It is ordained in the eternal constitution of things, that men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. – Edmund Burke
We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution. – Charles Evans Hughes
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. – David Souter
A privilege may not be a right, but, under the constitution of the country, I do not gather that any broad distinction is drawn between the rights and the privileges that were enjoyed and that were taken away. – Charles Tupper
I always made my food congenial to my constitution, and my health was always excellent. – Giacomo Casanova
Only we, the public, can force our representatives to reverse their abdication of the war powers that the Constitution gives exclusively to the Congress. – Daniel Ellsberg
There are only two ways to remove the president – if he violates the constitution or commits high treason. How could anyone accuse me of treason after I had terminated Israel’s occupation of South Lebanon in 2000. – Emile Lahoud
When you start messing with the Constitution and what this country was founded on – our baseline is what we call it – it just opens up too many doors. – Marcus Luttrell
I believe in an evolving Constitution. A flexible Constitution leaves room for us to consider not merely how the world once was, but how it ought to be. – Eliot Spitzer
Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny. – Daniel Webster
The Constitution says that troops can be in the Philippines if there’s a treaty that provides for it, and we have two treaties with the United States. – Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
The Framers of the Constitution wisely understood that constitutional principles must not be sacrificed on the altar of political appeasement. – Max Baucus
It is illegal to be a member of an organization that is challenging the constitution by armed force. – Meles Zenawi
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. – David Wilkerson
Alexander Hamilton, of New York, a signer of the Constitution, was a member of the ratifying convention in his state and did more than any other member to wring the approval of the new instrument from delegates practically instructed by their constituents to vote against it. – Charles A. Beard
The fundamental division of powers in the Constitution of the United States is between voters on the one hand and property owners on the other. – Charles A. Beard
Internal self-government under a local constitution was authorized by Congress and approved by the residents in 1952, but federal law is supreme in Puerto Rico and residents do not have voting representation in the Congress. – Dick Thornburgh
The fact that the church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution. – Pope Benedict XVI
If Congress can strip the federal courts of jurisdiction over school prayer cases, there is no provision in the Constitution immune from congressional tampering. – Max Baucus
I have been a firm believer in the federal structure of our country as enshrined in the Constitution. – Narendra Modi
The Constitution of the United States has absolutely nothing to say about a constitutional right to same-sex marriage. Were the federal courts to recognize such a right, it would be completely without constitutional basis. – Newt Gingrich
I don’t like juries having the wool pulled over their eyes. I don’t think that’s what the Constitution is about. – Nancy Grace
When we live up to our Constitution, let’s form a Conga line around the Capitol and bungee jump off the dome. – Paula Poundstone
It must always be remembered that what the Constitution forbids is not all searches and seizures, but unreasonable searches and seizures. – Potter Stewart
A federal judge did as he was supposed to do and upheld the Constitution. We should be thankful that we have judiciary that will do that. – Michael Newdow