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.

And yet we have what purports, or professes, or is claimed, to be a contract—the Constitution—made eighty years ago, by men who are now all dead, and who never had any power to bind us,...

Just talk to me as a father not what the Constitution says. What do you feel?

Having a good constitution is far more important than having an immediate constitution.

The dead should not rule the living.

The meeting with Mian Nawaz Sharif today is aimed to discuss a joint drive for the revival of the Constitution and democracy, and for ending the dictatorship.

If we will not be able to reach agreements in the end, this constitution is going to be presented to the Iraqis in an Oct. 15 referendum. Legally we do not need the parliament to...

[So the Wrights were crushed — at first — when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 23 that the Constitution does not stop cities from seizing homes to make way for commercial development projects.]...

This is the end of the road. In the end, we will put this constitution to the people to decide.

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.

There have been two overwhelmingly important votes in the last four and a half years regarding the Constitution, … One, on Sen. Ashcroft when he was up for attorney general, and today’s vote with respect...

I believe that justice is instinct and innate; the moral sense is as much a part of our constitution as the threat of feeling, seeing and hearing.

The best solution for the current political crisis is to amend the constitution to pave the way for political reform.

[But Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), a member of Hatch’s committee, took issue with that view.] I rechecked the Constitution. I do not believe that ignoring a subpoena would be grounds for impeachment, … Late Edition.

We are not seeking 100 percent consensus — the most important thing is that the people of Iraq accept (the constitution) in a referendum.

…the freedom to bear arms may be righteously rejected to encourage the preservation of all corporeal forms of life.

To safeguard democracy the people must have a keen sense of independence, self-respect and their oneness, and should insist upon choosing as their representatives only such persons as are good and true.

A freedom given up is not so easily regained.

There is no such source and cause of strife, quarrel, fights, malignant opposition, persecution, and war, and all evil in the state, as religion. Let it once enter into our civil affairs, our government soon...

I assured them that the United States believes strongly that the Iraqi constitution should provide equal rights before the law for all Iraqis regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion or sect, … There can be...

I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it

an insult to our Constitution, democratic processes and courts.

I swear by almighty God to uphold the republican system with loyalty, to respect the constitution and the law, to look after the interests of the people fully and to safeguard the independence and territorial...

The Constitution of the United States is a glorious standard; it is founded in the wisdom of God. It is a heavenly banner; it is to all those who are privileged with the sweets of...

is confirmation that the Constitution is alive and well and kicking.

Actually, Bush, technically speaking, is not really President-because he refused to take the Oath of Office. I don’t know how many of you noticed this, but the wording of the Oath of Office is written...

I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had better be borne with; because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves to them, and find...

I have a problem with people who take the Constitution loosely and the Bible literally.

President is a curious term for the American head of state, because “presiding” in any meaningful sense is the one thing the president of the United States does not do.

The wisdom of those who drafted our Constitution and conceived our nation as functioning with three strong and independent branches has proven truly remarkable.

The sooner we get the constitution over and done with, the faster we can move at rebuilding the state and rebuilding the country. So a delay is not a good thing, but it’s not a...

It is not good to have a constitution that would limit the liberties of people, the human rights, the freedoms.

One thing is clear: The Founding Fathers never intended a nation where citizens would pay nearly half of everything they earn to the government.

We are outside all of the negotiations these two days. They want to pass the constitution without us.

All political parties have made their decision for the best benefit of the country and according to the constitution.

Do you believe today that the right to privacy does exist in the Constitution?