“Americans - not just starting thirty years ago but going back to the beginning, when we were rebelling against King George - we've always been of two minds about the government, which is why the framers wrote the Constitution the way they did.” WayYearsMindTwoGovernmentKingsYears AgoConstitutionStartingThirtyThirty YearsFramersTwo Minds Author:William J. Clinton
“I cannot understand the logic of those who have been deliberately and mischievously propagating that the Constitution of Pakistan will not be based on Islamic Sharia. Islamic principles today are as much applicable to life as they were 1300 years ago.” YearsHas BeensTodayPrinciplesYears AgoLogicConstitutionIslamicPakistanSharia Author:Muhammad Ali Jinnah
“I think most presidents are amazed at the overwhelming responsibility they have when they enter office and the tremendous amount of work there is. See, a modern president has far more responsibility than a president years ago. And if I were rewriting the Constitution, I would suggest a president be more like a monarch and then have a prime minister under him.” IfsThinkingYearsPresidentResponsibilityModernAmountOfficeYears AgoConstitutionMinistersPrimeOverwhelmingAmazedPrime MinisterMonarchsRewriting Author:Billy Graham
“I mean, the Constitution of this country was written 200 years ago. The house I was living in in Madrid is 350 years old! America is still a project, and you guys are working on it and bringing new things to it every day. That is beautiful to watch.” YearsMeanStillsCountryAmericaBeautifulGuyHouseWatchesWrittenProjectsYears AgoConstitutionNew ThingsMadrid Author:Antonio Banderas
“And yet we have what purports, or professes, or is claimed, to be a contract—the Constitution—made eighty years ago, by men who are now all dead, and who never had any power to bind us, but which (it is claimed) has nevertheless bound three generations of men, consisting of many millions, and which (it is claimed) will be binding upon all the millions that are to come; but which nobody ever signed, sealed, delivered, witnessed, or acknowledged; and which few persons, compared with the whole number that are claimed to be bound by it, have ever read, or even seen, or ever will read, or see.” MenYearsPersonsMadeWholeThreeNumbersMillionsGenerationsYears AgoConstitutionBoundsContractsNeverthelessEightyBindingThree Generations Book:The collected works of Lysander Spooner Source: The collected works of Lysander Spooner