#constitution

Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators. ↗

— Will Rogers

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The American Constitution is the greatest governing document, and at some 7,000 words, just about the shortest. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

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Marriage and the creation of families has been an integral part of our society since its creation; it should not be defined without the kind of involvement by the people which a constitutional process would require. ↗

— Robert Foster Bennett

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I voted for the Defense of Marriage Act but I do not believe we should institutionalize a form of discrimination against any minority by amending the Constitution. ↗

— Ben Nighthorse Campbell

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To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race. ↗

— Calvin Coolidge

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One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishonorable or destructive about amending the Constitution. ↗

— Adrian Cronauer

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When they wrote the Constitution, only white male landowners had the right to vote. ↗

— Jesse Jackson

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If the provisions of the constitution be not upheld when they pinch as well as when they comfort, they may as well be abandoned. ↗

— George Sutherland

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The constitutions of most of our States assert that all power is inherent in the people; that... it is their right and duty to be at all times armed. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it. ↗

— Andrew Johnson

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