#constitution

Power's not what the Constitution was about. ↗

— Roy Moore

#constitution #power

The basic premise of the Constitution was a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances because man was perceived as a fallen creature and would always yearn for more power. ↗

— Roy Moore

#balances #basic #because #checks #constitution

The First Amendment to the Constitution reflects that concept recognized in the Ten Commandments, that the duties we owe to God and the manner of discharging those duties are outside the purview of government. ↗

— Roy Moore

#commandments #concept #constitution #duties #first

The whole basis of the Constitution was a restriction of power, and the whole basis of the federalist system was that there was not one sovereign centralized power from which all authority flows. ↗

— Roy Moore

#basis #centralized #constitution #federalist #flows

The Bolivian government has promised to guarantee autonomy in the framework of unity, legality, and with the goal of equalizing the different regions of Bolivia. It's right there in the constitution. ↗

— Evo Morales

#bolivia #constitution #different #framework #goal

It may be necessary to use methods other than constitutional ones. ↗

— Robert Mugabe

#may #methods #necessary #ones #other

We are all equal children before our mother; and India asks each one of us, in whatsoever role we play in the complex drama of nation-building, to do our duty with integrity, commitment and unflinching loyalty to the values enshrined in our Constitution. ↗

— Pranab Mukherjee

#before #children #commitment #complex #constitution

I've been reading this little book. It's called the Russian constitution. And it says that the only source of power in Russia is the people. So I don't want to hear those who say we're appealing to the authorities. Who's the power here? ↗

— Alexei Navalny

#authorities #been #book #called #constitution

The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world. ↗

— Gary Oldman

#building #constitution #democracy #envy #fair

The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is. ↗

— Pat Oliphant

#constitution #else #exercising #fact #free