“The Founders who crafted our Constitution and Bill of Rights were careful to draft a Constitution of limited powers - one that would protect Americans' liberty at all times - both in war, and in peace.” WarLibertyRightsProtectConstitutionBillsCarefulAll TimeFoundersBill Of Rights Author:Al Franken
“I will employ my strength for the welfare of the German people, protect the Constitution and laws of the German people, conscientiously discharge the duties imposed on me, and conduct my affairs of office impartially and with justice to everyone.” PeopleLawJusticeDutyProtectOfficeConstitutionAffairWelfareDischarge Author:Adolf Hitler
“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 protect that right.” GivingCountryStatesEffortProtectConstitutionFishesHuntsVirginiaVirginians Author:Tim Kaine
“The Constitution does not protect the sovereignty of States for the benefit of the States or state governments as abstract political entities, or even for the benefit of the public officials governing the States. To the contrary, the Constitution divides authority between federal and state governments for the protection of individuals.” DoeStatesGovernmentPoliticalIndividualProtectAuthorityBenefitsConstitutionProtectionContraryAbstractOfficialsDividesEntitySovereigntyGoverningState GovernmentPublic Officials Author:Sandra Day O'Connor
“Americans love to talk about the Constitution and how it protects the rights of every citizen and promises freedom to every citizen, but it's also a country based on racism and they don't talk about that too much and every time there's a film which deals with it there's certain parts of the country that feel uncomfortable.” FeelsCountryFilmCertainDealsToo MuchRightsCitizensPromiseProtectRacismConstitutionUncomfortable Author:Denzel Washington
“The civil libertarians among us would rather defend the constitution than protect our nation's security.” NationsSecurityProtectConstitutionLibertarian Author:Jeff Sessions
“We plant a tree that won't be big enough to climb until we're too old to climb trees, we write constitutions to protect the rights of people who won't be born for another hundred years and may not be worth the trouble anyway, and we try to take care of our sick, though we all suffer from a disease for which there is no cure and no hope for one. We will not last and we know we will not - and still we write, carve, build, paint and plant to last. We are, it seems to me, very, very brave.” PeopleKnowsWritingTryingYearsMayStillsEnoughBigsSeemsCareLastsSufferingBornRightsTroubleTreeProtectDiseaseHundredSickConstitutionBravePlantPaintTake CareCuresClimbsNo HopePlant A Tree Author:Linda Ellerbee
“I've been involved in the intelligence side of the federal government for a long time. We all know that we have to have a balance between security to protect the American people and liberty. We take an oath to protect and defend the constitution and the American people.” PeopleKnowsLongGovernmentSidesLibertySecurityBalanceInvolvedProtectLong TimeConstitutionFederal GovernmentOath Author:Barack Obama
“The military is faithful to the constitution. They will come in only to protect the people from the enemies of the state.” PeopleStatesEnemyMilitaryProtectConstitutionFaithful Author:Gloria Macapagal Arroyo
“We must educate ourselves and others about our precious civil liberties to ensure that we never accept demands that we give up our Constitution so that the government can pretend to protect us.” GivingGovernmentLibertyAcceptingProtectDemandGiving UpConstitutionEducateCivil Liberties Author:Ron Paul
“The purpose of the right to bear arms is twofold; to allow individuals to protect themselves and their families, and to ensure a body of armed citizenry from which a militia could be drawn, whether that militia's role was to protect the nation, or to protect the people from a tyrannical government.” PeopleBodyGovernmentPurposeIndividualNationsRolesArmsBearsProtectConstitutionDefenseRight To Bear ArmsMilitiaCitizenry Author:Glenn Reynolds
“Numbered among our population are some 12,000,000 colored people. Under our Constitution their rights are just as sacred as those of any other citizen. It is both a public and a private duty to protect those rights. The Congress ought to exercise all its powers of prevention and punishment against the hideous crime of lynching, of which the negroes are by no means the sole sufferers, but for which they furnish a majority of the victims.” PeopleMeanRightsCrimeDutyOughtCitizensExerciseProtectConstitutionVictimSacredMajorityCongressPopulationPunishmentSoleHideousPreventionSufferersLynching Author:Calvin Coolidge
“Those who served, and those who continue to serve in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard took an oath to uphold and protect the Constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic, and we can never forget the importance of their commitment to our Nation.” ForceNationsForgetEnemyAirProtectCommitmentImportanceConstitutionArmyNever ForgetCoastNavyMarineOathAir ForceArmy NavyCoast Guard Author:Robin Hayes
“Simply according artistic works the same protection as nonartistic works may not be sufficient to protect creativity. After all, the very essence of artistic expression is invention and artists necessarily draw on their own experience. But if the rules of liability are unclear, artists will not be able to know how much disguise is sufficient to protect their claims from the claims of those who may see themselves in the portrayals.” IfsKnowsMayAbleArtistResponsibilityCreativityKnow HowExpressionProtectSpeechDrawsEssenceConstitutionClaimsProtectionInventionArtisticSufficientDisguiseLiabilityArtistic ExpressionPortrayalUnclear Author:Irving Kaufman
“Yeah, it's legal in the United States. It's part of our Constitution. You know, the right to bear arms is because that's the last form of defense against tyranny. Not to hunt. It's to protect yourself from the police.” KnowsStatesLastsFormUnitedUnited StatesArmsBearsProtectConstitutionPoliceYeahDefenseTyrannyHuntsRight To Bear ArmsProtect Yourself Author:Ice T
“Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. Now, by the way, any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires - a wiretap requires a court order. [...] Nothing has changed, by the way. When we're talking about chasing down terrorists, we're talking about getting a court order before we do so. [...]” ThinkingWayImportantStatesGovernmentValuesOrderUnitedTalkingUnited StatesChangedCitizensProtectConstitutionFellowsCourtTerroristGuaranteesPatriotChasingHomelandState GovernmentThings Have ChangedUnited States GovernmentPatriot ActRoving Author:George W. Bush
“The states have authority to interpret the Constitution, enforce it, and protect the people from violations of it by the federal government In the first place, there is not a syllable in the plan under consideration which directly empowers the national courts to construe the laws according to the spirit of the Constitution, or which gives them any greater latitude in this respect than may be claimed by the courts of every State.” PeopleGivingFirstsMayStatesGovernmentLawSpiritGreaterPlansProtectAuthorityConstitutionCourtEmpoweringConsiderationFederal GovernmentViolationSyllablesLatitude Author:Alexander Hamilton
“If we set the precedent of limiting the First Amendment, in order to protect the sensibilities of those who are offended by flag burning, what will we say the next time someone is offended by some other minority view, or by some other person's exercise of the freedom the Constitution is supposed to protect?” IfsFirstsPersonsOrderNextViewsExerciseProtectConstitutionBurningMinoritiesFlagsAmendmentsSensibilityNext TimeOffendedFirst AmendmentPrecedentFlag Burning Author:Edward Kennedy
“The First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people from religion; that amendment was written to protect religion from government tyranny. . . But now we're told our children have no right to pray in school. Nonsense. The pendulum has swung too far toward intolerance against genuine religious freedom. It is time to redress the balance.” PeopleFirstsChildrenGovernmentSchoolReligiousWrittenPrayingBalanceProtectConstitutionOur ChildrenGenuineTyrannyNonsenseAmendmentsIntoleranceFirst AmendmentReligious FreedomPendulumsRedressGovernment Tyranny Author:Ronald Reagan
“I am the greatest advocate of the Constitution....The only fault I find with the Constitution is, it is not broad enough to cover the whole ground. Although it provides that all men shall enjoy religious freedom, yet it does not provide the manner by which that freedom can be preserved, nor for the punishment of Government officers who refuse to protect the people in their religious rights, punish those mobs, states, or communities who interfere with the rights of the people on account of their religion. Its sentiments are good, but it provides no means of enforcing them.” PeopleMenMeanDoeStatesEnoughWholeGovernmentEnjoyCommunityReligiousRightsProtectAccountsConstitutionFaultsRefusePunishmentSentimentsBroadsOfficersInterfereReligious FreedomReligious Rights Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.
“Our inspired Constitution is wisely designed to protect from excesses of political power, but it can do little to protect us from the excesses of appetite or from individual indifference to great principles or institutions. Any significant unraveling of the moral fiber of the American people, therefore, finally imperils the Constitution.” PeopleLittlesPoliticalIndividualCan DoMoralPrinciplesProtectConstitutionInstitutionsInspiredSignificantIndifferenceAppetiteExcessPolitical PowerFiberUnravelingMoral Fiber Author:Neal A. Maxwell
“The Constitution does not vest in Congress the authority to protect society from every bad act that might befall it....[I]f followed to its logical extreme, [this approach] would result in an unwarranted expansion of federal power.” DoeMightResultsProtectAuthorityApproachConstitutionCongressExtremesLogicalExpansionVests Author:Clarence Thomas
“Those who would give us a "living" Constitution are actually giving us a dead one, since such a thing is completely unable to protect us against the encroachments of government power.” GivingGovernmentProtectConstitutionEncroachment Author:Kevin Gutzman
“The Constitution never even mentions political parties, let alone the Republican and Democratic parties, yet all the election laws help to protect them from competition.” HelpingLawPoliticalPartyRepublicanProtectConstitutionElectionCompetitionDemocraticPolitical PartiesDemocratic Party Author:Bob Barr
“The Laws of Nature are the Laws of God, Whose authority can be superseded by no power on earth. A legislature must not obstruct our obedience to Him from whose punishment they cannot protect us. All human constitutions which contradict His laws, we are in conscience bound to disobey.” HumansEarthLawProtectAuthorityConscienceConstitutionBoundsPunishmentObedienceLaws Of NatureLegislature Author:George Mason
“Christians, above all people, should desire that their elected representatives submit to the Constitution, because it is constitutional government that has done more to protect Christian liberty than any governing document ever devised by man.” PeopleMenShouldDoneGovernmentChristianDesireLibertyProtectConstitutionSubmitRepresentativesDocumentsGoverningConstitutional Government Author:Chuck Baldwin
“For 70 years there's been a consensus among scholars and the American people on a reading to the Constitution that protects the right of privacy, the autonomy of individuals, while at the same time empowering the federal government to protect the less powerful.” PeopleYearsGovernmentReadingIndividualPowerfulProtectConstitutionEmpoweringPrivacyScholarFederal GovernmentAutonomyConsensus Author:Joe Biden
“As a government lawyer, Samuel Alito wrote that he personally believe very strongly the Constitution does not protect the right to an abortion.” BelieveDoeGovernmentProtectConstitutionLawyerAbortionVery Strong Author:Dick Durbin
“I'm a constitutionalist. You know, does faith matter to me? Sure. But the beauty of the Constitution, the beauty of the First Amendment, it protects everyone's faith.” KnowsFirstsDoeMatterProtectConstitutionAmendmentsFirst Amendment Author:Ted Cruz
“You are also asked to take an oath, and that's the oath of service. The oath of service is not to secrecy, but to the Constitution - to protect it against all enemies, foreign and domestic. That's the oath that I kept, that James Clapper and former NSA director Keith Alexander did not. You raise your hand and you take the oath in your class when you are on board. All government officials are made to do it who work for the intelligence agencies - at least, that's where I took the oath.” MadeHandsGovernmentEnemyClassDirectorsProtectConstitutionRaisesFormerBoardsAgencyOfficialsSecrecyOathNsaKeithGovernment OfficialsIntelligence Agencies Author:Edward Snowden
“The Eighth Amendment to the Constitution protects citizens against cruel and unusual punishment. And there is a growing body of legal precedent that shows that transgender people who are incarcerated should be provided with these medically necessary procedures. In cases where they're not, it is considered a violation of those rights.” PeopleShouldShowsBodyCasesGrowingRightsCitizensProtectConstitutionPunishmentUnusualAmendmentsProceduresViolationTransgenderPrecedentCruel And Unusual Punishment Author:Allyson Robinson
“The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.” DoeViewsShareProtectConstitutionDisagree Author:Edward Kennedy
“The Constitution is brilliant for accountability; for posing factions against each other, to fight amongst themselves in government, which protects our liberty. But also in ensuring that decision-making is made by those who the people can hold accountable.” PeopleMadeGovernmentFightingDecisionLibertyProtectConstitutionBrilliantDecision MakingAccountabilityFactionsPosing Author:Ted Cruz
“In the case of my country, Guatemala, 65% of the inhabitants are indigenous. The constitution speaks of protection for the indigenous. Who authorized a minority to protect an immense majority? It is not only political, cultural and economic marginalization, it is an attempt against the dignity of the majority of the population.” CountryPoliticalSpeakCasesEconomicProtectDignityConstitutionMajorityPopulationProtectionMinoritiesImmenseIndigenousMarginalizationGuatemala Author:Rigoberta Menchu
“The Second Amendment is in the Constitution to help citizens protect themselves from people like Senator Dianne Feinstein who would come along, and if they could determine what words you can and cannot say, where and where you can't say them. The Constitution is there to protect you from mayors like Mike Doomberg who wants to tell you how big your beverage can be.” PeopleHelpingProtectConstitutionDetermineSecond Amendment Author:Rush Limbaugh
“The Constitution was written to protect individual freedom and limit the ability of the government to encroach upon it. The liberals don't like that. The Democrats are very unhappy. The Constitution limits government too much. So they want to rewrite it, have a second Bill of Rights. So they want a new Bill of Rights that spells out what government can do instead of a Bill of Rights that tells government what it can't do.” IndividualAbilityProtectConstitutionDemocratUnhappyBill Of RightsIndividual Freedom Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Obama found a lot of people that think just like he does, and he put them in the intelligence community. Can you imagine? When you think of the intelligence community, don't you think of super patriots, don't you think of people out there even risking their lives to defend and protect the Constitution and the people of this country and this country itself as founded? No. That's not the kind of people Obama put at the CIA.” PeopleThinkingKindCountryCommunityImagineProtectConstitutionPatriotCia Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Our government does not exist to decide the rights, nor to grant them. Our government exists to protect them. And that is why we have a constitution that limits the power of the federal government to a few specific, but important things and we have abandoned that. We have abandoned it in both political parties.” ImportantPoliticalPartyProtectConstitutionAbandonedPolitical Parties Author:Marco Rubio
“The constitution has put women in a position where no one will protect them from religious cliques. If a woman is the third or the fourth wife and she has no rights inside her home and, on top of that, there is domestic abuse in her house, she is doomed. Under Islamic Sharia law a woman must accept beatings from her husband. Under Islamic Sharia, she must not revolt because she is the third or fourth wife.” HomeHouseReligiousAcceptingWifeProtectHusbandAbuseConstitutionIslamicRevoltClique Author:Yanar Mohammed
“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.” HelpingGovernmentToo MuchProtectAuthorityOrdinaryAbuseConstitutionAbuse Of PowerToo Much Power Author:John Roberts
“Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators.” InspirationProtectConstitutionDrunkAliensSenatorsPolitical WillPolitical Jokes Author:Will Rogers
“Our plans protect freedom and opportunity, and our blueprint is the Constitution of the United States.” StatesOpportunityUnitedUnited StatesPlansProtectConstitutionBlueprintsConstitution Of The United States Author:Mitt Romney
“The U.S. Constitution protects our privacy from the prying eyes of government. It does not, however, protect us from the prying eyes of companies and corporations.” DoeGovernmentEyeCompanyProtectConstitutionCorporationsPrivacy Author:Simon Sinek