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The Constitution says nothing about anchor babies. The 14th Amendment says nothing about birthright citizenship.
Working Americans who believe in our country and who believe in our Constitution are saying, 'Enough is enough!'
I have quite a decent constitution in spite of all my abuse of it and my advanced years. I'm still quite robust.
I have sworn to uphold the Constitution ... and a free press is absolutely vital to the freedom of this country.
I don't judge people based on their religion. But I judge them based on how they respect the French constitution.
Where there is no market economy, the best intentioned provisions of constitutions and laws remain a dead letter.
A conflict of values is not a misunderstanding. Islamic orthodoxy and the German constitution are not compatible.
The First Amendment...begins with the five loveliest words in the English language: 'Congress shall make no law'.
Beauty is nothing else but a just accord and mutual harmony of the members, animated by a healthful constitution.
Magnanimity is above circumstance; and any virtue which depends on that is more of constitution than of principle.
But while the American Constitution was the child of war, ours grew out of discussion, bargaining and negotiation.
The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.
While men's rights are guaranteed by specific language in the Constitution, women's equal rights aren't mentioned.
I consent Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.
For those who possess and can wield arms are in a position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not
It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one.
That's the key: get the constitution in place. Get rule of law in place, capital will come, electricity will follow.
That is, no matther whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme coort follows th' iliction returns.
To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.
We can all live under the Constitution and all express ourself in radically different ways and not control each other.
The euro is a great achievement. It's a symbolic achievement. But, the European constitution was a missed opportunity.
In the discharge of duties my guide will be the Constitution, which I this day swear to preserve, protect, and defend.
[The British constitution] presumes more boldly than any other the good sense and the good faith of those who work it.
Preventing terrorist attacks is of the highest important, but trashing the Constitution is not the right way to do it.
Nature and human life are as various as our several constitutions. Who shall say what prospect life offers to another?
The proposed Constitution is, in strictness, neither a national nor a federal constitution; but a composition of both.
The Patriot Act followed 9-11 as smoothly as the suspension of the Weimar constitution after the Reichstag Fire Decree.
Freedom works, it turns out; the Constitution codified and structured freedom at a level unparalleled in world history.
I sort of thought the framers of the Constitution were talking about the rights of individuals, not corporate entities.
The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.
The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive.
I don't believe we should bend the Constitution under any circumstance. It says what it says. We should do honor to it.
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
Why should I resign ... First of all, I am not guilty of any of these charges. Second, we have a constitution to follow.
Our new Soviet constitution will, in my opinion, be the most democratic constitution of all those existing in the world.
A constitution should be framed so as not to impede the action of government, nor force the government to its violation.
The Constitution says that the right to life of the unborn is protected and given equal rights as the life of the mother.
That's why I believe in a Constitution which separates church from state. I've seen what happens when they get in cahoots.
...[T]oday's Washington is about as attentive to the Tenth Amendment as the Unitarian Church is to the Book of Revelation.
The nature of our constitution makes eloquence more useful and more necessary in this country than in any other in Europe.
No constitution is or can be perfectly symmetrical, what it can and must be is generally accepted as both fair and usable.
[quoting someone else] the American constitution is a document designed by geniuses to be eventually interpreted by idiots
We have the oldest written constitution still in force in the world, and it starts out with three words, 'We, the people.'
Its Constitution--the glittering and sounding generalities of natural right which make up the Declaration of Independence.
Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.
As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.
The Constitution was never meant to prevent people from praying, it's declared purpose was to protect their freedom to pray
I have allowed the president to pick his political appointees…But I will not sit quietly and let him shred the Constitution.
I do stand in opposition to those who want to implement Sharia and essentially attack the Constitution of the United States.
Let it be borne on the flag under which we rally in every exigency, that we have one country, one constitution, one destiny.