(1082 quotes found)
“The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure.”
Albert Einstein
“Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.”
Abraham Lincoln
“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
Benjamin Franklin
“We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.”
“The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon”
George Washington
“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests.”
Patrick Henry
“The framers of our Constitution meant we were to have freedom of religion, not freedom from religion.”
Billy Graham
“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
“God was left out of the Constitution but was furnished a front seat on the coins of the country.”
Mark Twain
“A country that can put men on the moon can put women in the Constitution”
Margaret Heckler