Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
Constitution Quotes
The United States of America have exhibited, perhaps, the first example of governments erected on the simple principles of nature; and if men are now sufficiently enlightened to disabuse themselves of artifice, imposture, hypocrisy, and superstition, they will consider this event as an era in their history. Although the detail of the formation of the […]
The said Constitution shall never be construed to authorize Congress to infringe the just liberty of the press, or the rights of conscience; or to prevent the people of the United States, who are peaceable citizens, from keeping their own arms.
We’re going to protect and honor the Constitution, and I don’t have the authority to set it aside… If I had the authority to set it aside, this would be a dangerous government, and I wouldn’t respect it.
And lastly, let us provide in our Constitution for its revision at stated periods.
The theory that the Constitution is a written document is a legal fiction. The idea that it can be understood by a study of its language and the history of its past development is equally mythical. It is what the Government and the people who count in public affairs recognize and respect as such, what […]
