#constitution

The fact that we're protected under that Constitution in exercising the right of free speech, it's a wonderful thing. You've got to come from somewhere else to realize how valuable it is. ↗

— Pat Oliphant

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For good nurture and education implant good constitutions. ↗

— Plato

#education #good #implant #nurture

One great object of the Constitution was to restrain majorities from oppressing minorities or encroaching upon their just rights. ↗

— James K. Polk

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When we live up to our Constitution, let's form a Conga line around the Capitol and bungee jump off the dome. ↗

— Paula Poundstone

#capitol #constitution #dome #form #jump

Why don't they pass a constitutional amendment prohibiting anybody from learning anything? If it works as well as prohibition did, in five years Americans would be the smartest race of people on Earth. ↗

— Will Rogers

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Our constitution protects aliens, drunks and U.S. Senators. ↗

— Will Rogers

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One of the things I learned in law school is that there's nothing wrong or undesirable or dishonorable or destructive about amending the Constitution. ↗

— Adrian Cronauer

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Our society cannot progress while our constitution stands still. ↗

— Charles Edison

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Arizona presents no specific reason for excepting capital defendants from the constitutional protections extended to defendants generally, and none is readily apparent. ↗

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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The right to be let alone is the underlying principle of the Constitution's Bill of Rights. ↗

— Erwin Griswold

#bill #bill of rights #constitution #principle #right