There are loads of countries that have nice written constitutions like ours. But there aren't loads of countries where they're followed.
Quotes about constitutions (16 Quotes)
Laws and constitutions ought to be weighed... to constitute that which is most conducing to the establishment of justice and liberty.
The religion which has introduced civil liberty is the religion of Christ and His Apostles.... This is genuine Christianity and to this we owe our free constitutions of government.
The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights.
Terrorism is not the only new danger of this era. Another is the administration's argument that because the president is commander in chief, he is the 'sole organ for the nation in foreign affairs' which is refuted by the Constitution's plain language, which empowers Congress to ratify treaties, declare war, fund and regulate military forces, and make laws 'necessary and proper' for the execution of all presidential powers.
The right of an individual to conduct intimate relationships in the intimacy of his or her own home seems to me to be the heart of the Constitution's protection of privacy.
The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in higher wisdom.
It is clear that the Constitution's original intent was that the president had the authority to take undisclosed foreign actions to protect America.
My grandfather, on my father's side, helped to draft one of the first constitutions of China. He was a fairly well-known scholar.
The US constitution's First Amendment rights only cover Americans, but I believe that in a democracy the competition of ideas and free speech should combat beliefs that it does not agree with - more speech and debate, not censorship.
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
There is a written and an unwritten law. The one by which we regulate our constitutions in our cities is the written law that which arises from custom is the unwritten law.
All civil states, with their officers of justice, in their respective constitutions and administrations, are proved essentially civil, and therefore not judges, governors, or defenders of the spiritual, or Christian, state and worship.
A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.
Several Democratic senators were concerned about Roberts' evident willingness to strike down Congressional statutes. When we discuss the Constitution's commerce clause or spending power, ... we're asking about congressional authority to pass laws to ensure clean air and water and children's and seniors' health, and safe, good drugs, safe workplaces, even wetland protection, levees that should protect our communities from natural disasters.
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.