Constitution

It lies in the hearts of men and women when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it.

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Like former President Richard Nixon says on one of his tapes, if the president does it, it is legal. Think of that. Someone studying Constitution 101 knows that everyone is accountable under the law. For a president to think they have that power, that will do us in.

- Bob Woodward Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

The US officials are more interested in the Iraqi constitution than the Iraqis themselves, because they promised their people that it will be done August 15.

- Mahmoud Othman Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Amendment XXVI Section 1. The right of citizens of the United States, who are 18 years of age or older, to vote, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age. Section 2. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

- U.S. Constitution Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.

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A corollary is that, when laws are out of touch with the people, those laws can and should be changed - from the most simple local regulations to the highest law of the land, our federal Constitution.

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The Magna Carta is widely known to be one of the foundational documents for our Constitution. I can only imagine that a mention of that in a court decision would be forbidden by our friends on the right.

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I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old America is still a project, and you guys are working on it and bringing new things to it every day. That is beautiful to watch.

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As you might expect, there are some public school administrators who don't quite know what to do when dozens-even hundreds-of their students show up for class wearing pro-life messages. Some have even threatened students with detention, suspension and expulsion. However, the Constitution is on the side of free speech.

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I will continue to fulfil my responsibilities to safeguard the constitution, Lebanese laws and the integrity of Lebanese territory.

- Emile Lahoud Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

I expect that the constitution would be finished before Monday. Negotiations are still under way and everybody is determined to finish it before the deadline.

- Saleh al-Mutlaq Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Don't forget he's almost 79 years old. Part of his restricted schedule is not because he's doing feverish things behind closed doors. He's resting. There was speculation in 2002 and 2003 that his health wasn't very good. There is a basis for believing that there may be some fatigue and delicacy of constitution there.

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I often wonder whether we do not rest our hopes too much upon constitutions, upon laws and upon courts. These are false hopes believe me, these are false hopes. Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it...

- Learned Hand Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Do not separate text from historical background. If you do, you will have perverted and subverted the Constitution, which can only end in a distorted, bastardized form of illegitimate government.

- James Madison Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Amendment VI In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation to be confronted with the witnesses against him to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

- U.S. Constitution Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

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.

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The Constitution guarantees us our rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That's all. It doesn't guarantee our rights to charity.

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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.

- Dick Thornburgh Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

We need an amendment that gives us the right to vote protected by the federal government and the Constitution.

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All the rights secured to the citizens under the Constitution are worth nothing, and a mere bubble, except guaranteed to them by an independent and virtuous Judiciary.

- Andrew Jackson Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

At the same time the Constitution sets in stone the Stability Pact and risks preventing member States from implementing a policy of growth. So we are not able to do things at the European or the national level.

- Laurent Fabius Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still.

- Charles Edison Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes

Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.

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Peaceful protests are guaranteed by the constitution, rallies should not be prohibited.

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I am just a garden variety Republican who, like Lincoln, believes in the Constitution and in the Bill of Rights and in our free-enterprise system, and who wants to see the country go forward, so that those who will be the legatees of what we do here or fail to do will have a full, fair, and decent chance to enjoy the same benefits we have had in our generation.

- Everett Dirksen Visit FamousQuotes.com for more inspirational quotes