Theodore Roosevelt Quotes About Constitution

Quotes about: Constitution

• Any political movement directed against any body of our fellow-citizens because of their religious creed is a grave offense against American principles and American institutions. It is a wicked thing either to support or oppose a man because of the creed he possesses. . . . Such a movement directly contravenes the spirit of the Constitution itself.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Religious, Men, Political

  Theodore Roosevelt (2005). “Fear God and Take Your Own Part”, p.358, Cosimo, Inc.

• It is the people, and not the judges, who are entitled to say what their constitution means, for the constitution is theirs, it belongs to them and not to their servants in office—any other theory is incompatible with the foundation principles of our government.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Mean, Government, People

  William L. Ransom, Theodore Roosevelt (2007). “Majority Rule and the Judiciary: An Examination of Current Proposals for Constitutional Change Affecting the Relation of Courts to Legislation”, p.6, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.

• The words of the Declaration of Independence, as given effect by Washington...are to be accepted as real, and not as empty phrases...that in very truth this is a government by the people themselves, that the Constitution is theirs, that the courts are theirs, that all the government agents and agencies are theirs... It is for the people themselves finally to decide all questions of public policy and to have their decision made effective...We here, in America, hold in our hands the hope of the world.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Real, Agency, Government

• The Constitution was made for the people and not the people for the Constitution.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  People, Constitution, Made

• The Constitution guarantees protection to property, and we must make that promise good. But it does not give the right of suffrage to any corporation. It is necessary that laws should be passed to prohibit the use of corporate funds directly or indirectly for political purposes; it is still more necessary that such laws should be thoroughly enforced.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Law, Giving, Political

  Theodore Roosevelt (2004). “Letters and Speeches”

• All constitutions, those of the States no less than that of the nation, are designed, and must be interpreted and administered so as to fit human rights.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Rights, Constitution, Fit

  Theodore Roosevelt (2012). “In the Words of Theodore Roosevelt: Quotations from the Man in the Arena”, p.75, Cornell University Press

• To hell with the Constitution when people want coal!

  Theodore Roosevelt

  People, Coal, Want

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