#constitution

I am the constitutionally and legitimately elected sheriff, and I absolutely refuse to surrender my responsibility to the federal government. ↗

— Joe Arpaio

#am #constitutionally #elected #federal #federal government

We have to think outside the box, inside the Constitution, find ways to do things that will elevate our security, reduce the risk of the incidence of terrorist attack. ↗

— John Ashcroft

#box #constitution #elevate #find #incidence

Our Constitution was not written in the sands to be washed away by each wave of new judges blown in by each successive political wind. ↗

— Hugo Black

#blown #constitution #each #judges #new

The Framers of the Constitution knew that free speech is the friend of change and revolution. But they also knew that it is always the deadliest enemy of tyranny. ↗

— Hugo Black

#always #change #constitution #deadliest #enemy

The layman's constitutional view is that what he likes is constitutional and that which he doesn't like is unconstitutional. ↗

— Hugo Black

#layman #like #likes #unconstitutional #view

I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution. ↗

— Tom DeLay

#constitution #constitutional #employee #federal #government

While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges and officials at the local levels have struck down State laws protecting marriage. ↗

— John Boehner

#activist #amendment #constitutional #constitutional amendment #current

We know no document is perfect, but when we amend the Constitution, it would be to expand rights, not to take away rights from decent, loyal Americans. This great Constitution of ours should never be used to make a group of Americans permanent second-class citizens. ↗

— Barbara Boxer

#away #citizens #class citizens #constitution #decent

At the same time the Constitution sets in stone the Stability Pact and risks preventing member States from implementing a policy of growth. So we are not able to do things at the European or the national level. ↗

— Laurent Fabius

#constitution #european #growth #implementing #level

There are 20 million unemployed and what does the Constitution offer us in the Europe of 25, 27 and soon to be 30: policies of unrestricted competition to the detriment of production, wages, research and innovation. ↗

— Laurent Fabius

#constitution #detriment #does #europe #innovation