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“A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.”

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Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself.”

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Author:Sandra Day O'Connor

“I sort of thought the framers of the Constitution were talking about the rights of individuals, not corporate entities.”

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Author:Sandra Day O'Connor

“I tried to decide each case based on the law and the Constitution.”

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Author:Sandra Day O'Connor

“The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation.”

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Author:Sandra Day O'Connor

“Apparently a great many people have forgotten that the framers of our Constitution went to such great effort to create an independent judicial branch that would not be subject to retaliation by either the executive branch or the legislative branch because of some decision made by those judges.”

“I read five books on the Constitution. My favorite was 'Plain, Honest Men' by Richard Beeman. I went on a science jag in the same way. I kept getting in arguments about evolution and being bested. So I read Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of the Species,' a fantastic book that is not that difficult.”

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Author:Denis O'Hare

“I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“I opposed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996. It should be repealed and I will vote for its repeal on the Senate floor. I will also oppose any proposal to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gays and lesbians from marrying.”

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Author:Barack Obama

“The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world.”

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Author:Gary Oldman

“While I believe our Constitution allows for State and local governments to execute the power of eminent domain for those purposes that specifically serve the public good, condemning property solely to implement economic development plans is not serving the public good.”

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Author:Solomon Ortiz

“Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in a uniform manner.”

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Author:Joseph Addison

“We say keep your change, we'll keep our God, our guns, our constitution.”

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Author:Sarah Palin

“Do we fear terrorism so much that we throw out our Constitution, and are we unwilling and afraid to debate our Constitution?”

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Author:Rand Paul

“I will always vote what I have promised, and always vote the Constitution, as well as I will not vote for one single penny that isn't paid for, because debt is the monster, debt is what's going to eat us up and that is why our economy is on the brink.”

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Author:Ron Paul

“How did we win the election in the year 2000? We talked about a humble foreign policy: No nation-building; don't police the world. That's conservative, it's Republican, it's pro-American - it follows the founding fathers. And, besides, it follows the Constitution.”

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Author:Ron Paul

“To me, to be a conservative means to conserve the good parts of America and to conserve our Constitution.”

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Author:Ron Paul

“There is nothing wrong with describing Conservatism as protecting the Constitution, protecting all things that limit government. Government is the enemy of liberty. Government should be very restrained.”

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Author:Ron Paul

“The liberals think government exists to fix what's wrong with America. They find fault with our Constitution, our economic model and our core values. We disagree with the premise of their argument. We believe there's nothing wrong with America that an extra dose of freedom won't cure.”

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Author:Rick Perry

“The connections I draw between human nature and political systems in my new book, for example, were prefigured in the debates during the Enlightenment and during the framing of the American Constitution.”

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Author:Steven Pinker

“One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights.”

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Author:James K. Polk

“Minorities have a right to appeal to the Constitution as a shield against such oppression.”

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Author:James K. Polk

“The fact that the Church is convinced of not having the right to confer priestly ordination on women, is now considered by some as irreconcilable with the European Constitution.”

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Author:Pope Benedict XVI

“When we live up to our Constitution, let's form a Conga line around the Capitol and bungee jump off the dome.”

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Author:Paula Poundstone

“But just as they did in Philadelphia when they were writing the constitution, sooner or later, you've got to compromise. You've got to start making the compromises that arrive at a consensus and move the country forward.”

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Author:Colin Powell

“I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.”

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Author:Samantha Power

“I believe realism is nothing but an analysis of reality. Film scripts have a synthetical constitution.”

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Author:Manuel Puig

“In accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the issues of foreign policy and defense are fully in the hands of the president.”

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Author:Vladimir Putin

“We shouldn't have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.”

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Author:Dan Quayle

“Well, first of all, I don't want to debate the word conservative, but by my definition, a conservative is someone who wants to conserve the Constitution of the United States and the American tradition and law that no one is above the law.”

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Author:Dan Rather

“Every Latter-day Saint should love the inspired Constitution of the United States - a nation with a spiritual foundation and a prophetic history - which nation the Lord has declared to be his base of operations in these latter days.”

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Author:Ezra Taft Benson

“I reverence the Constitution of the United States as a sacred document. To me its words are akin to the revelations of God, for God has placed his stamp of approval on the Constitution of this land.”

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Book:The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson

Source: The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson

“By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Americans every day against abuse of power by those in authority.”

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Author:John Roberts

“The Constitution was made for ordinary people.”

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Author:Pat Robertson

“Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.”

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Author:Will Rogers

“Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action.”

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Author:Mitt Romney

“We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.”

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Author:Mitt Romney

“Our plans protect freedom and opportunity, and our blueprint is the Constitution of the United States.”

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Author:Mitt Romney

“Perhaps religious conscience upsets the designs of those who feel that the highest wisdom and authority comes from government.”

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Author:Mitt Romney

“The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.”

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Book:Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1937, Volume 6

Source: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: F.D. Roosevelt, 1937, Volume 6

“'Empathy' is the latest code word for liberal activism, for treating the Constitution as malleable clay to be kneaded and molded in whatever form justices want. It represents an expansive view of the judiciary in which courts create policy that couldn't pass the legislative branch or, if it did, would generate voter backlash.”

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Author:Karl Rove

“The Second Amendment is a constitutional right. I didn't make it up, the Republican Party didn't make it up. It's in the Constitution. I think it's just as important as any of the other rights in our constitution.”

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Author:Marco Rubio

“So the majority of Americans are conservatives. They believe in things like the Constitution. I know that's weird to some people but they believe in it.”

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Author:Marco Rubio

“We are moving toward recognition of the first Australians in the Australian constitution.”

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Author:Kevin Rudd

“It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.”

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Author:Salman Rushdie

“I've always had questions about what it meant to be a protester, to be in the minority. Are the people who are trying to find peace, who are trying to have the Constitution apply to everybody, are they really the radicals? We're not protesting from the outside. We're inside.”

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Author:Gil Scott-Heron

“What is the constitution of the universe? The universe is the manifestation of the divine thought; the thought of God embodies itself in the thought-forms that we call worlds.”

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Book:THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE

Source: THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE

“If you think aficionados of a living Constitution want to bring you flexibility, think again. You think the death penalty is a good idea? Persuade your fellow citizens to adopt it. You want a right to abortion? Persuade your fellow citizens and enact it. That's flexibility.”

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Author:Antonin Scalia

“When we wrote the Constitution, the intention was to give the commander in chief the authority how to use the forces when you authorize him to be able to use the forces.”

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Author:Joe Biden

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

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Author:Joe Biden

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