Quotes of: Constitutional-amendment Keyword

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

The adoption by Jefferson and the Republicans of the political structure of their opponents is of an importance hardly inferior to that of the adoption of the Constitution by the states.

Herbert Croly

. . . a constitution, intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs.

John Marshall

Force does not constitute right... obedience is due only to legitimate powers.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Our constitution is color-blind, and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens.

John Marshall Harlan

Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not be carved into the U.S. Constitution.

Jay Inslee

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

John Kitzhaber

In violation of the Habeas Corpus Act and the fundamental laws of our constitution these men have never been brought to trail or even allowed to see a lawyer.

John Amery

The Left regards the Constitution as defective and outmoded - in part because it impedes the government's ability to control institutions, like churches and families, which stand between the state and individuals.

Gary Bauer

The results of ethnic psychology constitute, at the same time, our chief source of information regarding the general psychology of the complex mental processes.

Wilhelm Wundt

People have their constitutional right to contribute to a campaign and if they have discretionary money that they want to contribute to a candidate, whether a Republican or a Democrat, they should be able to do so.

Brian Sandoval

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

Adam Smith

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

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

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

If Milosevic is to be tried, he has to be tried by a proper court, an impartial, properly constituted court which has international respect.

Harold Pinter

There is no Constitutional right to prey on others. The Internet is just a piece of technology, like the telephone. Society has the right to modify its uses.

Andrew Vachss

Civilization exists precisely so that there may be no masses but rather men alert enough never to constitute masses.

Georges Bernanos

I'm a little skeptical about using the Constitution this way, but I also believe marriage is between a man and a woman and that the courts shouldn't legislate this matter.

Pete Coors

The repeal of racist language in the Constitution of Alabama was and still is a necessary step in the state's ability to progress.

Artur Davis

When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries.

Al Franken