#constitution

Liberty is never unalienable; it must be redeemed regularly with the blood of patriots or it always vanishes. Of all the so-called natural human rights that have ever been invented, liberty is least likely to be cheap and is never free of cost. ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#liberty #patriot #patriotism #rights #unalienable-rights

In fact, my mom always told me because I was the daughter of an Army officer born overseas in Paris, France, that under the Constitution she believed that I could never run for president. ↗

— Karen Hughes

#army #because #believed #born #constitution

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

— Horatio Seymour

#constitution #democracy #merit #our #promotes

States, virtually all of them, have a constitutional requirement to operate on a balanced budget. ↗

— John Kitzhaber

#balanced budget #budget #constitutional #operate #requirement

This election is a critical step in that overall plan - transforming the Iraqi government into a fully constitutional one, able to secure its own borders and ensure the safety of its citizens. ↗

— John M. McHugh

#borders #citizens #constitutional #critical #election

My answer to the racial problem in America is to not deal with it at all. The founding fathers dealt with it when they made the Constitution. ↗

— James Meredith

#answer #constitution #deal #dealt #fathers

The last thing the Department of Homeland Security is about is infringing on anybody's constitutionally protected rights. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

#anybody #constitutionally #department #homeland #homeland security

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

#believe #constitution #government #i #i believe

Your purpose, then, plainly stated, is, that you will destroy the Government, unless you be allowed to construe and enforce the Constitution as you please, on all points in dispute between you and us. ↗

— George Haven Putnam

#between #constitution #construe #destroy #dispute

We know that this man has a proven record of being a 'strict constructionist.' Our President has given us his word that he will interpret the Constitution rather than make new laws from the bench. ↗

— Rod Parsley

#bench #constitution #given #his #interpret