If by the mere force of numbers a majority should deprive a minority of any clearly written constitutional right, it might, in a moral point of view, justify revolution
Abraham Lincoln
Liberty and order will never be perfectly safe, until a trespass on the constitutional provisions for either, shall be felt with the same keenness that resents an invasion of the dearest rights.
James Madison
Why in the world would high courts want to give deference to a legislature to revoke constitutional rights they have deemed implicit in their interpretation of the constitution. This is disturbing rhetoric from a Montgomery County legislator who`s always ...
Anthony Gooch
While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges and officials at the local levels have struck down State laws protecting marriage.
John Boehner
We would be false to our trust if we allowed the time it takes to give effect to constitutional rights to be used as the very reason for taking away those rights.
Alex Cheung
We have a constitutional responsibility to use our heads, our hearts and our minds to make good decisions about the future of this country.
Byron Dorgan
We can`t forget what happened on May 4th, 1970, when four students gave up their lives because they had the American constitutional right of peaceful protest. They gave up their lives. And to sing that song in that spot on that anniversary was very emotio...
Graham Nash
Today, the U.S. Congress declares America`s independence from hanging chads, butterfly ballots and a broken outdated election system that nearly provoked a constitutional crisis two years ago.
Barbara Gibson
This case involves constitutional rights at the heart of our free society: The freedom of a private, voluntary, noncommercial organization to create and interpret its own moral code and to choose leaders and define membership criteria accordingly,
Andy Capp
The secret is out. There is something decent unfolding in Iraq. It`s unfolding in the shadow of a terrible insurgency, but a society is finding its way to constitutional politics.
Antony Dugdale
The question is: how bad do things have to get before you will do something about it? Where is your line in the sand? If you don`t enforce the constitutional limitations on your government very soon, you are likely to find out what World War III will be l...
Michael Badnarik
The president`s authority to take military action — including the use of communications intelligence targeted at the enemy — does not come merely from his constitutional powers. It comes directly from Congress as well.
Andy Shaw
The original order was a clear violation of the First Amendment and should have never been signed by a judge. We`re glad that we were able to correct this constitutional transgression without a more involved legal battle.
Apostle
The ordinance violates her constitutional rights because it prohibits her from engaging in peaceful free speech as she has done for over 15 years on public property outside abortion clinics.
Antonio Alonso
The notion that Congress can change the meaning given a constitutional provision by the Court is subversive of the function of judicial review; and it is not the less so because the Court promises to allow it only when the Constitution is moved to the lef...
Robert Bork
The moral and constitutional obligations of our representatives in Washington are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world, precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy and economic turmoil to our people.
Ron Paul
The Leader of the Opposition`s constitutional obligation - the obligation to Parliament - it`s the reason we did the merger! - is to make sure Canadians have an alternative for government.
Stephen Harper
The growth of modern constitutional government compels for its successful practice the exercise of reason and considerate judgment by the individual citizens who constitute the electorate.
Alberto Madrigal
The central hope I have for this case in terms of separation of powers is that the Supreme Court will restore the constitutional directive that no one branch of government has the power to accuse, appoint the prosecutor, designate the judges, and render j...
Angus MacMillan
The American people are overwhelmingly supportive of a constitutional amendment that will protect traditional marriage between one man and one woman.
Andrew Fellows
So far, 44 States, or 88 percent of the States, have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment.
Alfred Bernhard Nobel
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men`s minds.
Thurgood Marshall
