“But I think the possibility of a black and white society feeding each other's expertises, living harmoniously, will probably go along in fits and starts now but at least it has a great constitution now to back it up.” ThinkingBlackWhitePossibilityFitConstitutionBlack And WhiteFeedingExpertise Author:Janet Suzman
“All constitutions, those of the States no less than that of the nation, are designed, and must be interpreted and administered so as to fit human rights.” HumansStatesNationsRightsFitConstitutionHuman Rights Book:In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena Source: In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena
“Pat Buchanan... was fired by MSNBC for doing nothing more than voicing his rock-solid conservative thoughts on the otherwise failing network... The real message of the left is intolerance, zealotry, bigotry and hate. The left has no use for the First Amendment or the rest of the Constitution unless it fits their multicultural, euro-socialist agenda, which is failing all across Europe and everywhere it is practiced.” FirstsRealUseHateLeftFailingRocksFitMessagesEuropeConstitutionConservativeAgendasBigotryAmendmentsIntoleranceSocialistDoing NothingFirst AmendmentEuroMulticulturalZealotry Author:Ted Nugent
“The constitutionality and propriety of the Federal Government assuming to enter into a novel and vast field of legislation, namely, that of providing for the care and support of all those ... who by any form of calamity become fit objects of public philanthropy. ... I cannot find any authority in the Constitution for making the Federal Government the great almoner of public charity throughout the United States. To do so would, in my judgment, be contrary to the letter and spirit of the Constitution and subversive of the whole theory upon which the Union of these States is founded.” StatesWholeGovernmentCareFormSpiritUnitedPowerUnited StatesSupportNovelFieldsObjectsTheoryFitAuthorityJudgmentLettersConstitutionAssumingUnionsCharityContraryWelfareProvidingPhilanthropyLegislationFederal GovernmentCalamitySubversivePropriety Author:Franklin Pierce
“It is necessary for a Senator to be thoroughly acquainted with the constitution; and this is a knowledge of the most extensive nature; a matter of science, of diligence, of reflection, without which no Senator can possibly be fit for his office.” MatterGovernmentFitOfficeReflectionConstitutionSenatorsDiligence Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“There never seems to be any difficulty in stretching the laws and the constitution to fit any kind of a political deal, but when it is proposed to make some concession to women they loom up like an unscalable wall.” KindSeemsLawPoliticalDealsWallFitConstitutionDifficultyStretchingConcessions Author:Susan B. Anthony
“We want [government] down to the size to where it would fit in a bathtub, and then it could worry about what we were up to.” WantGovernmentFatherPoliticsMoneyWorryDemocracyPolicyFitTaxesConstitutionSizeIdeologyFree SpeechBathtubs Author:Grover Norquist
“I am a Libertarian. I want to be known as a Libertarian and a Constitutionalist in the tradition of the early James Madison - father of the Constitution. Labels change and perhaps in the old tradition I would be considered one of the original Whigs. The new title I would wear today is that of Conservative, though in its original connotation the term Liberal fits me better than the original meaning of the word Conservative.” WantWould BeTodayFatherTermKnownFitTraditionConstitutionOriginalsConservativeLibertarianLabelsTitlesMadisonConnotationOld Traditions Author:Ezra Taft Benson
“No Congress ever has seen fit to amend the Constitution to address any issue related to marriage. No Constitutional Amendment was needed to ban polygamy or bigamy, nor was a Constitutional Amendment needed to set a uniform age of majority to ban child marriages.” ChildrenAgeIssuesNeededFitConstitutionMajorityCongressRelatedAddressesAmendmentsUniformsCornyBansPolygamyConstitutional AmendmentsBigamy Author:Judy Biggert