428 Quotes About Constitution

Our civil and criminal codes reflect at many points the spirit of the Mosaic. In the criminal code we find no feminine pronouns, as "He," "His," "Him," we are arrested, tried and hung, but singularly enough, we are denied the highest privileges of citizens, because the pronouns "She," "Hers" and "Her," are not found in the constitutions. It is a pertinent question, if women can pay the penalties of their crimes as "He," why may they not enjoy the privileges of citizens as "He"?

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. - Eighth Amendment, United States Constitution

No person … shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law …- Fifth Amendment, United States Constitution

Actually, Bush, technically speaking, is not really President-because he refused to take the Oath of Office. I don’t know how many of you noticed this, but the wording of the Oath of Office is written in the Constitution, so you can’t fool around with it-and Bush refused to read it. The Oath of Of­fice says something about, ”I promise to do this, that, and the other thing,” and Bush added the words, ”so help me God.” Well, that’s illegal: he’s not President, if anybody cares.

The creators of the Constitution were not purple-robed scholars, sitting in their ivory towers attempting to put abstract theories into play, but men who had come to realize that their system of government was broken. These men desired desperately to repair it.

Kazi yenu kwetu ni kutusaidia, na kazi yetu kwenu ni kuwasaidia pia; kwani kila mwananchi anao wajibu wa kuisaidia serikali yake. BASATA, katika jina la Katiba ya Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, endeleeni kuhamasisha na kuhakikisha wasanii wote nchini wanajisajili; kwa kuendelea kutoa tuzo mbalimbali za sanaa na jitihada nyingine, na kwa kuendelea kufuatilia kuhakikisha kuwa kila msanii anajisajili na kupata kibali.

For example, under the Articles of Confederation, the national government could not tax people directly, as we do today, but must ask for money from the states, which could raise it however they wanted.

Taxpayers are justified in protesting for their rights, since they have first fulfilled their duty of paying taxes.

The Judiciary cannot revolt against the Constitution, but only on its behalf.