#constitution

Well, today, we are in the struggle brought on to us by the terrorists of Islam. It is a war that we did not choose. It was a war that was declared against us as Americans, against our people, against our Constitution. ↗

— Todd Tiahrt

#brought #choose #constitution #declared #did

We are witnessing a slow, steady takeover of our true freedoms. We are becoming a socialist nation, and whoever can't see this is probably hoping it isn't true. If we permit Mr. Obama to take over all our industries, if we permit him to raise our taxes to support unconstitutional causes, then we will be in default. This great America will become a paralyzed nation. ↗

— Jon Voight

#become #becoming #causes #default #freedoms

The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#executive #free #legislative #lost #nominated

Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#corruption #infallible #liberty #most #symptom

Having removed the dictator, the allies have moved to put Iraqis in control of Iraq. Now, as they draft and ratify their Constitution, we will indeed see the character of a new Iraqi nation revealed through the principles it chooses to uphold. ↗

— Kay Granger

#character #chooses #constitution #control #dictator

The real difference between the United States and other nations lies not in the words of the preamble to the Constitution, but in the fact that the substantive clauses of that Constitution are enforced by individuals independent of and not beholden to the elected branches. ↗

— Harold H. Greene

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The Constitution of the United States allows us to change; I don't have a problem with that. ↗

— Lee Greenwood

#change #constitution #i #problem #states

When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister no wonder the public are cynical about politics. ↗

— William Hague

#again #cabinet #constitutional #convention #cynical

And it seems to me in that experience may lie at least some of the clues for policy development perhaps constitutional changes as well that Labour will need to make at the national level too. ↗

— Patricia Hewitt

#clues #constitutional #development #experience #labour

In our Constitution governmental power is divided among three separate branches of the national government, three separate branches of State governments, and the peoples of the several States. ↗

— Robert Welch

#branches #constitution #divided #government #governmental