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.
I believe marriage is between a man and a woman. I am not in favor of gay marriage. But when you start playing around with constitutions, just to prohibit somebody who cares about another person, it just seems to me that's not what America's about. Usually, our constitutions expand liberties, they don't contract them.
The Emancipation Proclamation is predicated upon the idea that the President may so annul the constitutions and laws of sovereign states, overthrow their domestic relations, deprive loyal men of their property, and disloyal as well, without trial or condemnation.
It seems that the right of freedom of speech that was enshrined in numerous constitutions is now under attack by religious institutions.
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.
Lots of countries have great constitutions, but their leaders have a practice of ignoring the rules whenever they feel like it.
The world is littered with constitutions that have written guarantees of rights but that don't actually deliver rights. What differentiates the ones where rights are real from where rights are fake is that it's in the initial interests of the majority to actually deliver these rights.
The constitutions of Maryland and New York are founded in higher wisdom.
For me, the essence of the great American Dream is spiritual. I believe that our Constitution is inspired and that it is based on principles that are timeless and universal. This is the reason why 95% of all written constitutions throughout the world are modeled after our Constitution.