The constitution is the ultimate custodian of social will and its making should be accorded all due diligence.

That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn’t even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn’t even...

Jefferson feared that Hamilton had plans radically at odds with the Constitution. As he saw it, Hamilton wanted to warp the federal government out of constitutional shape, converting it into a copy of the British...

Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united with that of personal liberty, has contributed more to the...

This is an illegitimate constitution presented to the people by an untrustworthy government, … Our only hope is that we are able to defeat the constitution and start again with a government that truly represents...

New Jersey’s constitution cannot possibly be subject to the discrimination of the other states. We will see a patchwork in this nation as we have in other civil rights law.

As long as the constitution of my country is not amended to cut down the sizes of the dreams of its citizens, I have the freedom to dream extra largest dreams. I am even dreaming...

A country of free men is not free if they are owned by somebody else.

If the Sunnis don’t buy into this constitution over the next two months by voting for Sunnis in the parliament and trying to get the constitution amended, we may find a regional war, not just...

When the Chief Justice read me the oath,’ he [FDR] later told an adviser, ‘and came to the words “support the Constitution of the United States” I felt like saying: “Yes, but it’s the Constitution...

Probably one reason you do not have to be a lawyer is that when the Constitution was written, there was no uniform definition of what it meant to be a lawyer, … And there certainly...

We hope all Iraqis will vote ‘Yes’ to the constitution so that the building of Iraq can begin.

Do you really cleanse the office as provided in the Constitution or do you use the Air Wick of a censure resolution? … A censure is something that is a device, a way of avoiding...

Any constituency that needs amending, is a prototype in error.

whether Islam will be the main source or a source of legislation in the constitution.

I’m still waiting for a judge or anyone to show me anywhere in the Constitution where there’s a separation of church and state. We didn’t lose; we were robbed.

We want a constitution that the people will accept and have a greater possibility that the voters will say ‘yes’ to.

We do not support a coup. We have always operated within the means of the Constitution.

We should enforce the article in our constitution that Iraq should not be a transit point or base for destabilizing neighbors, … We should deal with these issues humanely and fairly, but firmly.

We need to unite and maintain peace as this incident can divert Iraq from the constitution to violence,

I was astonished, bewildered. This was America, a country where, whatever its faults, people could speak, write, assemble, demonstrate without fear. It was in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. We were a democracy…But I...

The vote has shown clearly that the majority are opposed to the proposed constitution. As we had said before, my government will respect the wishes of Kenyans.

insulted by a campaign that has attempted to amend the Constitution, and in too many states we’ve seen discriminatory amendments that would deny hospital visitation and domestic partnership legislation.

And lastly, let us provide in our Constitution for its revision at stated periods

Fundamental ideas are not a consequence of experience, but a result of the particular constitution and activity of the mind, which is independent of all experience in its origin, though constantly combined with experience in...

If the constitution passes in a non-amicable way, the violence will increase.

Having two different structures of relationships creates a stigma the New Jersey constitution does not allow.

All indications we are getting … are encouraging and positive for a ‘Yes’ vote for this constitution. This would be really a major achievement, … So my guess is, yes, it will be passed.

We trace the hand of the Almighty in framing the constitution of our land, and believe that the Lord raised up men purposely for the accomplishment of this object, raised them up and inspired them...

We have no intention at all to delay the constitution-drafting process. But sufficient time is needed to establish a firm, stable and disciplined democratic state.

It is wrong to admit into the Constitution the idea that there can be property in man

I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of the society but the people themselves ; and if we think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy...

Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one.

This proves to the world that Iraqis are writing their own constitution. We want to be sure to write something that keeps Iraq intact, in land and in people.

We fulfilled our oath of office to discharge our duty according to the Constitution and when elected officials do that, democracy works,

Montana has a very narrow line-item veto as defined by the constitution and presented by the Constitutional Convention, … I don’t believe the governor can strike a condition without striking an appropriation.

We don’t want to violate the constitution before our first meeting.

Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to...

There is no transparency there … they want this constitution to pass despite the will of the people.

The only way out of the current crisis is to amend the Constitution.

As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate.

The draft constitution is ready and will be presented to the Iraqi people, who are known for their intelligence, to give their verdict on October 15,

The Constitution. . . illustrates the complexity of the American system: that it serves the interests of a wealthy elite, but also does enough for small property owners, for middle-income mechanics and farmers, to build...

Our laws are like the software that runs our country. All the laws for a country, together, are called its legal code, just like computer software is written using code.

The reason the founders chafed at the idea of an American standing army and vested the power of war making in the cumbersome legislature was not to disadvantage us against future enemies, but to disincline...

I was the legal counsel in the effort to amend the Virginia Constitution to give Virginians the right to hunt and fish constitutionally, and we are one of the few states in the country to...

When it can be said by any country in the world, my poor are happy, neither ignorance nor distress is to be found among them, my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars,...

Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of production and trade…

While they are not being prevented, [Article 6,] Section 22 of the Constitution provides that they have to get the authority from the President through their department heads,

We want a good, solid constitution. We don’t want to force a deal on any group that they’re uncomfortable with.