Quotes by Constitution The only way out of the current crisis is to amend the Constitution. Abhisit Vejjajiva currents constitution way We seek not to overthrow the constitution, but to overthrow those who would prevert it. Abraham Lincoln constitution I will, to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. It is not the Constitution as I would like to have it, but as it is, that is to be defended. The Constitution will not be preserved & defended until it is enforced & obeyed in every part of every one of the United States. It must be so respected, obeyed, enforced and defended, and let the grass grow where it may. Abraham Lincoln constitution united-states may The Union, and the Constitution, are the picture of silver, subsequently framed around it. The picture was not made to conceal or destroy the apple, but to adorn and preserve it. The picture was made for the apple-not the apple for the picture. Abraham Lincoln constitution unions apples Slavery is wrong. If Slavery is right, all words, acts, laws, and Constitutions against it, are themselves wrong, and should be silenced, and swept away. Abraham Lincoln slavery constitution law The Constitution is not a suicide pact. Abraham Lincoln pact constitution suicide An inspection of the Constitution will show that the right of property in a slave in not "distinctly and expressly affirmed" in it. Abraham Lincoln inspection slavery constitution When the Constitution was written, the founders had no way of anticipating the new technologies that would evolve in the coming centuries. Al Franken constitution technology way They tried to say that being gay is a sin, and I said that adultery is a sin. Adultery is responsible for breaking up more marriages, but do we put that in the Constitution? It’s absurd. Al Sharpton adultery constitution gay There is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution. There's a prohibition against taking it away. Alberto Gonzales prohibition constitution grants It's not that unusual for presidents to take strong positions on cases decided by the court. But you know, Lesley, that's why the Constitution wisely gave us life tenure. They can talk about us, but they can't remove us. Alex Kozinski constitution strong president The powers contained in a constitution...ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good. Alexander Hamilton advancement ought constitution The natural cure for an ill-administration, in a popular or representative constitution, is a change of men. Alexander Hamilton constitution administration men Civil liberty is only natural liberty, modified and secured by the sanctions of civil society. It is not a thing, in its own nature, precarious and dependent on human will and caprice; but it is conformable to the constitution of man, as well as necessary to the well-being of society. Alexander Hamilton constitution liberty men We are attempting, by this Constitution, to abolish factions, and to unite all parties for the general welfare. Alexander Hamilton welfare constitution party For my part, I sincerely esteem the Constitution, a system which without the finger of God, never could have been suggested and agreed upon by such a diversity of interests. Alexander Hamilton constitution diversity 4th-of-july Constitutions of civil government are not to be framed upon a calculation of existing exigencies, but upon a combination of these with the probable exigencies of ages, according to the natural and tried course of human affairs. Nothing, therefore, can be more fallacious than to infer the extent of any power, proper to be lodged in the national government, from an estimate of its immediate necessities. Alexander Hamilton constitution government age There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid. Alexander Hamilton void constitution principles A treaty cannot be made which alters the Constitution of the country, or which infringes and express exceptions to the power of the Constitution. Alexander Hamilton constitution made country [T]he present Constitution is the standard to which we are to cling. Under its banners, bona fide must we combat our political foes - rejecting all changes but through the channel itself provides for amendments. Alexander Hamilton amendments constitution political 1234567891011»