party that defends the Constitution. We have no legitimate right to that claim until we get right on gay rights. – Mark McKinnon
When you’re elected to Congress, you take a vow to uphold the Constitution and its system of checks and balances. That vow doesn’t say, ‘Unless it’s politically uncomfortable.’ – Chellie Pingree
I noticed that parts of the opposition have been hostile to any revision of the constitution. – Francois Hollande
People have a fundamental right to organize. It’s rooted very much in the Constitution and people’s right to free association. – Martin Heinrich
Preventing terrorist attacks is of the highest important, but trashing the Constitution is not the right way to do it. – Eliot Engel
No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable. – Ferdinand Mount
Where in the Constitution does it say that because we don’t like a foreign country’s leader, we should go in and topple the dictator? – Gary Johnson
It’s crazy that the Constitution has to be amended to clarify what for the majority of Americans is a clear and true statement: corporations are not people. – Chellie Pingree
What I don’t like is judges legislating from the bench. And as president of the United States, I will appoint justices who uphold the Constitution and who don’t see themselves as a super legislature. – Michele Bachmann
No person who denies the existence of a supreme being shall hold any office under this Constitution. – Michael Newdow
A new constitution should be more amendable. A needlessly confusing system of courts should be altered to produce an arrangement that would be simple, responsible, and less awkward. – Charles Edison
Not in the constitution, but I would propose a law to the French parliament that provides for reducing the budget deficit year by year, until we have reached a balanced budget by 2017. – Francois Hollande
It’s one of the nice things about this nation that when the Constitution is violated, if it affects you, you can bring a suit. – Michael Newdow
The Constitution says that the right to life of the unborn is protected and given equal rights as the life of the mother. – Enda Kenny
Over the course of 19 years on the Supreme Court, I learned some lessons about the Constitution of the United States. – David Souter