"I am sworn to uphold the Constitution as Andy Johnson understands it and interprets it."

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"As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom."

Anthony Kennedy, American Judge

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"Neither James Madison, for whom this lecture is named, nor any of the other Framers of the Constitution, were oblivious, careless, or otherwise unaware of the words they chose for the document and its Bill of Rights."

Diane Wood, American Judge

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"Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not be carved into the U.S. Constitution."

Jay Inslee, American Politician

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"Each state in the Union is honored in the order of when it ratified the Constitution and became a part of the United States. This September it is Iowa's turn. Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the union on December 28, 1846."

Leonard Boswell, American Politician

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"I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the Constitution."

Robert Byrd, American Politician

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"But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man."

William H. Seward, American Statesman

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"As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate."

Arlen Specter, American Politician

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

James K. Polk, American President

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"If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to all constitution decisions of the court."

Elena Kagan, American Judge

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"The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be promptly fulfilled."

Arthur J. Goldberg, American Judge

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"I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source."

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"Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs."

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"If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country."

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"The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people."

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"If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet."

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"Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects."

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"Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests."

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"As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom."

"Neither James Madison, for whom this lecture is named, nor any of the other Framers of the Constitution, were oblivious, careless, or otherwise unaware of the words they chose for the document and its Bill of Rights."

"Tolerance is carved into the rostrum of the U.S. House of Representatives and intolerance should not be carved into the U.S. Constitution."

"Each state in the Union is honored in the order of when it ratified the Constitution and became a part of the United States. This September it is Iowa's turn. Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the union on December 28, 1846."

"I have never seen such extreme partisanship, such bitter partisanship, and such forgetfulness of the fate of our fathers and of the Constitution."

"But I deny that the Constitution recognizes property in man."

"As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate."

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

"If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to all constitution decisions of the court."

"The basic guarantees of our Constitution are warrants for the here and now, and unless there is an overwhelmingly compelling reason, they are to be promptly fulfilled."

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"I hold it the duty of the executive to insist upon frugality in the expenditure, and a sparing economy is itself a great national source."

"Who, then, will govern? The answer must be, Man - for we have no angels in the shape of men, as yet, who are willing to take charge of our political affairs."

"If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country."

"The goal to strive for is a poor government but a rich people."

"If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet."

"Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives us. This broad principle limits all our functions and applies to all subjects."

"Slavery exists. It is black in the South, and white in the North."

"There are no good laws but such as repeal other laws."

"It's a damn poor mind that can only think of one way to spell a word."

"Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury of many and varied interests."