“No one can read our Constitution without concluding that the people who wrote it wanted their government severely limited; the words "no" and "not" employed in restraint of government power occur 24 times in the first seven articles of the Constitution and 22 more times in the Bill of Rights.” PeopleFirstsGovernmentWantedAmericaPoliticalRightsConstitutionBillsSevenLibertarianCommunismMore TimeArticlesLibertarianismRestraintEmployedLimited GovernmentBill Of RightsLimited FreedomAmerica FreedomConcluding Author:Edmund A. Opitz
“If these precedents are to stand unimpeached, and to provide sanctions for the continued conduct of America affairs-the Constitution may be nullified by the President and officers who have taken the oath and are under moral obligation to uphold it....they may substitute personal and arbitrary government-the first principle of the totalitarian system against which it has been alleged that World War II was waged-while giving lip service to the principle of constitutional government.” IfsWorldGivingFirstsMayHas BeensWarGovernmentAmericaPresidentMoralPrinciplesTakenConstitutionAffairLipsObligationWar Of The WorldsSubstitutesOfficersWorld War IiWorld War IArbitraryOathSanctionsPrecedentMoral ObligationLip ServiceConstitutional Government Author:Charles A. Beard
“Even the country's first president chafed at the limits placed on him by the writers of the U.S. Constitution. From the nature of the Constitution, ... I must approve all the parts of a bill, or reject it in toto.” FirstsCountryPresidentLimitsConstitutionBillsRejects Author:George Washington
“If our constitution had followed the style of Saint Paul, the First Amendment might have concluded: "But the greatest of these is speech." In the darkness of tyranny, this is the key to the sunlight. If it is granted, all doors open. If it is withheld, none.” IfsFirstsMightDarknessDoorsStyleKeysSpeechConstitutionSaintTyrannyGrantedAmendmentsSunlightFirst AmendmentSaint Paul Book:Rights for Americans: the speeches of Robert F. Kennedy Source: Rights for Americans: the speeches of Robert F. Kennedy