Constitutional Quotes - page 3

As the highest ranking American official in the United Nations organization, I came to understand thoroughly that the national constitutional processes of the member states define the status of territories under their sovereignty. (Dick Thornburgh)
I definitely do not support a constitutional amendment that has to do with prohibiting gay marriage. View quote
Dina Titus
I oppose a constitutional amendment against gay marriage. View quote
Ed Case
I think it's a pity that in many people's minds constitutional reform and PR have come to mean much the same thing. View quote
Ferdinand Mount
Our political and constitutional rights, so called, are but the natural and inherent rights of man, asserted, carried out, and secured by modes of human contrivance. View quote
Gerrit Smith
As far as military necessity will permit, religiously respect the constitutional rights of all. View quote
George B. McClellan
The issue is whether the ultimate civil authority of the United States can tolerate actions in contempt of constitutional lines of authority. Any lessening of civil power over military power must inevitably lead away from democracy. View quote
Harold Russell
So far, 44 States, or 88 percent of the States, have enacted laws providing that marriage shall consist of a union between a man and a woman. Only 75 percent of the States are required to approve a constitutional amendment. View quote
Jack Kingston
The greatest threat to the constitutional right to vote is voter fraud. View quote
Lynn Westmoreland
The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it. View quote
Larry Sabato
If we really want to make progress and achieve greater fairness as a society, it is time for elemental change. And we should start by looking at the Constitution, with the goal of holding a new Constitutional Convention. (Larry Sabato)
I didn't know that President Bush would endorse a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. View quote
Mary Cheney
With that in mind and in celebration of National Prayer Day, today I have proposed in the House of Representatives a Constitutional Amendment that would restore voluntary prayer in our Nation's schools. View quote
Nick Rahall
Has President Bush exceeded his constitutional authority or acted illegally in authorizing wiretaps without a warrant? Benjamin Franklin would not have thought so. View quote
Pete du Pont
I think we Americans, of all people, understand the importance of a good, legal, constitutional framework as the basis of political life. View quote
Paul Bremer
Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts. View quote
Roger Wicker
Judicial review has been a part of our democracy in this constitutional government for over 200 years. View quote
Ron Kind
Our Founding Fathers crafted a constitutional Republic for the first time in the history of the world because they were shaping a form of government that would not have the failures of a democracy in it, but had the representation of democracy in it. View quote
Steve King
Canada evolved within the British Empire: it inherited the Parliamentary system, the Cabinet system and all the other features of the British constitutional system which had been in place, for the most part, for several centuries before Canada was even thought of. View quote
Stockwell Day
I wish the government and the Minister of Justice would address these legal and constitutional arguments, but they refuse to. They want Canadians to go blindly into their brave new world, but it is not wise for a society to move blindly in any direction. View quote
Stockwell Day
All I will say is that there are particular features of the American constitutional system that renders a third party futile - at best. (Todd Gitlin)
Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve. View quote
Tammy Baldwin
We can only undo the election if the behavior meets the constitutional standard of subverting and threatening our system of government. View quote
Zoe Lofgren
Do not prevent jihadists from leaving our country. Let them leave, with as many friends as possible. If it helps, I am even prepared to go to Schiphol to wave them goodbye. But let them never come back. That is the condition. Good riddance. And, as far as I am concerned, anyone who expresses support for terror as a means to overthrow our constitutional democracy has to leave the country at once. If you are waving an ISIS flag you are waving an exit ticket. Leave! Get out of our country! View quote
Geert Wilders
Whatever our constitutional arrangements and no matter how well off we are, there will always be a need for Scotland's citizens to talk about their problems. Therefore, we will always need independent, reliable and accurate advice to help guide them at certain points in their lives. View quote
Alex Salmond