13 Quotes About Constitutional Law

The law is a foundation of our societal order. It sets the rules, the standards, and the boundaries that govern our society. If we don’t like them, we can change them. There are many constitutional law quotes to learn from, but here are some of our favorites.

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We have rule of lawyers, not rule of law. The legal profession has a monopoly over one branch of government as it was never intended to. The American Bar Association owns an entire branch of our government. We should not be surprised that we are the most litigious society in the world. It is big business with a stranglehold on one of the three branches of government. A.E. Samaan
A president cannot defend a nation if he is not...
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A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws. DaShanne Stokes
Failing to indict a criminal sitting president sends the message...
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Failing to indict a criminal sitting president sends the message that those in power are above the law. DaShanne Stokes
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For in the end laws are just words on a page - words that are sometimes malleable, opaque, as dependent on context and trust as they are in a story or poem or promise to someone, words whose meanings are subject to erosion, sometimes collapsing in the blink of an eye. Barack Obama
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Our United States "State religion" has become Secular Humanism which has no "separation from the State. James C. Campbell
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In questions of power, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the constitution. Thomas Jefferson
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The U.S. didn't achieve its liberty or prosperity by mistake. It was by design, and the architects were the Founding Fathers. Don't mess with the Constitution. The Constitution matters. A.E. Samaan
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Our Supreme Court is not a court of law. It is a court of conjecture and political fad. A.E. Samaan
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History could not be any clearer: Rights given by fad and fashion are just as easily taken away. The Constitution matters. A.E. Samaan
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The United States has experienced more than two centuries of political stability. When viewed against the background of world history, this is remarkable. The First Amendment has played a singularly important role. When citizens can openly criticize their government, changes come about through orderly political processes. When grievances exist, they must be aired, if not through the channels of public debate, then by riots in the streets. The First Amendment functions as a safety valve through which the pressures and frustrations of a heterogeneous society can be ventilated and defused. Jacqueline R. Kanovitz
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The difference between the past and the present is that individual freedom and security no longer fall to be protected solely through the D vehicle of common-law maxims and presumptions which may be altered or repealed by statute, but are now protected by entrenched constitutional provisions which neither the Legislature nor the Executive may abridge. It would accordingly be improper for us to hold constitutional a system which, as Sachs J has noted, confers on creditors the power to consign the person of an impecunious debtor to prison at will and without the interposition at the crucial time of a judicial officer. Pius Langa
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Liberty is not something a government gives you. It is a right that no government can legally take away. A.E. Samaan