Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the poll, and take special care that the old constitutional rule and principle, by which majorities alone shall decide in Parliamentary elections, shall not be violated.
I believe neither the French nor the Dutch really rejected the constitutional treaty.
Even if a government can be constitutional without being democratic, it cannot be democratic without being constitutional.
I'm a constitutional conservative. I'm a Reagan constitutional conservative. I can think of no three better words to describe my political philosophy. And I will remain a Reagan constitutional conservative. It doesn't matter to what the elites D. C. think in the Republican or the Democratic Party
The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.
No higher proof exists of the strength of popular government than, though the chosen of the people be struck down, his constitutional successor is peacefully installed without shock or strain.
No one talks about the real ethics disaster in Washington. It's that many members of Congress will listen to any argument against a bill except for two: that it's not moral or that it's not Constitutional.
I do not support a constitutional amendment to prohibit gay marriage.
Well my question is if the federal courts don't have jurisdiction over a constitutional question then who the hell does?
The propriety of a law, in a constitutional light, must always be determined by the nature of the powers upon which it is founded.
The attempt to isolate economics from other disciplines-notably politics, history, philosophy, finance, constitutional theory and sociology-has fatally disabled its power to explain what is happening in the world.
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.
American citizens should not lose their constitutional rights because they lack the money to pay for them.
Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty.
There is a Constitutional right to prostitution.
This Constitutional Republic called America is an historic aberration. Any honest student of history will note that the prevailing socio-economic system is feudalism, where a tiny minority control the vast majority of wealth, power, and resources. In doing so, they have absolute control over the 99% of the population. Power equals control.
Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil, having due regard for its actual existence amongst us and the difficulties of getting rid of it in any satisfactory way, and to all the constitutional obligations which have been thrown about it; but, nevertheless, desire a policy that looks to the prevention of it as a wrong, and looks hopefully to the time when as a wrong it may come to an end.
The two-thirds rule [of the Senate], which can be changed only by constitutional amendment, will no doubt continue for a long time to come. Like monogamy, it is not completely satisfactory, but, like monogamy, it has won general if somewhat grudging acquiescence.
Dictatorship played a decisive role in the North's successful effort to maintain the Union by force of arms. . . one man was the government of the United States. . . Lincoln was a great dictator. . . . This great constitutional dictator was self appointed.
As President, I have no eyes but constitutional eyes; I cannot see you.