Constitution Quotes - Page 11

• Whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Government, Liberty, Void

  Thomas Jefferson (1977). “The Portable Thomas Jefferson”, p.228, Penguin

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• Our peculiar security is in the possession of a written Constitution. Let us not make it a blank paper by construction.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Peculiar, Paper, Notable

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, correspondence, and miscellanies from the papers of T. Jefferson”

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• Gen. Tommy Franks Says That If The United States Is Hit With A Weapon Of Mass Destruction That Inflicts Large Casualties, The Constitution Will Likely Be Discarded In Favor Of A Military Form Of Government

  Tommy Franks

  Military, Government, Mass Destruction

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• I consider the difference between a system founded on
  the legislatures only, and one founded on the people, to be the true difference between a league or treaty and a constitution.

  James Madison

  Differences, People, League

  James Madison (1836). “The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: As Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia, in 1787. Together with the Journal of the Federal Convention, Luther Martin's Letter, Yate's Minutes, Congressional Opinions, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of '98-'99, and Other Illustrations of the Constitution”

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• There is a higher law than the Constitution.

  William H. Seward

  Law, Black Power, Higher

  Speech in Senate during debate on Compromise of 1850, 11 Mar. 1850

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• My political curiosity, exclusive of my anxious solicitude for the public welfare, leads me to ask who authorized them (the framers of the Constitution) to speak the language of 'We, the People,' instead of 'We, the States'?

  Patrick Henry

  People, Political, Curiosity

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• But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes.

  William H. Seward

  Law, Purpose, Noble

  William H. Seward's speech at the United States Senate, March 11, 1850.

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• This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land.

  James Madison

  Law, Land, Constitution Of The United States

  James Madison (1836). “The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution: As Recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia in 1787. Together with the Journal of the Federal Convention, Luther Martin's Letter, Yates's Minutes, Congressional Opinions, Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions of '98-'99, and Other Illustrations of the Constitution”, p.507

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• Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government. It is called the Constitution.

  Michael Badnarik

  Father, Government, Order

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• The ultimate touchstone of constitutionality is the Constitution itself, and not what we have said about it.

  Felix Frankfurter

  Libertarian Party, Liberty, Said

  "Graves v. New York ex rel. O'Keefe, 306 U.S. 466". U.S. Supreme Court case, supreme.justia.com. March 27, 1939.

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• It took us in this country 11 years to get from the Declaration of Independence to the Constitution.

  Mitch McConnell

  Country, Years, Independence

  "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. August 28, 2005.

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• One of the most solemn responsibilities of the president and it's set out expressly in the Constitution is that the president is to take care that the laws are faithfully executed, and that means the Constitution. It means statutes. It means treaties. It means all of the laws of the United States.

  Samuel Alito

  Mean, Responsibility, Law

  U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court, www.washingtonpost.com. January 10, 2006.

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• When it is not necessary to amend the Constitution, it is necessary not to amend the Constitution.

  Bill Vaughan

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• We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Life, Change, Happiness

  Declaration of Independence (1776).

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• To take a single step beyond the boundaries specially drawn around the powers of Congress is to take possession of a boundless field of power, no longer susceptible to definition.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Government, Political, Fields

  Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1854). “The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence, cont”, p.556

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• Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed, as they are in almost every country in Europe.

  Noah Webster

  Country, Army, Gun

  Noah Webster (1787). “An Examination Into the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution Proposed by the Late Convention Held at Philadelphia: With Answers to the Principal Objections that Have Been Raised Against the System”, p.43

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• All power is inherent in the people.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Gun, Strong Arms, People

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoirs, 4: Correspondence and Private Papers”, p.404

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• To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of people always possess arms.

  Richard Henry Lee

  Gun, Strong Arms, People

  Richard Henry Lee (1978). “Letters from the Federal farmer to the Republican”, Univ of Alabama Pr

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• Laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. . . . We might as well require a man to wear the coat which fitted him when a boy as civilized society to remain forever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Boys, Men, Hands

  Letter to Samuel Kercheval, 12 July 1816

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• Laws and Institutions Must Go Hand in Hand with the Progress of the Human Mind.

  Francis Bacon

  Hands, Law, Mind

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• I can't tell Black people to fight a war that is Israel's war. What kind of leader will you be, or should I be, to allow these babies Black, white and brown, to fight Israel's war, because Zionists dominate the government of the United States of America and her banking system.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Baby, Religious, War

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• Whoever attentively considers the different departments of power must perceive, that, in a government in which they are separated from each other, the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution; because it will be least in a capacity to annoy or injure them.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Rights, Government, Political

  Alexander Hamilton (1831). “The Federalist on the New Constitution, Written in the Year 1788, with an Appendix Containing the Letters of Pacificus and Helvidius on the Proclamation of Neutrality of 1793”, p.385

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• A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must have the economic strength to stand up to the blandishments of government officials. It must have sufficient independence from vested interests to be bold and inquiring without fear or favour. It must enjoy the protection of the constitution, so that it can protect our rights as citizens.

  Nelson Mandela

  Independent, Government, Rights

  FaceBook post by Nelson Mandela from May 03, 2014

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• The government was set to protect man from criminals-and the constitution was written to protect man from the government. The Bill of Rights was not directed at private citizens, but against the government-as an explicit declaration that individual rights supersede any public or social power.

  Ayn Rand

  Men, Rights, Criminals

  Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.92, Penguin

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• We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men and women are created equal.

  Elizabeth Cady Stanton

  Inspiring, Women, 4th Of July

  Declaration of Sentiments, First Woman's Rights

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