#constitution

You hear about constitutional rights, free speech and the free press. Every time I hear these words I say to myself, 'That man is a Red, that man is a Communist!' You never hear a real American talk like that. ↗

— Frank Hague

#american #communist #constitutional #constitutional rights #every

The Constitution is not a panacea for every blot upon the public welfare. Nor should this Court, ordained as a judicial body, be thought of as a general haven for reform movements. ↗

— John Marshall Harlan

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We are losing our living systems, social systems, cultural systems, governing systems, stability, and our constitutional health, and we're surrendering it all at the same time. ↗

— Paul Hawken

#cultural #governing #health #living #losing

From Watergate we learned what generations before us have known; our Constitution works. And during Watergate years it was interpreted again so as to reaffirm that no one - absolutely no one - is above the law. ↗

— Leon Jaworski

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The merit of our Constitution was, not that it promotes democracy, but checks it. ↗

— Horatio Seymour

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Our Founding Fathers crafted a constitutional Republic for the first time in the history of the world because they were shaping a form of government that would not have the failures of a democracy in it, but had the representation of democracy in it. ↗

— Steve King

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That's the key: get the constitution in place. Get rule of law in place, capital will come, electricity will follow. ↗

— Steve King

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The Iraqis have once again failed to meet a deadline for a final draft of the constitution. ↗

— Matt Lauer

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Our federal Constitution embodies the idea of modern India: it defines not only India but also modernity. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

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I believe in the Constitution. The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld. ↗

— Michael Newdow

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