Quotes containing word "Constitution"

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Sell also: composition, establishment, formation, makeup, organisation, organization

Definitions and meanings of word "Constitution"

• Noun: law determining the fundamental political principles of a government

• Noun: the act of forming something; examples: "the constitution of a PTA group last year", "it was the establishment of his reputation", "he still remembers the organization of the club"

• Noun: the way in which someone or something is composed

• Noun: United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston

Featured authors with quotes containing word "Constitution"

William H. Seward
9 quotes about Constitution
American Statesman
Saturday 16 May 1801 - Thursday 10 October 1872
Michael Newdow
7 quotes about Constitution
American Lawyer
Born Wednesday 24 June 1953
Robert Bork
4 quotes about Constitution
American Public Servant, Judge, Scholar
Tuesday 1 March 1927 - Wednesday 19 December 2012
Roy Moore
5 quotes about Constitution
American Politician, Judge
Born Tuesday 11 February 1947
Caleb Cushing
5 quotes about Constitution
American Diplomat
Friday 17 January 1800 - Thursday 2 January 1879
Robert Byrd
4 quotes about Constitution
American Politician
Tuesday 20 November 1917 - Monday 28 June 2010
John Jay Hooker
5 quotes about Constitution
American Businessman
Born 1930
Antonin Scalia
3 quotes about Constitution
American Judge
Wednesday 11 March 1936 - Saturday 13 February 2016
Ron Paul
4 quotes about Constitution
American Author, Politician
Born Tuesday 20 August 1935
Laurent Fabius
3 quotes about Constitution
French Statesman, Politician
Born Tuesday 20 August 1946
Mitt Romney
4 quotes about Constitution
American Politician, Businessman
Born Wednesday 12 March 1947
Glenn Beck
one quote about Constitution
American Author, Journalist, Producer
Born Monday 10 February 1964

I don't think the Constitution is studied almost anywhere, including law schools. In law schools, what they study is what the court said about the Constitution. They study the opinions. They don't study the Constitution itself.

Robert Bork

Words: think, Constitution, studied, almost, anywhere, including, law, schools, study, court, said, about, opinions
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Progressivism is the cancer in America and it is eating our Constitution, and it was designed to eat the Constitution, to progress past the Constitution.

Glenn Beck

Words: progressivism, cancer, America, eating, Constitution, designed, eat, progress, past
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We are under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is, and the judiciary is the safeguard of our property and our liberty and our property under the Constitution.

Charles Evans Hughes

Words: under, Constitution, judges, say, judiciary, safeguard, property, liberty
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I believe in an evolving Constitution. A flexible Constitution leaves room for us to consider not merely how the world once was, but how it ought to be.

Eliot Spitzer

Words: believe, evolving, Constitution, flexible, leaves, room, consider, merely, world, once
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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

Words: real, difference, between, United, States, other, nations, lies, words, preamble, Constitution, fact, substantive, clauses, enforced, individuals, independent, beholden, elected, branches
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The Second Amendment is a constitutional right. I didn't make it up, the Republican Party didn't make it up. It's in the Constitution. I think it's just as important as any of the other rights in our constitution.

Marco Rubio

Words: second, Amendment, constitutional, right, make, Republican, party, Constitution, think, just, important, any, other, rights
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And the president is all wrong when he maintains that a nominee should have an up-or-down vote. The Constitution doesn't say that. The Constitution doesn't say that that nominee shall have any vote at all. There doesn't have to even be a vote.

Robert Byrd

Words: President, all, wrong, maintains, nominee, vote, Constitution, say, any
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This has been a learning experience for me. I also thought that privacy was something we were granted in the Constitution. I have learned from this when in fact the word privacy does not appear in the Constitution.

Bill Maher

Words: learning, experience, also, thought, privacy, something, granted, Constitution, learned, fact, word, does, appear
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We know no document is perfect, but when we amend the Constitution, it would be to expand rights, not to take away rights from decent, loyal Americans. This great Constitution of ours should never be used to make a group of Americans permanent second-class citizens.

Barbara Boxer

Words: know, document, perfect, amend, Constitution, expand, rights, take, away, decent, loyal, Americans, great, never, used, make, group, permanent, citizens
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I would have the Constitution torn in shreds and scattered to the four winds of heaven. Let us destroy the Constitution and build on its ruins the temple of liberty. I have brothers in slavery. I have seen chains placed on their limbs and beheld them captive.

William Wells Brown

Words: Constitution, torn, shreds, scattered, four, winds, heaven, let, destroy, build, ruins, temple, liberty, brothers, slavery, seen, chains, placed, limbs, beheld, captive
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I would have to have people totally committed to the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of this United States. And many of the Muslims, they are not totally dedicated to this country. They are not dedicated to our Constitution. Many of them are trying to force Sharia law on the people of this country.

Herman Cain

Words: people, totally, committed, Declaration, independence, Constitution, United, States, Muslims, dedicated, country, trying, force, Sharia, law
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It lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it. While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it.

Learned Hand

Words: lies, hearts, men, women, dies, Constitution, law, court, save, while, needs
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If we're picking people to draw out of their own conscience and experience a 'new' Constitution, we should not look principally for good lawyers. We should look to people who agree with us. When we are in that mode, you realize we have rendered the Constitution useless.

Antonin Scalia

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I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution clearly delegates the power to deal with criminal matters, like the use of drugs, to the States.

Dana Rohrabacher

Words: rise, support, separation, powers, established, founding, fathers, Constitution, clearly, delegates, power, deal, criminal, matters, use, drugs, States
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We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.

Abraham Lincoln

Words: people, rightful, masters, both, Congress, courts, overthrow, Constitution, men, pervert
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I really think the Patriot Act violates our Constitution. It was, it is, an illegal act. The Congress, the Senate and the president cannot change the Constitution.

Peter Camejo

Words: really, think, patriot, act, violates, Constitution, illegal, Congress, Senate, President, change
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This revision of the Constitution will not be perfect. But at least the Constitution will not be inflexible. It will be a step towards the Social Europe which we wish.

Laurent Fabius

Words: revision, Constitution, will, perfect, least, inflexible, step, social, Europe, wish
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I believe in the Constitution. The Constitution says that government isn't supposed to be infusing religion into our society, and so I asked to have that upheld.

Michael Newdow

Words: believe, Constitution, says, government, supposed, infusing, religion, society, asked, upheld
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I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution.

Tom DeLay

Words: federal, employee, constitutional, officer, job, Constitution, United, States, government
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They will sustain the constitution and laws and institutions of the United States, and be the champions of liberty and of that constitution when its integrity shall be threatened.

Lorenzo Snow

Words: will, sustain, Constitution, laws, institutions, United, States, champions, liberty, integrity, threatened
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